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THE BRACKET
Bracket 031018
PROJECTED SEEDING
The 1 Seeds
Virginia, Villanova, Kansas, Xavier
The 2 Seeds
North Carolina, Duke, Purdue, Cincinnati
The 3 Seeds
Tennessee, Michigan State, Michigan, West Virginia
The 4 Seeds
Wichita State, Arizona, Auburn, Texas Tech
The 5 Seeds
Gonzaga, Clemson, Florida, Kentucky
The 6 Seeds
Ohio State, Houston, Miami (FL), Arkansas
The 7 Seeds
TCU, Texas A&M, Seton Hall, Rhode Island
The 8 Seeds
Nevada, Missouri, Virginia Tech, Butler
The 9 Seeds
Creighton, St. Bonaventure, Kansas State, NC State
The 10 Seeds
Providence, Florida State, USC, Oklahoma
The 11 Seeds
Texas, UCLA, Alabama, St. Mary’s (CA), Arizona State, Loyola-Chicago
The 12 Seeds
Western Kentucky, New Mexico State, San Diego State, Buffalo
The 13 Seeds
Murray State, South Dakota State, Vermont, Louisiana-Lafayette
The 14 Seeds
UNC-Greensboro, College of Charleston, Bucknell, Montana
The 15 Seeds
Wright State, Pennsylvania, Stephen F. Austin, Iona
The 16 Seeds
Lipscomb, Radford, UC Irvine, Hampton, LIU-Brooklyn, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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BUBBLE ACTION
Last Four In
UCLA, Alabama, St. Mary’s (CA), Arizona State
First Four Out
Louisville, Baylor, Marquette, Oklahoma State
Next Four Out
Syracuse, Middle Tennessee, Notre Dame, Mississippi State
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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
ACC (8), SEC (8), Big 12 (7), Big East (6), Big Ten (4), Pac-12 (4), American (3), West Coast (2), Mountain West (2)
ACC – Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech, NC State, Florida State
America East – Vermont
American – Cincinnati, Wichita State, Houston
Atlantic 10 – Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure
Atlantic Sun – Lipscomb
Big 12 – Kansas, West Virginia, Texas Tech, TCU, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas
Big East – Villanova, Xavier, Seton Hall, Butler, Creighton, Providence
Big Sky – Montana
Big South – Radford
Big Ten – Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan
Big West – UC Davis
Colonial – College of Charleston
Conference USA – Western Kentucky
Horizon – Wright State
Ivy – Pennsylvania
MAAC – Iona
MAC – Buffalo
MEAC – Hampton
Missouri Valley – Loyola-Chicago
Mountain West – Nevada, San Diego State
Northeast – LIU-Brooklyn
Ohio Valley – Murray State
Pac-12 – Arizona, USC, UCLA, Arizona State
Patriot – Bucknell
SEC – Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Alabama
Southern – UNC-Greensboro
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)
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