Bracket Morning 3/7

1 seeds 1. Kansas (Big 12)	2. Baylor	3. Gonzaga (WCC)	4. Dayton (Atlantic 10)
2 seeds 8. Creighton	7. Seton Hall (Big East	6. Florida State (ACC)	5. San Diego State
3 seeds 9.  Kentucky (SEC)	10.Michigan State (Big Ten)	11. Duke	12. Villanova
4 seeds 16. Oregon (PAC 12)	15. Auburn	14. Maryland	13.  Louisville
5 seeds 17. Iowa	18. Michigan	19. Wisconsin	20.  Ohio State
6 seeds 24. Penn State	23. Butler	22. Colorado	21. BYU
7 seeds 25. Arizona	26. Marquette	27. Houston	28. Virginia
8 seeds 32. LSU	31. Florida	30. Texas Tech.	29. West Virginia
9 seeds 33. Houston(AAC)	34. Illinois	35. USC	36. Oklahoma
10 seeds 40. Arizona State	39. ETSU (So Con)	38. Providence	37. Rutgers
11 seeds 41. UCLA	42. Indiana	43. St. Mary’s (CA)	44. Liberty(A Sun)
12 seeds 48. Xavier	47. Utah State	46. Yale (Ivy)	45. Vermont (AE)
12 seed 49. Northern Iowa	50. Arkansas	13 seed 51. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)	13 seed 52. Akron (MAC)
14 seed 56. South Alabama (Sun Belt)	14 seed 55. UC Irvine (Big West)	13 seed 54. WKU (CUSA)	13 seed 53. Murray State(OVC)
14 seed 57. Winthrop (Big South)	14 seed 58. Hofstra (CAA)	15 seed 59. Bradley(MVC)	15 seed 60. NKU (Horizon)
16 seed 64. St. Francis (PA) (NEC)	16 seed 63. Siena (MAAC)	15 seed 62. Colgate (Patriot)	15 seed 61. New Mexico St. (WAC)
16 seeds 65. Montana (Big Sky)	66. South Dakota St. (Summit)	67. NCCU (MEAC)	68. Prairie View A&M (SWAC)

Top 10 teams not in the bracket that could break into the bracket:

Stanford

Belmont(Automatic bid OVC)

NC State

Texas

Mississippi State

Wichita State (Probably needs to win the AAC title)

Purdue

Rhode Island (Needs a deep run in the A 10 tournament)

Richmond (Needs to win the A 10 tournament)

Furman(Win the So Con tournament)

Bracket 3/6

1 seeds 1. Kansas (Big 12)	2. Baylor	3. Gonzaga (WCC)	4. Dayton (Atlantic 10)
2 seeds 8. Seton Hall (Big East)	7. Florida State (ACC)	6. Maryland (Big Ten)	5. San Diego State
3 seeds 9.  Creighton	10.Kentucky(SEC)	11. Duke	12. Michigan State
4 seeds 16. Oregon (PAC 12)	15. Ohio State	14. Louisville	13.  Villanova
5 seeds 17. Iowa	18. Michigan	19. Penn State	20.  Auburn
6 seeds 24. Wisconsin	23. Butler	22. Colorado	21. BYU
7 seeds 25. Virginia	26. Marquette	27. Illinois	28. Arizona
8 seeds 32. LSU	31. Florida	30. Texas Tech.	29. West Virginia
9 seeds 33. Houston(AAC)	34. Arizona State	35. USC	36. Oklahoma
10 seeds 40. Rutgers	39. ETSU (So Con)	38. Indiana	37. Providence
11 seeds 41. Xavier	42. UCLA	43. Stanford	44. Loyola Chicago (MVC)
12 seeds 48. Texas	47. Utah State	46. Yale (Ivy)	45. Liberty(A Sun)
12 seed 49. Northern Iowa	50. Arkansas	13 seed 51. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)	13 seed 52. Vermont(AE)
14 seed 56. South Alabama (Sun Belt)	14 seed 55. Murray State (OVC)	13 seed 54. WKU (CUSA)	13 seed 53. Akron (MAC)
14 seed 57. Winthrop (Big South)	14 seed 58. Hofstra (CAA)	15 seed 59. UC Irvine (Big West)	15 seed 60. NKU (Horizon)
16 seed 64. St. Francis (PA) (NEC)	16 seed 63. Siena (MAAC)	15 seed 62. Colgate (Patriot)	15 seed 61. New Mexico St. (WAC)
16 seeds 65. Montana (Big Sky)	66. South Dakota St. (Summit)	67. NCCU (MEAC)	68. Prairie View A&M (SWAC)

New to bracket are and rising:

UCLA, who is surging yet still has a NET ranking of 76

Loyola Chicago who is now my pick to win the MVC championship.

