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Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 05, 11:15am

First Four

East

11

Texas A&M
11

California

Midwest

11

VCU
11

Santa Clara

East

16

LIU
16

Bethune-Cook.

Midwest

16

Howard
16

UMBC

First Round

East

1

Duke
16

8

Saint Mary's
9

Ohio St.

5

Vanderbilt
12

Belmont

4

Alabama
13

UNCW

6

Wisconsin
11

3

Iowa St.
14

Navy

7

Georgia
10

TCU

2

Illinois
15

Cent. Arkansas

Midwest

1

Michigan
16

8

Clemson
9

Utah St.

5

St. John's
12

Yale

4

Nebraska
13

Liberty

6

N. Carolina
11

3

Virginia
14

N. Dakota St.

7

Kentucky
10

UCF

2

Houston
15

Wright St.

South

1

UConn
16

Merrimack

8

NC State
9

UCLA

5

Tennessee
12

Miami (Ohio)

4

Texas Tech
13

SF Austin

6

Louisville
11

South Florida

3

Purdue
14

ETSU

7

Villanova
10

Saint Louis

2

Florida
15

Troy

West

1

Arizona
16

Tennessee St.

8

Iowa
9

Texas

5

Arkansas
12

High Point

4

Kansas
13

Utah Valley

6

Miami
11

Missouri

3

Gonzaga
14

UC Irvine

7

BYU
10

SMU

2

Michigan St.
15

Portland St.

Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Texas A&M(20-10)	43
	Santa Clara(24-7)	41
	VCU(23-7)	46
	California(21-9)	64

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Auburn(16-14)	40
	New Mexico(22-8)	47
	Seton Hall(20-10)	52
	Indiana(18-12)	37

