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 websites 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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The 1 Seeds
Duke, Baylor, Butler, Gonzaga
The 2 Seeds
Auburn, San Diego State, Kansas, Michigan State
The 3 Seeds
Oregon, Dayton, West Virginia, Florida State
The 4 Seeds
Wichita State, Louisville, Seton Hall, Villanova
The 5 Seeds
Kentucky, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan
The 6 Seeds
Colorado, Creighton, Arizona, Memphis
The 7 Seeds
Iowa, Arkansas, Penn State, Stanford
The 8 Seeds
Wisconsin, LSU, Marquette, St. Mary’s (CA)
The 9 Seeds
Texas Tech, BYU, Rutgers, Indiana
The 10 Seeds
Oklahoma, Illinois, Florida, Xavier
The 11 Seeds
Purdue, Virginia, Houston, Georgetown, VCU, Washington
The 12 Seeds
Liberty, Northern Iowa, Akron, Yale
The 13 Seeds
Furman, Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana Tech, Georgia State
The 14 Seeds
William & Mary, New Mexico State, Stony Brook, Wright State
The 15 Seeds
Colgate, Northern Colorado, Murray State, UC Irvine
The 16 Seeds
North Dakota State, Radford, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Grambling, Norfolk State
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BUBBLE ACTION
Last Four In
Houston, Georgetown, VCU, Washington
First Four Out
NC State, Minnesota, TCU, Virginia Tech
Next Four Out
Tennessee, Georgia, Saint Louis, Oregon State
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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Big Ten (11), Big East (7), Big 12 (5), SEC (5), Pac-12 (5), ACC (4), American (3), WCC (3), Atlantic 10 (2)
ACC – Duke, Louisville, Florida State, Virginia
America East – Stony Brook
American – Memphis, Wichita State, Houston
Atlantic 10 – Dayton, VCU
Atlantic Sun – Liberty
Big 12 – Kansas, Baylor, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Oklahoma
Big East – Butler, Villanova, Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, Xavier, Georgetown
Big Sky – Northern Colorado
Big South – Radford
Big Ten – Michigan State, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue
Big West – UC Irvine
Colonial – William & Mary
Conference USA – Louisiana Tech
Horizon – Wright State
Ivy – Yale
MAAC – Quinnipiac
MAC – Akron
MEAC – Norfolk State
Missouri Valley – Northern Iowa
Mountain West – San Diego State
Northeast – Robert Morris
Ohio Valley – Murray State
Pac-12 – Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Stanford
Patriot – Colgate
SEC – Auburn, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, LSU
Southern – Furman
Southland – Stephen F. Austin
Summit – North Dakota State
Sun Belt – Georgia State
SWAC – Grambling
WAC – New Mexico State
WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA), BYU
1-3-1 Sports 
How many bids do you think the Big Ten will actually get in March? Most have 10-12 in today’s field of 68, but that will change. For example, can Wisconsin keep rolling, or will the Badgers relapse into the team that lost to New Mexico and Richmond?
New Mexico and Richmond may not be spectacular teams, but they’re no slouches either!
I suspect the B10 will end up with 9 teams in the field come March – the bubble teams in the conference will cannibalize each other to a certain extent, and some bid thieves will shrink the bubble a bit.