Bracketology

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

Bracket Predictions UpdatedJan 20, 6:19am

First Four

First Round

South (Houston)

1

Baylor
16

Omaha

8

Michigan
9

Arkansas

5

Wichita St.
12

ETSU

Sacramento

4

Oregon
13

N. Mex. St.

6

USC
11

Greensboro

3

Maryland
14

William & Mary

7

Ohio St.
10

Va. Tech

Cleveland

2

Dayton
15

Wright St.

East (New York)

1

Kansas
16

St. Fran.-Pa.

Omaha

8

Iowa
9

Florida

5

Colorado
12

Yale

Spokane

4

Rutgers
13

Vermont

6

Stanford
11

Illinois

Albany

3

Seton Hall
14

Colgate

7

Creighton
10

Arizona

St. Louis

2

Louisville
15

UC Irvine

West (Los Angeles)

1

Gonzaga
16

Spokane

8

Indiana
9

Texas Tech

5

Auburn
12

Liberty

Tampa

4

W. Virginia
13

SF Austin

6

Penn St.
11

Albany

3

Villanova
14

Radford

7

Marquette
10

Houston

Greensboro

2

Duke
15

Montana

Midwest (Indianapolis)

1

San Diego St
16

N. Dak. St.

Sacramento

8

LSU
9

Wisconsin

5

Kentucky
12

BYU

St. Louis

4

Butler
13

Akron

6

Memphis
11

Northern Iowa

Cleveland

3

Michigan St.
14

North Texas

7

Oklahoma
10

DePaul

Tampa

2

Florida St.
15

Little Rock

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Last 4 In

Team		Net
	VCU(14-5)	40
	Georgia(11-7)	74
	NC State(14-5)	45
	Saint Louis(14-4)	54

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Richmond(14-4)	56
	Texas(12-6)	67
	Saint Mary's(16-4)	41
	Tennessee(12-6)	57