Texas, winners of 5 straight, a NET ranking up to 56, and 5 quadrant 1 wins

Falling:

Northern Iowa finished 3-3 and slipped to the last four in

Rhode Island drops out after going 2-4 in their last 6 games and they only have 1 quadrant 1 win to go with a subpar NET ranking of 57

Wichita State drops out after going 2-2 and their NET ranking has dropped to 48

Bracket 3/3

1 seeds 1. Kansas (Big 12)	2. Baylor	3. Gonzaga (WCC)	4. Dayton (Atlantic 10)
2 seeds 8. Seton Hall (Big East)	7. Florida State (ACC)	6. Maryland (Big Ten)	5. San Diego State
3 seeds 9. Kentucky (SEC)	10.  Creighton	11. Duke	12. Michigan State
4 seeds 16. Oregon (PAC 12)	15. Auburn	14. Louisville	13.  Villanova
5 seeds 17. Iowa	18. Michigan	19. Penn State	20.  Ohio State
6 seeds 24. Marquette	23. Butler	22. Colorado	21. BYU
7 seeds 25. Arizona	26. Wisconsin	27. Houston	28. Virginia
8 seeds 32. LSU	31. Florida	30. Texas Tech.	29. West Virginia
9 seeds 33. Houston	34. Illinois	35. USC	36. Oklahoma
10 seeds 40. Arizona State	39. ETSU (So Con)	38. Indiana	37. Rhode Island
11 seeds 41. Xavier	42. Northern Iowa	43. Utah State	44. Wichita State (AAC)
12 seeds 48. Rutgers	47. Stanford	46. Yale (Ivy)	45. Liberty (A Sun)
12 seed 49. Providence	50. Arkansas	13 seed 51. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)	13 seed 52. Vermont(AE)
14 seed 56. South Alabama (Sun Belt)	14 seed 55. Murray State(OVC)	13 seed 54. WKU (CUSA)	13 seed 53. Akron (MAC)
14 seed 57. Winthrop (Big South)	14 seed 58. Hofstra (CAA)	15 seed 59. UC Irvine (Big West)	15 seed 60. NKU (Horizon)
16 seed 64. St. Francis(PA) (NEC)	16 seed 63. Siena (MAAC)	15 seed 62. Colgate (Patriot)	15 seed 61. New Mexico St. (WAC)
16 seeds 65. Montana (Big Sky)	66. South Dakota St. (Summit)	67. NCCU (MEAC)	68. Prairie View A&M (SWAC)

First Four Out- NC State, Cincinnati, Texas, UCLA

Next Four Out- Mississippi State, South Carolina, Richmond, Clemson

Conference Tournaments

Below are my picks to win each conference tournament

American East- Vermont

AAC- Wichita State

Atlantic 10- Dayton

ACC- Florida State

Atlantic Sun- Liberty

Big 12- Baylor

Big East- Seton Hall

Big West- Montana

Big South- Winthrop

Big Ten- Michigan State

Big West- UC Irvine

CAA- Hofstra

Conference USA- Western Kentucky University

Horizon- Northern Kentucky University

Ivy- Yale

MAAC- Siena

MAC- Akron

MEAC- North Carolina Central

MVC- Northern Iowa

MWC- Utah State

Northeast- St. Francis (PA)

