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. Let the fun begin!

THE BRACKET

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PROJECTED SEEDING

The 1 Seeds

Kansas, Duke, Michigan, Virginia

The 2 Seeds

Tennessee, Nevada, Gonzaga, Michigan State

The 3 Seeds

Wisconsin, North Carolina, Auburn, Texas Tech

The 4 Seeds

Ohio State, Oklahoma, Florida State, Virginia Tech

The 5 Seeds

Nebraska, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Marquette

The 6 Seeds

Buffalo, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky

The 7 Seeds

Maryland, Iowa, Houston, Mississippi State

The 8 Seeds

Arizona State, Villanova, Purdue, Butler

The 9 Seeds

Syracuse, St. John’s, Louisville, Minnesota

The 10 Seeds

Arizona, Texas, UCF, Creighton

The 11 Seeds

NC State, TCU, LSU, UCLA, Washington, Florida

The 12 Seeds

Furman, Liberty, Murray State, Davidson

The 13 Seeds

New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, College of Charleston, Old Dominion

The 14 Seeds

UC Irvine, Loyola-Chicago, Texas State, Penn

The 15 Seeds

Vermont, Radford, South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky

The 16 Seeds

Abilene Christian, Holy Cross, Rider, Texas Southern, St. Francis (PA), Howard

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

LSU, UCLA, Washington, Florida

First Four Out

Colorado, Oregon, Temple, Northwestern

Next Four Out

Notre Dame, Clemson, Utah State, San Francisco

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big Ten (10), ACC (8), Big 12 (7), SEC (6), Big East (5), Pac-12 (4), American (3)

ACC – Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, NC State

America East – Vermont

American – Cincinnati, Houston, UCF

Atlantic 10 – Davidson

Atlantic Sun – Liberty

Big 12 – Kansas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas, TCU

Big East – Marquette, Villanova, Butler, St. John’s, Creighton

Big Sky – Northern Colorado

Big South – Radford

Big Ten – Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Nebraska, Indiana, Maryland, Iowa, Purdue, Minnesota

Big West – UC Irvine

Colonial – College of Charleston

Conference USA – Old Dominion

Horizon – Northern Kentucky

Ivy – Penn

MAAC – Rider

MAC – Buffalo

MEAC – Howard

Missouri Valley – Loyola-Chicago

Mountain West – Nevada

Northeast – St. Francis (PA)

Ohio Valley – Murray State

Pac-12 – Arizona State, Arizona, UCLA, Washington

Patriot – Holy Cross

SEC – Tennessee, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State, LSU, Florida

Southern – Furman

Southland – Abilene Christian

Summit – South Dakota State

Sun Belt – Texas State

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – New Mexico State

WCC – Gonzaga