Team Bracket Index UpdatedJan 20, 6:19am

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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	Kansas(15-3)	BIG12 (5-1)	W3	3	1	8-3	2-0	1-0	3-0	1	1	Jan 25, 4:00pm ET	vs Tennessee
	M	San Diego St(20-0)	MWC (9-0)	W20	2	17	3-0	3-0	5-0	8-0	141	95	Jan 26, 4:00pm ET	@ UNLV
	S	Baylor(16-1)	BIG12 (6-0)	W15	1	7	5-1	4-0	2-0	5-0	52	159	Jan 25, 8:00pm ET	@ Florida
	W	Gonzaga(20-1)	WCC (6-0)	W12	4	30	3-1	2-0	7-0	8-0	174	248	Jan 25, 10:00pm ET	vs Pacific
2	E	Louisville(15-3)	ACC (6-1)	W4	10	9	4-3	3-0	3-0	5-0	10	80	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	vs Georgia Tech
	M	Florida St.(16-2)	ACC (6-1)	W9	13	4	3-2	4-0	5-0	4-0	36	60	Jan 25, 8:00pm ET	vs Notre Dame
	S	Dayton(16-2)	ATL10 (5-0)	W7	5	12	3-2	2-0	4-0	7-0	45	25	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	vs St. Bona.
	W	Duke(16-3)	ACC (6-2)	W1	6	6	3-1	3-1	7-1	3-0	5	6	Jan 28, 9:00pm ET	vs Pittsburgh
3	E	Seton Hall(14-4)	BIGE (6-0)	W8	12	11	6-4	3-0	1-0	4-0	9	37	Jan 22, 8:30pm ET	vs Providence
	M	Michigan St.(14-4)	BIG10 (6-1)	W1	8	21	4-4	3-0	2-0	5-0	31	43	Jan 23, 8:30pm ET	@ Indiana
	S	Maryland(15-4)	BIG10 (5-3)	W2	15	8	2-4	7-0	1-0	5-0	13	21	Jan 26, 1:00pm ET	@ Indiana
	W	Villanova(15-3)	BIGE (5-1)	W5	16	5	3-3	4-0	3-0	5-0	6	42	Jan 25, 1:00pm ET	@ Providence
4	E	Rutgers(14-4)	BIG10 (5-2)	W2	18	15	2-3	3-0	2-1	6-0	17	47	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	@ Iowa
	M	Butler(15-4)	BIGE (3-3)	L3	9	19	2-4	7-0	1-0	5-0	50	139	Jan 24, 9:00pm ET	vs Marquette
	S	Oregon(15-4)	PAC12 (4-2)	W1	17	10	5-2	3-1	4-1	3-0	7	13	Jan 23, 11:00pm ET	vs USC
	W	W. Virginia(15-3)	BIG12 (4-2)	W1	7	2	4-1	6-2	3-0	2-0	2	3	Jan 25, 12:00pm ET	vs Missouri
5	E	Colorado(14-4)	PAC12 (3-2)	L1	21	18	3-2	3-2	3-0	5-0	21	35	Jan 23, 10:00pm ET	vs Washington St.
	M	Kentucky(14-4)	SEC (5-1)	W2	23	42	4-1	2-2	2-0	6-1	66	163	Jan 25, 6:00pm ET	@ Texas Tech
	S	Wichita St.(16-3)	AAC (4-2)	W1	30	25	1-1	5-2	3-0	7-0	70	116	Jan 25, 8:00pm ET	vs UCF
	W	Auburn(15-2)	SEC (3-2)	L2	20	3	1-2	4-0	7-0	3-0	29	18	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	vs South Carolina
6	E	Stanford(15-3)	PAC12 (4-1)	L1	14	33	1-3	1-0	6-0	7-0	86	135	Jan 26, 6:00pm ET	@ California
	M	Memphis(14-3)	AAC (3-1)	W2	26	29	2-2	1-1	6-0	5-0	76	99	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	@ Tulsa
	S	USC(15-3)	PAC12 (4-1)	W3	46	20	3-2	3-0	3-1	6-0	62	90	Jan 23, 11:00pm ET	@ Oregon
	W	Penn St.(13-5)	BIG10 (3-4)	W1	37	60	4-4	3-0	1-1	5-0	102	297	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	@ Michigan
7	E	Creighton(14-5)	BIGE (3-3)	W1	34	34	4-5	1-0	3-0	5-0	39	123	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	@ DePaul
	M	Oklahoma(12-6)	BIG12 (3-3)	L1	49	26	2-6	4-0	3-0	3-0	18	46	Jan 25, 2:00pm ET	vs Miss. State
	S	Ohio St.(12-6)	BIG10 (2-5)	L1	19	44	2-6	3-0	1-0	6-0	41	82	Jan 23, 6:30pm ET	vs Minnesota
	W	Marquette(14-5)	BIGE (4-3)	W3	28	23	3-4	3-0	3-1	5-0	32	101	Jan 24, 9:00pm ET	@ Butler
