Bracketology

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

Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 12, 11:40am

First Four

First Round

Midwest (Indianapolis)

1

Kansas
16

Omaha

8

Arizona St.
9

Florida

5

Wisconsin
12

ETSU

St. Louis

4

Kentucky
13

Vermont

6

Illinois
11

Cincinnati

Greensboro

3

Duke
14

Little Rock

7

Michigan
10

Utah St.

St. Louis

2

Creighton
15

Belmont

East (New York)

1

Dayton
16

Winthrop

Cleveland

8

Saint Mary's
9

Oklahoma

5

Auburn
12

Akron

Tampa

4

Louisville
13

Liberty

6

W. Virginia
11

Rutgers

Cleveland

3

Michigan St.
14

North Texas

7

USC
10

Indiana

Albany

2

Villanova
15

N. Dak. St.

South (Houston)

1

Baylor
16

Boston U.

Omaha

8

Marquette
9

Arizona

5

Ohio St.
12

Yale

Spokane

4

Butler
13

Bradley

6

Virginia
11

Greensboro

3

Maryland
14

UC Irvine

7

Providence
10

LSU

Tampa

2

Florida St.
15

N. Kentucky

West (Los Angeles)

1

Gonzaga
16

Spokane

8

Houston
9

Colorado

5

Penn St.
12

SF Austin

Sacramento

4

Oregon
13

N. Mex. St.

6

BYU
11

Albany

3

Seton Hall
14

Hofstra

7

Iowa
10

Xavier

Sacramento

2

San Diego St
15

E. Washington

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Last 4 In

Team		Net
	UCLA(19-12)	76
	Stanford(20-12)	33
	Richmond(24-7)	38
	Wichita St.(23-8)	41

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Texas(19-12)	70
	Texas Tech(18-13)	22
	Miss. State(20-11)	50
	NC State(20-12)	53

