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 interviews, 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

Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona, Kansas

The 2 Seeds

Purdue, Baylor, Duke, Kentucky

The 3 Seeds

Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Villanova, Providence

The 4 Seeds

Houston, UCLA, Tennessee, Illinois

The 5 Seeds

Texas, Ohio State, Michigan State, Xavier

The 6 Seeds

Alabama, Marquette, USC, Arkansas

The 7 Seeds

LSU, Connecticut, Iowa, Colorado State

The 8 Seeds

Saint Mary’s (CA), Boise State, Wyoming, Murray State

The 9 Seeds

Seton Hall, Iowa State, TCU, Indiana

The 10 Seeds

Wake Forest, Loyola-Chicago, San Francisco, Miami (FL)

The 11 Seeds

Davidson, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Notre Dame

The 12 Seeds

Oregon, BYU, Memphis, San Diego State, Iona, North Texas

The 13 Seeds

Chattanooga, Toledo, South Dakota State, New Mexico State

The 14 Seeds

Vermont, Wagner, Liberty, Montana State

The 15 Seeds

Yale, Texas State, Cleveland State, Longwood 

The 16 Seeds

Long Beach State, NC-Wilmington, Norfolk State, Colgate, New Orleans, Southern

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

Oregon, BYU, Memphis, San Diego State 

First Four Out

Creighton, Michigan, Belmont, Dayton

Next Four Out

UAB, SMU, Florida, Rutgers

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big 12 (7), Big Ten (7), SEC (6), Big East (6), ACC (5), Pac-12 (4), Mountain West (4), WCC (4), American (2)

ACC – Duke, Wake Forest, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Notre Dame

America East – Vermont

American – Houston, Memphis

Atlantic 10 – Davidson

Atlantic Sun – Liberty

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

Big East – Villanova, Providence, Marquette, Xavier, Connecticut, Seton Hall

Big Sky – Montana State

Big South – Longwood

Big Ten – Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Iowa

Big West – CSU Fullerton

Colonial – NC-Wilmington

Conference USA – North Texas

Horizon – Cleveland State

Ivy – Yale

MAAC – Iona

MAC – Toledo

MEAC – Norfolk State

Missouri Valley – Loyola-Chicago

Mountain West – Boise State, Wyoming, Colorado State, San Diego State

Northeast – Wagner

Ohio Valley – Murray State

Pac-12 – Arizona, UCLA, USC, Oregon

Patriot – Colgate

SEC – Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas

Southern – Chattanooga

Southland – New Orleans

Summit – South Dakota State

Sun Belt – Texas State

SWAC – Southern

WAC – New Mexico State

WCC – Gonzaga, BYU, San Francisco, Saint Mary’s (CA)