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, Kentucky, Baylor, Duke 

The 3 Seeds

Texas Tech, Villanova, Wisconsin, Tennessee

The 4 Seeds

Providence, UCLA, Illinois, Houston

The 5 Seeds

Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, LSU

The 6 Seeds

Connecticut, Michigan State, Arkansas, Marquette

The 7 Seeds

USC, Xavier, Colorado State, Saint Mary’s (CA)

The 8 Seeds

Seton Hall, Wyoming, Boise State, Murray State

The 9 Seeds

Notre Dame, Iowa State, Miami (FL), TCU

The 10 Seeds

Iowa, Loyola-Chicago, San Francisco, Wake Forest

The 11 Seeds

Memphis, BYU, Michigan, Davidson

The 12 Seeds

Indiana, Creighton, Rutgers, San Diego State, North Texas, Chattanooga

The 13 Seeds

Iona, South Dakota State, Toledo, Vermont

The 14 Seeds

New Mexico State, Wagner, Towson, Montana State

The 15 Seeds

Texas State, Jacksonville State, Long Beach State, Yale 

The 16 Seeds

Longwood, Colgate, Cleveland State, Norfolk State, New Orleans, Southern

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

Indiana, Creighton, Rutgers, San Diego State

First Four Out

Oklahoma, North Carolina, VCU, SMU 

Next Four Out

Oregon, UAB, Belmont, Dayton

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big Ten (9), Big East (7), Big 12 (6), SEC (6), ACC (4), Mountain West (4), WCC (4), Pac-12 (3), American (2)

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

America East – Vermont

American – Houston, Memphis

Atlantic 10 – Davidson

Atlantic Sun – Jacksonville State

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

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

Big Sky – Montana State

Big South – Longwood

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

Big West – CSU Fullerton

Colonial – Towson

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

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)