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

Duke, Michigan, Virginia, Kansas

The 2 Seeds

Tennessee, Nevada, Gonzaga, Michigan State

The 3 Seeds

Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Ohio State, Florida State

The 4 Seeds

North Carolina, Oklahoma, Marquette, Auburn

The 5 Seeds

Virginia Tech, Nebraska, Indiana, Mississippi State

The 6 Seeds

Houston, Cincinnati, NC State, Kentucky

The 7 Seeds

Buffalo, Arizona State, Louisville, Iowa

The 8 Seeds

Iowa State, Villanova, Kansas State, TCU

The 9 Seeds

Purdue, Butler, St. John’s, Minnesota

The 10 Seeds

LSU, Maryland, UCF, Arizona

The 11 Seeds

Syracuse, Texas, Creighton, Florida, San Francisco, Temple

The 12 Seeds

Furman, Lipscomb, Murray State, Old Dominion

The 13 Seeds

New Mexico State, Davidson, College of Charleston, Penn

The 14 Seeds

Drake, UC Irvine, Texas State, Vermont

The 15 Seeds

Radford, Montana, South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky

The 16 Seeds

Lehigh, Abilene Christian, Rider, Texas Southern, Central Connecticut State, Norfolk State

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

Creighton, Florida, San Francisco, Temple

First Four Out

Washington, Clemson, Notre Dame, Seton Hall

Next Four Out

Ole Miss, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Northwestern

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big Ten (10), ACC (8), Big 12 (7), SEC (7), Big East (5), American (4), Pac-12 (2), WCC (2)

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

America East – Vermont

American – Cincinnati, Houston, UCF, Temple

Atlantic 10 – Davidson

Atlantic Sun – Lipscomb

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

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

Big Sky – Montana

Big South – Radford

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

Big West – UC Irvine

Colonial – College of Charleston

Conference USA – Old Dominion

Horizon – Northern Kentucky

Ivy – Penn

MAAC – Rider

MAC – Buffalo

MEAC – Norfolk State

Missouri Valley – Drake

Mountain West – Nevada

Northeast – Central Connecticut State

Ohio Valley – Murray State

Pac-12 – Arizona State, Arizona

Patriot – Lehigh

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

Southern – Furman

Southland – Abilene Christian

Summit – South Dakota State

Sun Belt – Texas State

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – New Mexico State

WCC – Gonzaga, San Francisco