8	E	Iowa(13-5)	BIG10 (4-3)	W3	27	51	5-3	2-1	2-1	4-0	91	155	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	vs Rutgers
	M	LSU(14-4)	SEC (6-0)	W7	24	14	2-2	6-2	1-0	5-0	11	16	Jan 25, 2:00pm ET	@ Texas
	S	Michigan(11-6)	BIG10 (2-4)	L2	29	47	2-6	3-0	1-0	5-0	47	97	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	vs Penn St.
	W	Indiana(14-4)	BIG10 (4-3)	W1	51	27	2-3	2-1	4-0	6-0	51	58	Jan 23, 8:30pm ET	vs Michigan St.
9	E	Florida(12-6)	SEC (4-2)	L1	39	28	1-3	5-3	1-0	5-0	23	30	Jan 25, 8:00pm ET	vs Baylor
	M	Wisconsin(12-7)	BIG10 (5-3)	W1	22	24	5-4	1-2	0-1	6-0	4	15	Jan 24, 7:00pm ET	@ Purdue
	S	Arkansas(14-3)	SEC (3-2)	L1	31	13	1-2	2-1	8-0	3-0	33	27	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	@ Miss. State
	W	Texas Tech(12-6)	BIG12 (3-3)	L1	33	78	1-6	2-0	1-0	8-0	98	236	Jan 25, 6:00pm ET	vs Kentucky
10	E	Arizona(13-5)	PAC12 (3-2)	W2	11	22	1-4	2-1	6-0	4-0	16	26	Jan 25, 9:30pm ET	@ Arizona St.
	M	DePaul(13-5)	BIGE (1-4)	W1	52	70	3-2	1-1	2-2	6-0	104	255	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	vs Creighton
	S	Va. Tech(13-5)	ACC (4-3)	L1	43	90	2-4	3-1	1-0	7-0	129	318	Jan 22, 8:00pm ET	vs N. Carolina
	W	Houston(14-4)	AAC (4-1)	W2	36	36	2-1	4-2	4-1	4-0	69	171	Jan 23, 9:00pm ET	vs Connecticut
11	E	Illinois(14-5)	BIG10 (6-2)	W5	32	40	4-3	1-1	1-1	7-0	61	212	Jan 25, 12:00pm ET	@ Michigan
	M	Northern Iowa(16-2)	MVC (5-1)	W5	35	16	1-1	2-0	6-1	5-0	84	76	Jan 22, 9:00pm ET	@ S. Illinois
	S	Saint Louis(14-4)	ATL10 (3-2)	L1	54	41	1-4	1-0	5-0	6-0	55	106	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	@ Davidson
	S	NC State(14-5)	ACC (5-3)	W3	45	38	3-3	2-1	3-1	6-0	54	74	Jan 25, 4:00pm ET	@ Georgia Tech
	W	Georgia(11-7)	SEC (1-4)	L2	74	56	1-7	2-0	4-0	3-0	14	48	Jan 25, 5:30pm ET	vs Ole Miss
	W	VCU(14-5)	ATL10 (4-2)	W2	40	53	1-3	1-2	5-0	7-0	89	113	Jan 25, 12:00pm ET	@ La Salle
12	E	Yale(13-4)	IVY (1-0)	W3	61	49	0-1	2-3	3-0	6-0	154	188	Jan 24, 7:00pm ET	@ Brown
	M	BYU(14-6)	WCC (3-2)	L1	38	35	2-4	1-2	5-0	5-0	37	10	Jan 23, 10:00pm ET	@ Pacific
	S	ETSU(17-3)	SOUTH (6-1)	W4	50	31	2-1	1-1	4-1	7-0	127	103	Jan 25, 4:00pm ET	vs Chattanooga
	W	Liberty(19-1)	ASUN (5-0)	W5	25	46	0-1	1-0	3-0	13-0	265	195	Jan 23, 7:00pm ET	@ North Florida
13	E	Vermont(13-6)	AEAST (3-1)	W3	94	101	0-3	2-1	2-1	8-1	175	160	Jan 22, 7:00pm ET	@ Maine
	M	Akron(15-4)	MIDAM (5-1)	W1	60	57	0-3	0-0	6-1	7-0	123	89	Jan 25, 3:30pm ET	@ Ohio
	S	N. Mex. St.(14-6)	WAC (5-0)	W8	111	103	0-1	1-2	4-3	7-0	188	119	Jan 25, 8:00pm ET	@ UT-Rio Grande Valley
	W	SF Austin(15-3)	LAND (6-1)	W2	86	132	1-2	0-0	1-0	10-1	335	66	Jan 22, 7:30pm ET	@ Northwestern St.
14	E	Colgate(15-5)	PAT (6-1)	W2	125	84	1-2	0-1	1-1	12-1	241	280	Jan 25, 2:00pm ET	@ American
	M	North Texas(12-8)	USA (6-1)	W6	91	96	0-3	2-4	2-0	6-1	92	32	Jan 23, 8:00pm ET	vs UT-San Antonio
	S	William & Mary(14-6)	COL (6-1)	L1	115	75	0-2	1-0	5-4	7-0	192	209	Jan 23, 7:00pm ET	vs James Madison
	W	Radford(10-8)	BSOU (5-1)	L1	148	115	0-2	1-3	1-3	6-0	109	7	Jan 23, 6:00pm ET	@ UNC-Ash.
15	E	UC Irvine(11-8)	BIGW (3-0)	W3	105	117	0-2	1-1	3-2	5-3	133	130	Jan 22, 10:00pm ET