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 05, 11:15am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(28-2)	ACC	1	14-2	5-0	1-0	8-0	6	Mar 07, 6:30pm ET	vs N. Carolina
	M	Michigan(28-2)	Big Ten	2	12-1	9-1	4-0	3-0	5	Mar 08, 4:30pm ET	vs Michigan St.
	S	UConn(27-3)	Big East	8	7-2	9-0	6-1	5-0	21	Mar 07, 12:30pm ET	@ Marquette
	W	Arizona(28-2)	Big 12	3	14-2	5-0	2-0	7-0	9	Mar 07, 11:00pm ET	@ Colorado
2	E	Illinois(23-7)	Big Ten	5	8-6	5-1	5-0	5-0	8	Mar 08, 3:00pm ET	@ Maryland
	M	Houston(25-5)	Big 12	7	7-5	10-0	1-0	7-0	26	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	@ Okla. St.
	S	Florida(24-6)	SEC	4	11-5	6-1	2-0	5-0	11	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	@ Kentucky
	W	Michigan St.(25-5)	Big Ten	11	8-4	7-1	6-0	4-0	17	Mar 08, 4:30pm ET	@ Michigan
3	E	Iowa St.(24-6)	Big 12	10	6-6	9-0	2-0	7-0	53	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Arizona St.
	M	Virginia(26-4)	ACC	13	7-3	7-1	5-0	7-0	67	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	vs Va. Tech
	S	Purdue(23-7)	Big Ten	9	9-7	3-0	8-0	3-0	13	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	vs Wisconsin
	W	Gonzaga(28-3)	West Coast	6	6-2	5-0	8-1	9-0	98	No Games Scheduled
4	E	Alabama(22-8)	SEC	17	8-7	7-1	5-0	2-0	3	Mar 07, 8:30pm ET	vs Auburn
	M	Nebraska(25-5)	Big Ten	12	7-5	5-0	7-0	6-0	62	Mar 08, 5:00pm ET	vs Iowa
	S	Texas Tech(22-8)	Big 12	14	8-7	4-1	7-0	3-0	2	Mar 07, 10:30pm ET	@ BYU
	W	Kansas(21-9)	Big 12	19	8-8	7-1	2-0	4-0	1	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Kansas St.
5	E	Vanderbilt(23-7)	SEC	18	8-6	7-1	2-0	6-0	27	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	@ Tennessee
	M	St. John's(24-6)	Big East	22	2-5	10-0	9-1	3-0	33	Mar 06, 9:00pm ET	@ Seton Hall
	S	Tennessee(21-9)	SEC	20	5-8	7-1	2-0	7-0	34	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Vanderbilt
	W	Arkansas(22-8)	SEC	16	6-8	7-0	3-0	6-0	7	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	@ Missouri
6	E	Wisconsin(21-9)	Big Ten	31	5-7	6-2	4-0	6-0	54	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	@ Purdue
	M	N. Carolina(24-6)	ACC	24	6-6	5-0	8-0	5-0	14	Mar 07, 6:30pm ET	@ Duke
	S	Louisville(21-9)	ACC	15	5-9	5-0	3-0	8-0	31	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	@ Miami
	W	Miami(24-6)	ACC	29	5-4	6-2	2-0	11-0	121	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Louisville
7	E	Georgia(21-9)	SEC	30	7-7	4-1	1-1	9-0	57	Mar 07, 3:30pm ET	@ Miss. St.
	M	Kentucky(19-11)	SEC	27	6-10	4-1	3-0	6-0	12	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	vs Florida
	S	Villanova(23-7)	Big East	34	2-6	8-0	9-1	4-0	40	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	vs Xavier
	W	BYU(20-10)	Big 12	25	6-8	6-2	3-0	5-0	9	Mar 07, 10:30pm ET	vs Texas Tech
8	E	Saint Mary's(27-4)	West Coast	21	1-3	8-1	10-0	7-0	59	No Games Scheduled
	M	Clemson(21-9)	ACC	35	6-5	5-4	3-0	7-0	69	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	vs Ga. Tech
	S	NC State(19-11)	ACC	33	5-8	6-2	4-0	4-1	15	Mar 07, 2:15pm ET	vs Stanford
	W	Iowa(20-10)	Big Ten	26	3-7	7-2	4-1	6-0	75	Mar 08, 5:00pm ET	@ Nebraska
9	E	Ohio St.(19-11)	Big Ten	32	2-10	6-1	5-0	6-0	32	Mar 07, 5:30pm ET	vs Indiana
	M	Utah St.(24-6)	Mountain West	28	3-4	7-1	9-1	4-0	56	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	vs New Mexico
	S	UCLA(20-10)	Big Ten	36	4-7	6-3	3-0	7-0	52	Mar 07, 9:00pm ET	@ USC
	W	Texas(18-12)	SEC	39	7-9	1-2	2-1	7-0	50	Mar 07, 8:30pm ET	vs Oklahoma
10	E	TCU(20-10)	Big 12	42	5-7	5-1	3-1	7-1	71	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Cincinnati
	M	UCF(20-9)	Big 12	48	5-5	5-3	3-1	7-0	25	Mar 06, 8:00pm ET	@ West Virginia
	S	Saint Louis(27-3)	Atlantic 10	23	2-1	4-1	9-1	11-0	112	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	@ George Mason
