3/13/22 Final Bracket

WEST	SOUTH	MIDWEST	EAST
1. Gonzaga (Portland)	1. Arizona (San Diego)	1. Kansas (Fort Worth)	1. Baylor (Fort Worth)
2. Auburn (Greenville)	2. Tennessee (Greenville)	2. Villanova (Pittsburgh)	2. Kentucky (Indianapolis)
3. UCLA (Portland)	3. Texas Tech (San Diego)	3. Purdue (Indianapolis)	3. Duke (Pittsburgh)
4. Houston (Buffalo)	4. Illinois (Milwaukee)	4. Arkansas (Buffalo)	4. Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
5. Texas	5. Providence	5. Iowa	5. Connecticut
6. LSU	6. Saint Mary’s	6. Alabama	6. Murray St.
7. Boise St.	7. San Diego St.	7. North Carolina	7. Ohio St.
8. Virginia Tech	8. Michigan St.	8. Colorado St.	8. Loyola-Chicago
9. Seton Hall	9. TCU	9. Memphis	9. USC
10. Michigan	10. Davidson	10. Texas A&M	10. San Francisco
11. Iowa St.	11. Indiana	11. Marquette/Miami-FL	11. Creighton
12. South Dakota St.	12. SMU/Rutgers	12. Richmond	12. UAB
13. New Mexico St.	13. Chattanooga	13. Vermont	13. Akron
14. Montana St.	14. Yale	14. Colgate	14. Longwood
15. Cal State Fullerton	15. Jacksonville St.	15. Delaware	15. Saint Peter’s
16. Bryant/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	16. Wright St./Texas Southern	16. Georgia St.	16. Norfolk St.

Seed List

Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas, Baylor
Kentucky, Tennessee, Villanova, Auburn
Purdue, Duke, Texas Tech, UCLA
Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Houston
Connecticut, Iowa, Texas, Providence
LSU, Murray St., Saint Mary’s, Alabama
Boise St., San Diego St., North Carolina, Ohio St.
Loyola-Chicago, Michigan St., Virginia Tech, Colorado St.
Memphis, Seton Hall, TCU, USC
San Francisco, Texas A&M, Davidson, Michigan
Indiana, Iowa St., Creighton, Marquette (play-in), Miami-FL (play-in)
UAB, Richmond, South Dakota St., SMU (play-in), Rutgers (play-in)
New Mexico St., Chattanooga, Vermont, Akron
Longwood, Colgate, Yale, Montana St.
Cal State Fullerton, Jacksonville St., Delaware, Saint Peter’s
Norfolk St., Georgia St., Wright St. (play-in), Texas Southern (play-in), Bryant (play-in), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Last Four Byes

Michigan, Indiana, Iowa St., Creighton

Last Four In

Marquette, Miami-FL, SMU, Rutgers

First Four Out

Wake Forest, Xavier, Notre Dame, Wyoming

Next Four Out

BYU, Oklahoma, Florida, North Texas

02/21/22 bracket

WEST	SOUTH	MIDWEST	EAST
1. Gonzaga (Portland)	1. Arizona (San Diego)	1. Kansas (Fort Worth)	1. Auburn (Greenville)
2. Duke (Greenville)	2. Baylor (Fort Worth)	2. Kentucky (Indianapolis)	2. Purdue (Indianapolis)
3. Texas Tech (San Diego)	3. Tennessee (Pittsburgh)	3. Illinois (Milwaukee)	3. Villanova (Pittsburgh)
4. UCLA (Portland)	4. Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	4. Providence (Buffalo)	4. Texas (Buffalo)
5. Ohio St.	5. Connecticut	5. Alabama	5. Houston
6. LSU	6. Michigan St.	6. Arkansas	6. USC
7. Xavier	7. Murray St.	7. Saint Mary’s	7. Iowa St.
8. Boise St.	8. Seton Hall	8. Iowa	8. Marquette
9. Michigan	9. Colorado St.	9. San Diego St.	9. Wake Forest
10. Loyola-Chicago	10. San Francisco	10. North Carolina	10. Wyoming
11. North Texas	11. Davidson	11. Memphis	11. TCU
12. South Dakota St.	12. Oklahoma/Florida	12. Indiana/Miami-FL	12. Iona
13. New Mexico St.	13. Chattanooga	13. Vermont	13. Toledo
14. Montana St.	14. Princeton	14. Northern Iowa	14. Wagner
15. Texas St.	15. Jacksonville St.	15. UNC Wilmington	15. Colgate
16. Longwood	16. Norfolk St.	16. Cleveland St./Alcorn St.	16. Long Beach St./New Orleans

