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First Four

First Round

East

1

Duke
16

Columbia, SC

8

Cincinnati
9

Maryland

5

TCU
12

Buffalo

Hartford

4

LSU
13

Harvard

6

Indiana
11

Saint Louis

Hartford

3

Villanova
14

Vermont

7

Washington
10

Providence

San Jose

2

Nevada
15

Lipscomb

West

1

Virginia
16

Rider

Columbia, SC

8

Florida
9

W. Kentucky

5

Miss. State
12

South Dakota St.

Salt Lake

4

West Virginia
13

Montana

6

UCLA
11

Minnesota

Jacksonville

3

Auburn
14

Georgia St.

7

Virginia Tech
10

San Diego St

Salt Lake

2

Gonzaga
15

SF Austin

South

1

Kentucky
16

Columbus

8

Clemson
9

Loyola-Chi.

5

Syracuse
12

Des Moines

4

Michigan
13

Northeastern

6

Purdue
11

Houston

Tulsa

3

Kansas St.
14

New Mexico St.

7

Marquette
10

USC

Jacksonville

2

North Carolina
15

Jax. State

Midwest

1

Kansas
16

Radford

Tulsa

8

Nebraska
9

Arizona

5

Florida St.
12

San Jose

4

Oregon
13

Wofford

6

UCF
11

Xavier

Des Moines

3

Michigan St.
14

UC Irvine

7

St. John's
10

Wisconsin

Columbus

2

Tennessee
15

Wright St.

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Last 4 In

Team		RPI
	Vanderbilt(6-2)	118
	Texas Tech(9-0)	31
	Alabama(6-3)	66
	Saint Joseph's(5-5)	150