	W	SMU(19-11)	ACC	38	4-8	4-3	4-0	7-0	18	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	@ Florida St.
11	E	Texas A&M(20-10)	SEC	43	5-6	4-4	3-0	8-0	96	Mar 07, 6:00pm ET	@ LSU
	E	California(21-9)	ACC	64	4-5	2-3	6-1	8-0	82	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	@ Wake Forest
	M	VCU(23-7)	Atlantic 10	46	1-5	3-2	10-0	9-0	65	Mar 06, 7:00pm ET	@ Dayton
	M	Santa Clara(24-7)	West Coast	41	1-5	7-1	7-0	8-1	74	No Games Scheduled
	S	South Florida(22-8)	American	49	2-2	5-3	8-3	6-0	55	Mar 08, 2:00pm ET	vs Charlotte
	W	Missouri(20-10)	SEC	60	5-7	4-3	3-0	8-0	88	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	vs Arkansas
12	E	Belmont(26-5)	Missouri Valley	55	0-0	5-2	11-3	9-0	166	Mar 06, 1:00pm ET	vs Drake
	M	Yale(22-5)	Ivy	67	0-1	2-0	10-3	8-1	101	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Princeton
	S	Miami (Ohio)(30-0)	Mid-American	53	0-0	1-0	10-0	16-0	245	Mar 06, 9:00pm ET	@ Ohio
	W	High Point(27-4)	Big South	77	0-0	0-2	3-2	21-0	316	Mar 06, 12:00pm ET	vs Gardner-Webb
13	E	UNCW(26-5)	Coastal Athletic	90	0-0	0-1	8-3	16-1	202	No Games Scheduled
	M	Liberty(24-6)	Conference USA	94	1-1	2-0	7-4	11-1	162	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Sam Houston
	S	SF Austin(27-4)	WAC	86	0-1	1-0	6-2	18-1	330	No Games Scheduled
	W	Utah Valley(23-7)	WAC	84	0-2	0-1	8-3	12-1	169	Mar 07, 9:00pm ET	@ Utah Tech
14	E	Navy(26-6)	Patriot	125	0-1	0-3	1-0	23-2	349	Mar 08, 12:00pm ET	vs Boston U.
	M	N. Dakota St.(25-7)	Summit League	118	0-0	0-1	6-4	16-2	331	No Games Scheduled
	S	ETSU(21-10)	Southern	126	0-2	0-0	3-3	16-5	259	No Games Scheduled
	W	UC Irvine(21-10)	Big West	121	0-0	1-4	5-6	13-0	172	Mar 07, 8:00pm ET	vs UC Davis
15	E	Cent. Arkansas(20-11)	Atlantic Sun	164	0-4	0-1	3-1	15-5	257	Mar 06, 12:00pm ET	vs Bellarmine
	M	Wright St.(21-11)	Horizon	137	0-1	0-2	4-6	15-2	212	No Games Scheduled
	S	Troy(20-11)	Sun Belt	139	1-1	2-0	3-7	12-3	173	No Games Scheduled
	W	Portland St.(19-10)	Big Sky	141	0-2	0-2	7-3	9-3	287	No Games Scheduled
16	E	LIU(22-10)	Northeast	199	0-2	0-2	1-3	21-3	351	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	vs Wagner
	E	Bethune-Cook.(17-14)	SWAC	245	0-7	0-1	1-0	15-6	275	No Games Scheduled
	M	Howard(21-10)	MEAC	203	0-2	1-2	1-0	15-6	360	No Games Scheduled
	M	UMBC(21-8)	America East	206	0-2	0-2	0-1	19-3	363	Mar 07, 1:00pm ET	vs New Hamp.
	S	Merrimack(21-10)	MAAC	185	0-2	0-1	3-5	18-2	201	Mar 06, 6:00pm ET	vs Sacred Heart
	W	Tennessee St.(21-9)	Ohio Valley	189	0-2	1-1	2-0	15-6	284	Mar 06, 8:00pm ET	vs UT Martin
	-	Oklahoma(16-14)	SEC	57	4-9	4-5	1-0	7-0	97	Mar 07, 8:30pm ET	@ Texas
	-	Va. Tech(19-11)	ACC	54	2-9	6-2	3-0	8-0	30	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	@ Virginia
	-	Stanford(19-11)	ACC	63	4-6	4-2	4-3	7-0	37	Mar 07, 2:15pm ET	@ NC State
	-	Cincinnati(17-13)	Big 12	44	3-10	5-2	2-0	7-1	27	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	@ TCU

See Seeds 5 - 16

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

On The Bubble

Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
Auburn(16-14)	SEC	40	4-11	4-2	2-1	6-0	4	Mar 07, 8:30pm ET	@ Alabama
Cincinnati(17-13)	Big 12	44	3-10	5-2	2-0	7-1	27	Mar 07, 2:00pm ET	@ TCU
Indiana(18-12)	Big Ten	37	2-10	3-2	6-0	7-0	46	Mar 07, 5:30pm ET	@ Ohio St.
New Mexico(22-8)	Mountain West	47	2-5	6-1	4-2	9-0	106	Mar 07, 4:00pm ET	@ Utah St.
Oklahoma(16-14)	SEC	57	4-9	4-5	1-0	7-0	97	Mar 07, 8:30pm ET	@ Texas
Seton Hall(20-10)	Big East	52	1-4	6-4	7-2	6-0	77	Mar 06, 9:00pm ET	vs St. John's
Stanford(19-11)	ACC	63	4-6	4-2	4-3	7-0	37	Mar 07, 2:15pm ET	@ NC State
Va. Tech(19-11)	ACC	54	2-9	6-2	3-0	8-0	30	Mar 07, 12:00pm ET	@ Virginia

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

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