Last four byes: Wyoming, Loyola-Chicago, TCU, Memphis

Last four in: Indiana, Oklahoma, Miami-FL, Florida

First four out: SMU, Notre Dame, Mississippi St., Creighton

01/24/22 bracketology

First bracketology attempt of the season! With so many Covid-enforced cancellations and postponements, some teams have played considerably more games than others, so things are likely to change significantly between now and Selection Sunday. There’s also a lot of mid-major teams in this early forecast, which is always fun to see, but may not happen in reality as these teams have fewer chances at quality wins during the conference season. In any case, here’s the bracket:

SOUTH	WEST	MIDWEST	EAST
1. Auburn ^{_(Greenville)}	1. Gonzaga _^(Portland)	1. Baylor _{^{(Fort Worth)}}	1. Arizona _{^{(San Diego)}}
2. Villanova _{^(Pittsburgh)}	2. Wisconsin _^(Milwaukee)	2. Purdue _{^{(Indianapolis)}}	2. Kansas _{^{(Indianapolis)}}
3. Houston _{^{(Fort Worth)}}	3. LSU _{^(Greenville)}	3. Kentucky _^(Buffalo)	3. Duke _{^(Pittsburgh)}
4. Michigan St. _^(Milwaukee)	4. Texas Tech _^(Buffalo)	4. UCLA (_{^{San Diego)}}	4. Tennessee _^(Portland)
5. Xavier	5. USC	5. Alabama	5. Ohio St.
6. Iowa St.	6. Connecticut	6. Providence	6. Illinois
7. Colorado St.	7. Seton Hall	7. BYU	7. Marquette
8. TCU	8. Loyola-Chicago	8. Murray St.	8. Texas
9. Indiana	9. West Virginia	9. Iowa	9. Saint Mary’s
10. Davidson	10. Florida St.	10. Wake Forest	10. Boise St.
11. Arkansas	11. UAB	11. North Carolina	11. Florida
12. Oklahoma/Mississippi St.	12. Wyoming/Michigan	12. Iona	12. Miami-FL
13. Chattanooga	13. South Dakota St.	13. Toledo	13. Vermont
14. Weber St.	14. Seattle U.	14. Wagner	14. Princeton
15. Cleveland St.	16. Cal State Fullerton	15. Jacksonville St.	15. Arkansas St.
16. UNC Wilmington/New Orleans	16. Norfolk St.	16. Southern/Army	16. Winthrop

Last four byes: Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Miami-FL

Last four in: Wyoming, Oklahoma, Mississippi St., Michigan

First five out: Oregon, San Diego St., San Francisco, Creighton, Belmont

2022 Preseason bracket

Here’s my stab at foreseeing how things are going to shake out and look in March. Getting it in a little late, so these rankings aren’t really taking into account the first week of the season.

Midwest	West	South	East
1. Kansas	1. Gonzaga	1. UCLA	1. Duke
2. Memphis	2. Villanova	2. Texas	2. Michigan
3. Purdue	3. Oregon	3. North Carolina	3. Kentucky
4. Arkansas	4. Tennessee	4. Illinois	4. Houston
5. Florida St.	5. Ohio St.	5. Louisville	5. USC
6. Xavier	6. Maryland	6. St. Bonaventure	6. Baylor
7. Michigan St.	7. Virginia Tech	7. Mississippi St.	7. Alabama
8. Arizona St.	8. Texas Tech	8. Notre Dame	8. Florida
9. Virginia	9. Miami-FL	9. Auburn	9. Seton Hall
10. BYU	10. Colorado St.	10. St. John’s	10. West Virginia
11. Richmond	11. Butler	11. Buffalo	11. Syracuse/Rutgers (play-in)
12. Liberty	12. Belmont	12. San Diego St./Oregon St. (play-in)	12. Drake
13. Cleveland St.	13. UC Irvine	13. Louisiana Tech	13. New Mexico St.
14. Delaware	14. South Dakota St.	14. Georgia St.	14. Harvard
15. Chattanooga	15. UNC Asheville	15. Southern Utah	15. Hartford
16. Quinnipiac/Prairie View A&M (play-in)	16. Boston University	16. Morgan St.	16. Wagner/New Orleans (play-in)

Last four in: Syracuse, San Diego St., Rutgers, Oregon St.

Just missed the cut: LSU, Indiana, Washington St., VCU, SMU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Iowa