Bracketology

Real time updates by CBS College Hoops expert Jerry Palm on NCAA March Madness Bracket Projections

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Bracket Predictions UpdatedNov 01, 11:48am

First Four

South

16

Rider
16

UCSB

First Round

Midwest (Indianapolis)

1

Michigan St.
16

Cleveland

8

Xavier
9

Houston

5

Baylor
12

N. Mex. St.

Sacramento

4

Seton Hall
13

W. Kentucky

6

VCU
11

Cleveland

3

N. Carolina
14

South Alabama

7

Cincinnati
10

Florida St.

Tampa

2

Florida
15

Murray St.

West (Los Angeles)

1

Kansas
16

Sam Hou. St.

Omaha

8

NC State
9

Washington

5

Utah St.
12

Liberty

Spokane

4

Oregon
13

Vermont

6

Arizona
11

Spokane

3

Gonzaga
14

Bowling Green

7

LSU
10

Oklahoma St.

St. Louis

2

Louisville
15

E. Washington

East (New York)

1

Duke
16

NC Central

Greensboro

8

Marquette
9

Michigan

5

Ohio St.
12

Harvard

Tampa

4

Memphis
13

Missouri St.

6

Tennessee
11

Penn St.

Albany

3

Villanova
14

Charleston

7

Colorado
10

Georgetown

Albany

2

Maryland
15

N. Dak. St.

South (Houston)

1

Kentucky
16

St. Louis

8

Creighton
9

Dayton

5

Saint Mary's
12

ETSU

Sacramento

4

Purdue
13

Colgate

6

Auburn
11

Arizona St.

Omaha

3

Texas Tech
14

Wright St.

7

Davidson
10

Alabama

Greensboro

2

Virginia
15

Radford

Bracketology Expert

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Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Illinois(6-3)	109
	Texas(7-1)	38
	Wisconsin(5-4)	17
	Miami (Fla.)(5-3)	92

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Syracuse(5-4)	42
	Providence(5-5)	70
	Georgia(6-2)	122
	Notre Dame(6-3)	112

