1-3-1 Sports Field of 68 – January 11th
Welcome back to 1-3-1 Sports! My goal is to update my bracketology projections daily, 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
First Bracket Projection to be released February 1st
The 1 Seeds
Kansas, Houston, Purdue, Tennessee
The 2 Seeds
Connecticut, Alabama, UCLA, Arizona
The 3 Seeds
Kansas State, Texas, Gonzaga, Xavier
The 4 Seeds
Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa State, Miami (FL)
The 5 Seeds
Duke, TCU, San Diego State, Providence
The 6 Seeds
Marquette, Ohio State, Baylor, Missouri
The 7 Seeds
Auburn, Michigan State, Saint Mary’s (CA), Wisconsin
The 8 Seeds
Illinois, North Carolina, Indiana, Rutgers
The 9 Seeds
West Virginia, Maryland, New Mexico, Florida Atlantic
The 10 Seeds
NC State, Creighton, Northwestern, Clemson
The 11 Seeds
College of Charleston, Mississippi State, Memphis, Arizona State, Virginia Tech
The 12 Seeds
Pittsburgh, Iowa, Kent State, Dayton, Southern Miss
The 13 Seeds
Iona, Oral Roberts, Utah Valley, Liberty
The 14 Seeds
Indiana State, UC Santa Barbara, Princeton, Massacusetts-Lowell
The 15 Seeds
Colgate, Longwood, SIU-Edwardsville, Eastern Washington
The 16 Seeds
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Samford, Norfolk State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Fairleigh Dickinson, Southern
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BUBBLE ACTION
Last Four In
Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Iowa
First Four Out
Utah State, Kentucky, Nevada, Utah
Next Four Out
Oklahoma, Boise State, Wake Forest, Penn State
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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Big Ten (10), ACC (8), Big 12 (7), SEC (6), Big East (5), Pac-12 (3), Mountain West (2), WCC (2)
ACC – Virginia, Miami (FL), Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh
America East – Massacusetts-Lowell
American – Houston, Memphis
Atlantic 10 – Dayton
Atlantic Sun – Liberty
Big 12 – Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, Iowa State, TCU, Baylor, West Virginia
Big East – Connecticut, Xavier, Providence, Marquette, Creighton
Big Sky – Eastern Washington
Big South – Longwood
Big Ten – Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, Iowa
Big West – UC Santa Barbara
Colonial – College of Charleston
Conference USA – Florida Atlantic
Horizon – Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ivy – Princeton
MAAC – Iona
MAC – Kent State
MEAC – Norfolk State
Missouri Valley – Indiana State
Mountain West – San Diego State, New Mexico
Northeast – Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley – SIU-Edwardsville
Pac-12 – UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State
Patriot – Colgate
SEC – Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Auburn, Mississippi State
Southern – Samford
Southland – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Summit – Oral Roberts
Sun Belt – Southern Miss
SWAC – Southern
WAC – Utah Valley
WCC – Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s (CA)