Welcome back to 1-3-1 Sports! My goal is to update my bracketology projections daily for the entirety of the season, so that my audience can have the most accurate, up-to-date picture of the college basketball landscape. As always, I’m open to feedback and ideas from readers regarding potential topics, discussions, etc. Furthermore, if any individual team blogs are interested in working in conjunction on team-specific bracketology Q&A pieces, I’d love to contribute. Finally, operation and maintenance of this site takes time and money. So, if you are willing, please make a small donation towards keeping the site up and running by clicking on the donation button on the sidebar. Let the fun begin!
THE BRACKET
Bracket 012118
PROJECTED SEEDING
The 1 Seeds
Villanova, Virginia, Duke, Purdue
The 2 Seeds
Xavier, Kansas, North Carolina, West Virginia
The 3 Seeds
Clemson, Auburn, Michigan State, Arizona
The 4 Seeds
Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Ohio State
The 5 Seeds
Tennessee, Wichita State, Seton Hall, Arizona State
The 6 Seeds
Louisville, Rhode Island, Nevada, Florida
The 7 Seeds
Kentucky, TCU, Gonzaga, Miami (FL)
The 8 Seeds
St. Mary’s (CA), Creighton, Michigan, Arkansas
The 9 Seeds
Butler, Alabama, Florida State, Texas A&M
The 10 Seeds
USC, Providence, Missouri, Texas
The 11 Seeds
Marquette, SMU, Syracuse, Boise State, Maryland, Houston
The 12 Seeds
Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Buffalo, South Dakota State
The 13 Seeds
Louisiana-Lafayette, East Tennessee State, Missouri State, Vermont
The 14 Seeds
Belmont, Wright State, Northeastern, Stephen F. Austin
The 15 Seeds
Iona, Montana, Bucknell, Radford
The 16 Seeds
Hawaii, Florida Gulf Coast, Wagner, Pennsylvania, North Carolina A&T, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
—————————————————————-
—————————————————————-
BUBBLE ACTION
Last Four In
Syracuse, Boise State, Maryland, Houston
First Four Out
Washington, Kansas State, UCLA, Notre Dame
Next Four Out
Western Kentucky, Georgia, Nebraska, BYU
—————————————————————
—————————————————————
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
ACC (8), SEC (8), Big East (7), Big 12 (6), Big Ten (5), American (4), Pac-12 (3), Mountain West (2), West Coast (2)
ACC – Virginia, Duke, Clemson, North Carolina, Louisville, Miami (FL), Florida State, Syracuse
America East – Vermont
American – Wichita State, Cincinnati, SMU, Houston
Atlantic 10 – Rhode Island
Atlantic Sun – Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12 – Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Kansas, TCU, Texas
Big East – Villanova, Xavier, Seton Hall, Creighton, Butler, Providence, Marquette
Big Sky – Montana
Big South – Radford
Big Ten – Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan, Maryland
Big West – Hawaii
Colonial – Northeastern
Conference USA – Middle Tennessee
Horizon – Wright State
Ivy – Pennslyvania
MAAC – Iona
MAC – Buffalo
MEAC – North Carolina A&T
Missouri Valley – Missouri State
Mountain West – Nevada, Boise State
Northeast – Wagner
Ohio Valley – Belmont
Pac-12 – Arizona State, Arizona, USC
Patriot – Bucknell
SEC – Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Alabama
Southern – East Tennessee State
Southland – Stephen F. Austin
Summit – South Dakota State
Sun Belt – Louisiana-Lafayette
SWAC – Arkansas-Pine Bluff
WAC – New Mexico State
WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA)
1-3-1 Sports 