Team Bracket Index UpdatedNov 01, 11:48am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Stk	Net*	Rpi*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(9-1)	ACC (1-0)	W3	3	10	3-0	1-0	1-0	4-1	16	19	Dec 19, 7:00pm ET	vs Wofford
	M	Michigan St.(5-3)	BIG10 (0-0)	L1	8	33	1-3	0-0	2-0	2-0	9	14	Dec 08, 7:00pm ET	vs Rutgers
	S	Kentucky(7-1)	SEC (0-0)	W5	6	127	1-0	0-0	2-0	3-1	267	247	Dec 14, 5:00pm ET	vs Georgia Tech
	W	Kansas(7-1)	BIG12 (0-0)	W7	20	1	0-1	4-0	0-0	1-0	1	1	Dec 10, 8:00pm ET	vs Milwaukee
2	E	Maryland(10-0)	BIG10 (1-0)	W10	27	4	1-0	1-0	4-0	3-0	18	12	Dec 10, 7:00pm ET	@ Penn St.
	M	Florida(6-3)	SEC (0-0)	L1	31	34	0-1	2-1	2-0	2-0	23	34	Dec 17, 7:00pm ET	vs Providence
	S	Virginia(7-1)	ACC (1-0)	L1	1	14	1-1	2-0	0-0	4-0	73	88	Dec 08, 4:00pm ET	vs N. Carolina
	W	Louisville(9-0)	ACC (2-0)	W9	22	6	1-0	1-0	3-0	4-0	41	92	Dec 10, 7:00pm ET	@ Texas Tech
3	E	Villanova(7-2)	BIGE (0-0)	W3	26	13	1-2	0-0	1-0	4-0	28	9	Dec 14, 2:00pm ET	vs Delaware
	M	N. Carolina(6-2)	ACC (1-0)	L1	7	38	0-1	2-1	1-0	3-0	36	38	Dec 08, 4:00pm ET	@ Virginia
	S	Texas Tech(5-3)	BIG12 (0-0)	L3	10	130	0-1	0-2	0-0	5-0	148	176	Dec 10, 7:00pm ET	vs Louisville
	W	Gonzaga(9-1)	WCC (0-0)	W1	2	109	0-1	3-0	0-0	6-0	292	296	Dec 08, 7:00pm ET	@ Washington
4	E	Memphis(8-1)	AAC (0-0)	W6	46	39	1-0	1-1	0-0	5-0	115	164	Dec 14, 3:00pm ET	@ Tennessee
	M	Seton Hall(6-2)	BIGE (0-0)	W2	57	71	1-1	2-1	1-0	2-0	102	134	Dec 08, 9:00pm ET	@ Iowa St.
	S	Purdue(5-3)	BIG10 (0-0)	W1	12	78	2-2	0-1	1-0	2-0	45	43	Dec 08, 5:00pm ET	vs Northwestern
	W	Oregon(7-2)	PAC12 (0-0)	W1	51	16	2-2	1-0	2-0	1-0	10	16	Dec 14, 12:00pm ET	@ Michigan
5	E	Ohio St.(9-0)	BIG10 (1-0)	W9	55	3	3-0	0-0	1-0	4-0	13	25	Dec 15, 6:30pm ET	@ Minnesota
	M	Baylor(7-1)	BIG12 (0-0)	W6	39	21	1-1	0-0	3-0	2-0	56	114	Dec 10, 9:00pm ET	vs Butler
	S	Saint Mary's(9-1)	WCC (0-0)	W8	32	116	2-0	1-0	2-0	3-1	259	264	Dec 08, 4:00pm ET	vs Dayton
	W	Utah St.(9-1)	MWC (2-0)	W2	29	62	1-1	0-0	2-0	5-0	220	187	Dec 14, 7:00pm ET	vs BYU
6	E	Tennessee(7-1)	SEC (0-0)	W2	5	23	2-1	1-0	0-0	4-0	70	55	Dec 14, 3:00pm ET	vs Memphis
	M	VCU(7-2)	ATL10 (0-0)	W1	34	118	1-2	0-0	2-0	3-0	188	180	Dec 15, 7:00pm ET	vs Missouri St.
	S	Auburn(8-0)	SEC (0-0)	W8	18	5	0-0	2-0	5-0	1-0	19	28	Dec 14, 4:00pm ET	vs Saint Louis
	W	Arizona(9-1)	PAC12 (0-0)	L1	93	20	0-0	1-0	5-0	3-0	90	83	Dec 11, 8:00pm ET	vs Neb.-Omaha
7	E	Colorado(7-1)	PAC12 (0-0)	L1	66	7	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	15	37	Dec 10, 9:00pm ET	vs Northern Iowa
	M	Cincinnati(6-3)	AAC (0-0)	L1	25	29	0-1	1-0	4-1	1-0	22	54	Dec 14, 7:00pm ET	vs Colgate
	S	Davidson(4-5)	ATL10 (0-0)	W1	75	117	1-2	0-1	0-1	2-1	53	47	Dec 10, 7:00pm ET	vs Coppin St.