First 4 Out

Team		RPI
	Texas(6-3)	32
	NC State(8-1)	159
	Missouri(6-3)	112
	Butler(7-2)	40

Team Bracket Index UpdatedNov 05, 5:57am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Stk	Rpi*	Tier 1*	Tier 2*	Tier 3*	Tier 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(9-1)	ACC (0-0)	W4	10	3-1	0-0	2-0	4-0	32	29	Dec 18, 6:00pm ET	vs Princeton
	M	Kansas(8-0)	BIG12 (0-0)	W8	1	3-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	1	1	Dec 15, 12:00pm ET	vs Villanova
	S	Kentucky(7-2)	SEC (0-0)	L1	122	0-1	0-1	2-0	5-0	216	215	Dec 15, 5:00pm ET	vs Utah
	W	Virginia(9-0)	ACC (0-0)	W9	17	2-0	2-0	0-0	5-0	161	158	Dec 19, 7:00pm ET	@ South Carolina
2	E	Nevada(10-0)	MWC (0-0)	W10	4	1-0	2-0	4-0	3-0	27	25	Dec 15, 9:00pm ET	vs South Dakota St.
	M	Tennessee(7-1)	SEC (0-0)	W3	2	2-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2	2	Dec 15, 12:00pm ET	@ Memphis
	S	North Carolina(7-2)	ACC (0-0)	W1	38	2-1	0-1	1-0	4-0	92	85	Dec 15, 7:00pm ET	vs Gonzaga
	W	Gonzaga(9-1)	WCC (0-0)	L1	5	3-1	1-0	2-0	3-0	10	9	Dec 15, 7:00pm ET	@ North Carolina
3	E	Villanova(8-3)	BIGE (0-0)	L1	30	1-2	1-1	2-0	4-0	18	14	Dec 15, 12:00pm ET	@ Kansas
	M	Michigan St.(8-2)	BIG10 (2-0)	W3	9	2-2	3-0	0-0	3-0	12	22	Dec 16, 5:00pm ET	vs Green Bay
	S	Kansas St.(6-2)	BIG12 (0-0)	L2	21	0-1	1-1	2-0	3-0	54	50	Dec 15, 8:00pm ET	vs Georgia St.
	W	Auburn(8-1)	SEC (0-0)	W4	14	1-1	3-0	0-0	3-0	58	54	Dec 15, 7:30pm ET	@ UAB
4	E	LSU(7-3)	SEC (0-0)	L1	56	0-2	0-1	4-0	3-0	40	36	Dec 15, 11:00pm ET	@ Saint Mary's
	M	Oregon(6-3)	PAC12 (0-0)	W2	95	1-2	1-0	0-0	4-1	88	81	Dec 15, 9:00pm ET	vs Boise St.
	S	Michigan(10-0)	BIG10 (2-0)	W10	6	4-0	0-0	2-0	4-0	47	93	Dec 15, 2:00pm ET	vs W. Michigan
	W	West Virginia(6-3)	BIG12 (0-0)	W1	127	0-1	0-1	2-1	4-0	149	146	Dec 16, 1:00pm ET	vs Rhode Island
5	E	TCU(7-1)	BIG12 (0-0)	W4	33	0-0	1-1	3-0	3-0	87	79	Dec 16, 5:00pm ET	vs Indiana St.
	M	Florida St.(8-1)	ACC (0-0)	W3	11	2-1	2-0	1-0	3-0	45	40	Dec 17, 7:00pm ET	vs SE Missouri St.
	S	Syracuse(7-2)	ACC (0-0)	W5	43	1-1	1-1	2-0	3-0	56	52	Dec 15, 12:00pm ET	vs Old Dominion
	W	Miss. State(8-1)	SEC (0-0)	W5	60	1-1	2-0	1-0	4-0	191	190	Dec 15, 8:30pm ET	vs Cincinnati
6	E	Indiana(8-2)	BIG10 (2-0)	W3	18	2-2	2-0	0-0	4-0	61	98	Dec 15, 3:45pm ET	@ Butler
	M	UCF(8-2)	AAC (0-0)	W2	50	0-0	0-1	5-0	3-1	91	84	Dec 16, 3:00pm ET	vs Stetson
	S	Purdue(6-4)	BIG10 (1-1)	L1	23	0-3	2-1	2-0	2-0	5	34	Dec 15, 1:30pm ET	@ Notre Dame
	W	UCLA(7-2)	PAC12 (0-0)	W3	51	0-2	2-0	1-0	4-0	52	48	Dec 15, 5:00pm ET	vs Belmont
7	E	Washington(7-3)	PAC12 (0-0)	W1	13	0-2	1-1	3-0	3-0	12	11	Dec 15, 7:00pm ET	vs Virginia Tech
	M	St. John's(9-0)	BIGE (0-0)	W9	42	0-0	3-0	1-0	5-0	233	232	Dec 16, 4:30pm ET	vs Wagner
	S	Marquette(8-2)	BIGE (0-0)	W5	16	2-2	1-0	0-0	5-0	29	26	Dec 18, 9:00pm ET	vs North Dakota
	W	Virginia Tech(8-1)	ACC (0-0)	W3	61	1-0	1-1	1-0	5-0	223	225	Dec 15, 7:00pm ET	@ Washington
8	E	Cincinnati(9-1)	AAC (0-0)	W9	29	0-1	2-0	3-0	4-0	96	91	Dec 15, 8:30pm ET	@ Miss. State
	M	Nebraska(8-2)	BIG10 (1-1)	W1	34	0-2	2-0	2-0	4-0	83	89	Dec 16, 7:00pm ET	@ Oklahoma St.
	S	Clemson(6-3)	ACC (0-0)	L1	108	0-2	0-1	3-0	3-0	98	94	Dec 15, 3:00pm ET	vs Radford
	W	Florida(5-4)	SEC (0-0)	L1	103	0-4	2-0	0-0	3-0	44	39	Dec 18, 8:00pm ET	vs Mercer
9	E	Maryland(9-2)	BIG10 (1-1)	W2	54	0-2	0-0	4-0	5-0	102	138	Dec 22, 5:30pm ET	vs Seton Hall
	M	Arizona(7-3)	PAC12 (0-0)	L1	26	2-2	0-1	2-0	3-0	17	13	Dec 15, 11:00pm ET	vs Baylor
	S	Loyola-Chi.(5-5)	MVC (0-0)	L2	144	0-2	0-1	1-2	4-0	74	69	Dec 16, 4:00pm ET	vs Norfolk St.
	W	W. Kentucky(5-4)	USA (0-0)	W1	83	1-1	1-2	0-1	3-0	89	82	Dec 16, 3:00pm ET	vs Troy
10	E	Providence(7-3)	BIGE (0-0)	L1	75	0-1	1-0	2-2	4-0	64	60	Dec 16, 2:00pm ET	vs CCSU
	M	Wisconsin(9-2)	BIG10 (2-0)	W1	8	4-2	1-0	1-0	3-0	14	18	Dec 22, 12:00pm ET	vs Grambling
	S	USC(5-4)	PAC12 (0-0)	L2	138	0-2	0-2	0-0	5-0	72	68	Dec 15, 9:00pm ET	@ Oklahoma
	W	San Diego St(6-4)	MWC (0-0)	W1	152	0-2	1-1	1-1	3-0	154	151	Dec 22, 7:00pm ET	vs BYU
11	E	Saint Louis(7-2)	ATL10 (0-0)	W1	55	0-0	3-1	0-1	4-0	101	97	Dec 16, 3:00pm ET	@ Houston
	M	Xavier(6-4)	BIGE (0-0)	L1	80	0-3	0-0	4-1	2-0	20	16	Dec 15, 8:00pm ET	vs E. Kentucky
	S	Houston(9-0)	AAC (0-0)	W9	35	1-0	3-0	0-0	5-0	218	217	Dec 16, 3:00pm ET	vs Saint Louis
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