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, Arizona, Baylor, Kansas

The 2 Seeds

Kentucky, Auburn, Duke, Villanova

The 3 Seeds

Tennessee, Purdue, Texas Tech, UCLA

The 4 Seeds

Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Providence

The 5 Seeds

Connecticut, Houston, Saint Mary’s (CA), Texas 

The 6 Seeds

Iowa, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State

The 7 Seeds

USC, Colorado State, Michigan State, Murray State

The 8 Seeds

Boise State, Seton Hall, Marquette, North Carolina

The 9 Seeds

TCU, Iowa State, San Diego State, Creighton

The 10 Seeds

Memphis, San Francisco, Davidson, Loyola-Chicago

The 11 Seeds

Miami (FL), Wyoming, Michigan, Notre Dame

The 12 Seeds

Indiana, SMU, Xavier, Rutgers, UAB, South Dakota State

The 13 Seeds

Chattanooga, Vermont, New Mexico State, Princeton

The 14 Seeds

Kent State, Montana State, Colgate, Longwood

The 15 Seeds

Saint Peter’s, Delaware, Jacksonville State, Long Beach State 

The 16 Seeds

Georgia State, Wright State, Bryant, Norfolk State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

Indiana, SMU, Xavier, Rutgers

First Four Out

Virginia Tech, Dayton, Wake Forest, VCU

Next Four Out

North Texas, BYU, Florida, Oklahoma

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big Ten (9), Big East (7), Big 12 (6), SEC (6), ACC (4), Mountain West (4), Pac-12 (3), WCC (3), American (2), Atlantic 10 (2)

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

America East – Vermont

American – Houston, Memphis

Atlantic 10 – Davidson, VCU

Atlantic Sun – Jacksonville State

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

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

Big Sky – Montana State

Big South – Longwood

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

Big West – Long Beach State

Colonial – Delaware

Conference USA – UAB

Horizon – Wright State

Ivy – Princeton

MAAC – Saint Peter’s

MAC – Kent State

MEAC – Norfolk State

Missouri Valley – Loyola-Chicago

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

Northeast – Bryant

Ohio Valley – Murray State

Pac-12 – Arizona, UCLA, USC

Patriot – Colgate

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

Southern – Chattanooga

Southland – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Summit – South Dakota State

Sun Belt – Georgia State

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – New Mexico State

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