OVC- Murray State

Pac 12- USC

Patriot- Colgate

SEC- Kentucky

Southern- ETSU

Southland- Stephen F. Austin

SWAC- Prairie View A&M

Summit- South Dakota State

Sun Belt- South Alabama

WCC- Gonzaga

WAC- New Mexico State

Bracket Doctor 3/2

1 seeds 1. Kansas (Big 12)	2. Baylor	3. Gonzaga (WCC)	4. Dayton (Atlantic 10)
2 seeds 8. Seton Hall (Big East)	7. Florida State (ACC)	6. Maryland (Big Ten)	5. San Diego State
3 seeds 9. Kentucky (SEC)	10.  Creighton	11. Duke	12. Michigan State
4 seeds 16. Oregon (PAC 12)	15. Auburn	14. Louisville	13.  Villanova
5 seeds 17. Iowa	18. Michigan	19. Penn State	20.  Ohio State
6 seeds 24. Marquette	23. Butler	22. Colorado	21. BYU
7 seeds 25. Virginia	26. Wisconsin	27. Houston	28. Arizona
8 seeds 32. LSU	31. Florida	30. Texas Tech.	29. West Virginia
9 seeds 33. Rhode Island	34. Illinois	35. USC	36. Houston (AAC)
10 seeds 40. Arizona State	39. ETSU (So Con)	38. Indiana	37. Oklahoma
11 seeds 41. Xavier	42. Northern Iowa	43. Utah State	44. Wichita State
12 seeds 48. Rutgers	47. Stanford	46. Yale (Ivy)	45. Liberty(A Sun)
12 seed 49. NC State	50. Arkansas	13 seed 51. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)	13 seed 52. Vermont(AE)
14 seed 56. Georgia State (Sun Belt)	14 seed 55. Murray State(OVC)	13 seed 54. North Texas(CUSA)	13 seed 53. Akron (MAC)
14 seed 57. Winthrop (Big South)	14 seed 58. Hofstra (CAA)	15 seed 59. UC Irvine (Big West)	15 seed 60. Wright State(Horizon)
16 seed 64. St. Francis (NEC)	16 seed 63. Siena (MAAC)	15 seed 62. Colgate (Patriot)	15 seed 61. New Mexico St.
16 seeds 65. Montana (Big Sky)	66. South Dakota St. (Summit)	67. NCCU (MEAC)	68. Prairie View A&M (SWAC)

Multi-Bid Conferences

Big Ten(10) Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Big East(6) Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier

PAC 12 (6) Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, USC

ACC(5) Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Virginia

SEC(5) Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Kentucky,

Big 12(5) Baylor, Kansas, Oklahome, Texas Tech, West Virginia

WCC(3) BYU, Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s

AAC(2) Houston, Wichita State

Atlantic 10(2) Dayton, Rhode Island

MWC(2) San Diego State, Utah State

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Bracket Doctor

Bracket Doctor 3/1

Let the March Madness Begin! Welcome to my new blog, Bracket Doctor. From now until Selection Sunday, I will update the 68 teams I believe will be tournament bound.

1 seeds 1. Kansas (Big 12)	2. Baylor	3. Gonzaga (WCC)	4. Dayton (Atlantic 10)
2 seeds 8. Duke	7. Florida State (ACC)	6. Maryland (Big Ten)	5. San Diego State
3 seeds 9. Creighton (Big East)	10. Kentucky (SEC)	11. Seton Hall	12. Louisville
4 seeds 16. Oregon (PAC 12)	15. Auburn	14. Michigan State	13.  Villanova
5 seeds 17. Iowa	18. Michigan	19. Penn State	20.  Colorado
6 seeds 24. Marquette	23. Butler	22. Ohio State	21. BYU
7 seeds 25. Arizona	26. Wisconsin	27. Houston	28. West Virginia
8 seeds 32. LSU	31. Florida	30. Texas Tech.	29. Virginia
9 seeds 33. Rhode Island	34. Illinois	35. USC	36. Houston (AAC)
10 seeds 40. Arizona State	39. ETSU (So Con)	38. Indiana	37. Oklahoma
11 seeds 41. Xavier	42. Northern Iowa	43. Utah State	44. Wichita State
12 seeds 48. Rutgers	47. Stanford	46. Yale (Ivy)	45. Liberty(A Sun)
12 seed 49. NC State	12 seed 50. Arkansas	13 seed 51. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)	13 seed 52. Vermont(AE)
14 seed 56. Georgia State (Sun Belt)	14 seed 55. Murray State(OVC)	13 seed 54. North Texas(CUSA)	13 seed 53. Akron (MAC)
14 seed 57. Winthrop (Big South)	14 seed 58. Hofstra (CAA)	15 seed 59. UC Irvine (Big West)	15 seed 60. Wright State(Horizon)
16 seed 64. St. Francis (NEC)	16 seed 63. Siena (MAAC)	15 seed 62. Colgate (Patriot)	15 seed 61. New Mexico St.
16 seeds 65. Montana (Big Sky)	66. South Dakota St. (Summit)	67. NCCU (MEAC)	68. Prairie View A&M (SWAC)

Bracket Doctor

March Madness has begun! From now until Selection Sunday, I will be updating this blog, predicting the 68 teams I believe will be in the field.