	W	LSU(6-2)	SEC (0-0)	W3	14	52	0-2	0-0	2-0	4-0	79	70	Dec 08, 4:00pm ET	vs Northwestern St.
8	E	Marquette(7-2)	BIGE (0-0)	W2	28	17	1-2	2-0	0-0	3-0	31	59	Dec 17, 8:00pm ET	vs Grambling
	M	Xavier(9-1)	BIGE (0-0)	W3	67	36	0-1	2-0	1-0	5-0	111	129	Dec 14, 4:00pm ET	@ Wake Forest
	S	Creighton(7-2)	BIGE (0-0)	W3	53	57	1-1	0-0	1-1	4-0	108	113	Dec 13, 8:00pm ET	vs UT-Rio Grande Valley
	W	NC State(7-2)	ACC (1-1)	W2	33	121	1-1	0-0	0-1	5-0	199	223	Dec 15, 3:00pm ET	@ UNC-Green.
9	E	Michigan(8-1)	BIG10 (1-0)	W1	9	9	3-1	2-0	0-0	3-0	24	30	Dec 11, 9:00pm ET	@ Illinois
	M	Houston(4-2)	AAC (0-0)	W2	4	137	0-1	0-0	2-1	2-0	187	163	Dec 08, 12:00pm ET	@ South Carolina
	S	Dayton(6-1)	ATL10 (0-0)	W1	69	24	1-1	0-0	1-0	4-0	59	86	Dec 08, 4:00pm ET	@ Saint Mary's
	W	Washington(7-1)	PAC12 (0-0)	W5	45	22	1-1	0-0	2-0	4-0	58	75	Dec 08, 7:00pm ET	vs Gonzaga
10	E	Georgetown(6-3)	BIGE (0-0)	W2	82	26	1-1	1-2	1-0	2-0	6	13	Dec 14, 1:00pm ET	vs Syracuse
	M	Florida St.(7-2)	ACC (0-1)	L1	16	8	3-1	0-1	0-0	4-0	7	5	Dec 08, 2:00pm ET	vs Clemson
	S	Alabama(4-4)	SEC (0-0)	W2	59	131	0-2	2-0	1-2	1-0	63	80	Dec 14, 2:00pm ET	@ Penn St.
	W	Oklahoma St.(7-1)	BIG12 (0-0)	L1	79	27	2-0	1-0	1-1	3-0	55	87	Dec 08, 2:00pm ET	vs Wichita St.
11	E	Penn St.(7-2)	BIG10 (0-1)	L1	50	35	1-1	1-0	2-0	3-0	61	147	Dec 10, 7:00pm ET	vs Maryland
	M	Illinois(6-3)	BIG10 (0-1)	L2	109	79	0-0	1-1	0-1	4-0	77	127	Dec 11, 9:00pm ET	vs Michigan
	M	Texas(7-1)	BIG12 (0-0)	W3	38	54	1-0	0-1	1-0	5-0	158	168	Dec 08, 3:00pm ET	@ Texas A&M
	S	Arizona St.(6-2)	PAC12 (0-0)	W3	63	31	1-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	42	27	Dec 11, 10:00pm ET	vs Prairie View
	W	Miami (Fla.)(5-3)	ACC (0-1)	W1	92	37	1-2	1-1	2-0	1-0	11	33	Dec 14, 2:00pm ET	vs Alabama A&M
	W	Wisconsin(5-4)	BIG10 (1-0)	W1	17	82	1-2	0-0	0-2	3-0	27	65	Dec 11, 7:00pm ET	@ Rutgers
12	E	Harvard(6-4)	IVY (0-0)	W1	129	143	0-2	1-2	1-0	2-0	155	151	Dec 21, 12:00pm ET	@ George Wash.
	M	N. Mex. St.(5-5)	WAC (0-0)	L1	40	69	0-0	1-1	1-1	2-2	8	3	Dec 10, 9:00pm ET	@ Denver
	S	ETSU(8-2)	SOUTH (1-0)	L1	72	97	0-1	0-0	1-0	6-0	252	231	Dec 15, 2:00pm ET	vs
	W	Liberty(10-0)	ASUN (0-0)	W10	58	90	0-0	0-0	1-0	7-0	319	326	Dec 08, 6:30pm ET	@ Grand Canyon
13	E	Missouri St.(5-5)	MVC (0-0)	W2	162	229	0-3	1-1	1-0	3-1	225	221	Dec 11, 8:00pm ET	vs Arkansas St.
	M	W. Kentucky(7-3)	USA (0-0)	W1	111	58	0-1	0-0	2-2	3-0	65	133	Dec 21, 2:00pm ET	@ Rhode Island
	S	Colgate(6-3)	PAT (0-0)	W5	132	108	0-3	0-0	1-0	4-0	204	196	Dec 08, 1:00pm ET	@ Niagara
	W	Vermont(7-4)	AEAST (0-0)	W1	71	76	1-2	1-1	1-0	2-1	121	120	Dec 18, 7:00pm ET	vs UNC-Green.
14	E	Charleston(4-4)	COL (0-0)	L1	107	144	0-2	1-0	2-2	1-0	117	137	Dec 08, 2:00pm ET	vs Coker
	M