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 12, 11:40am

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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	Dayton(29-2)	ATL10 (18-0)	W20	3	2	5-2	8-0	9-0	7-0	35	38	No Games Scheduled
	M	Kansas(28-3)	BIG12 (17-1)	W16	2	1	12-3	8-0	4-0	3-0	1	1	No Games Scheduled
	S	Baylor(26-4)	BIG12 (15-3)	L1	5	4	11-2	5-2	6-0	4-0	47	139	No Games Scheduled
	W	Gonzaga(31-2)	WCC (15-1)	W4	1	7	6-2	5-0	10-0	10-0	102	250	No Games Scheduled
2	E	Villanova(24-7)	BIGE (13-5)	W2	13	6	10-6	6-1	5-0	3-0	3	23	No Games Scheduled
	M	Creighton(24-7)	BIGE (13-5)	W2	11	12	9-7	6-0	3-0	5-0	18	125	No Games Scheduled
	S	Florida St.(26-5)	ACC (16-4)	W2	10	3	6-3	8-2	8-0	4-0	39	104	No Games Scheduled
	W	San Diego St(30-2)	MWC (17-1)	L1	4	9	4-1	7-0	8-1	10-0	97	128	No Games Scheduled
3	E	Michigan St.(22-9)	BIG10 (14-6)	W5	7	23	9-7	5-2	2-0	6-0	32	75	No Games Scheduled
	M	Duke(25-6)	ACC (15-5)	W2	6	10	5-3	6-2	12-1	2-0	27	7	No Games Scheduled
	S	Maryland(24-7)	BIG10 (14-6)	W1	18	13	8-7	6-0	3-0	7-0	40	103	No Games Scheduled
	W	Seton Hall(21-9)	BIGE (13-5)	L2	15	16	10-7	5-2	1-0	5-0	4	62	No Games Scheduled
4	E	Louisville(24-7)	ACC (15-5)	L1	8	11	4-6	6-1	9-0	5-0	19	24	No Games Scheduled
	M	Kentucky(25-6)	SEC (15-3)	W1	21	17	9-3	5-2	5-0	6-1	70	145	No Games Scheduled
	S	Butler(22-9)	BIGE (10-8)	W3	19	25	10-6	5-3	2-0	5-0	48	218	No Games Scheduled
	W	Oregon(24-7)	PAC12 (13-5)	W4	12	8	7-5	6-2	7-0	4-0	10	20	No Games Scheduled
5	E	Auburn(25-6)	SEC (12-6)	W1	27	5	7-3	7-2	8-1	3-0	23	14	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wisconsin(21-10)	BIG10 (14-6)	W8	23	26	10-8	3-1	1-1	7-0	31	40	No Games Scheduled
	S	Ohio St.(21-10)	BIG10 (11-9)	L1	16	37	6-9	6-1	3-0	6-0	52	85	No Games Scheduled
	W	Penn St.(21-10)	BIG10 (11-9)	L3	35	59	8-7	5-2	2-1	6-0	107	330	No Games Scheduled
6	E	W. Virginia(21-10)	BIG12 (9-9)	W2	17	14	6-7	6-3	7-0	2-0	2	4	No Games Scheduled
	M	Illinois(21-10)	BIG10 (13-7)	W1	39	44	6-8	4-1	1-1	9-0	75	240	No Games Scheduled
	S	Virginia(23-7)	ACC (15-5)	W8	44	20	5-3	7-3	6-1	5-0	62	209	No Games Scheduled
	W	BYU(24-8)	WCC (13-3)	L1	9	15	3-5	5-3	8-0	7-0	29	9	No Games Scheduled
7	E	USC(22-9)	PAC12 (11-7)	W3	45	32	3-7	7-1	7-1	5-0	68	184	No Games Scheduled
	M	Michigan(19-12)	BIG10 (10-10)	L1	24	52	6-10	5-2	2-0	6-0	49	92	No Games Scheduled
	S	Providence(19-12)	BIGE (12-6)	W6	37	40	7-8	5-0	2-3	5-1	8	123	No Games Scheduled
	W	Iowa(20-11)	BIG10 (11-9)	L2	34	53	8-8	5-1	2-2	5-0	82	214	No Games Scheduled
8	E	Saint Mary's(26-8)	WCC (11-5)	L1	31	18	3-5	5-1	8-2	9-0	44	77	No Games Scheduled
	M	Arizona St.(20-11)	PAC12 (11-7)	W1	54	34	5-8	4-3	6-0	5-0	13	36	No Games Scheduled
	S	Marquette(18-12)	BIGE (8-10)	L3	26	41	5-10	6-2	2-0	5-0	5	66	No Games Scheduled
	W	Houston(23-8)	AAC (13-5)	W1	20	19	2-5	8-3	8-0	5-0	64	185	No Games Scheduled
9	E	Oklahoma(19-12)	BIG12 (9-9)	W1	46	39	5-9	6-3	4-0	4-0	21	54	No Games Scheduled
	M	Florida(19-12)	SEC (11-7)	L1	29	42	5-9	4-3	6-0	4-0	14	10	No Games Scheduled
	S	Arizona(21-11)	PAC12 (10-8)	W1	14	33	3-7	6-3	8-1	4-0	15	21	No Games Scheduled
	W	Colorado(21-11)	PAC12 (10-8)	L5	25	28	5-4	6-4	4-3	6-0	16	19	No Games Scheduled
10	E	Indiana(20-12)	BIG10 (9-11)	W1	56	58	4-10	5-2	4-0	7-0	63	79	No Games Scheduled
	M	Utah St.(26-8)	MWC (12-6)	W3	40	36	3-4	2-2	7-2	12-0	109	80	No Games Scheduled
	S	LSU(21-10)	SEC (12-6)	W1	28	22	4-8	7-1	6-1	4-0	12	8	No Games Scheduled
	W	Xavier(19-13)	BIGE (8-10)	L3	47	45	3-11	7-2	6-0	3-0	7	58	No Games Scheduled
11	E	Rutgers(20-11)	BIG10 (11-9)	W2	30	47	4-9	5-1	3-1	7-0	45	107	No Games Scheduled
	M	Cincinnati(20-10)	AAC (13-5)	W2	51	30	2-6	7-0	9-4	2-0	25	26	No Games Scheduled
	S	Wichita St.(23-8)	AAC (11-7)	W1	41	28	2-5	7-3	6-0	8-0	72	119	No Games Scheduled
	S	Richmond(24-7)	ATL10 (14-4)	W4	38	24	3-4	3-2	8-1	10-0	88	91	No Games Scheduled
	W	UCLA(19-12)	PAC12 (12-6)	L1	76	60	6-6	3-4	4-1	5-1	51	189	No Games Scheduled
	W	Stanford(20-12)	PAC12 (9-9)	L3	33	74	4-7	3-3	6-2	7-0	87	212	No Games Scheduled
12	E	Akron(24-7)	MIDAM (14-4)	W3	73	35	0-2	0-2	14-3	8-0	99	39	No Games Scheduled
	M	ETSU(30-4)	SOUTH (16-2)	W12	36	21	1-2	2-1	12-0	12-1	136	71	No Games Scheduled
	S	Yale(23-7)	IVY (11-3)	L1	69	51	0-2	2-3	7-2	12-0	186	170	No Games Scheduled
	W	SF Austin(28-3)	LAND (19-1)	W15	77	63	1-2	0-0	3-0	21-1	313	146	No Games Scheduled
13	E	Liberty(30-4)	ASUN (13-3)	W3	67	66	0-1	1-0	3-1	24-2	321	243	No Games Scheduled
	M	Vermont(26-7)	AEAST (14-2)	W4	79	65	1-3	1-0	7-2	16-2	195	78	No Games Scheduled
	S	Bradley(23-11)	MVC (11-7)	W3	102	83	0-2	2-3	11-6	9-0	141	291	No Games Scheduled
	W	N. Mex. St.(25-6)	WAC (16-0)	W19	104	84	1-1	0-1	4-4	18-0	291	216	No Games Scheduled
14	E	North Texas(20-11)	USA (14-4)	L1	95	78	0-4	2-3	5-3	11-1	111	25	No Games Scheduled
	M	Little Rock(21-10)	BELT (15-5)	L1	140	89	0-2	1-5	8-1	11-2	176	132	No Games Scheduled
	S	UC Irvine(21-11)	BIGW (13-3)	L1	114	125	0-1	1-3	7-3	11-4	233	142	No Games Scheduled
	W	Hofstra(26-8)	COL (14-4)	W4	118	82	0-0	2-1	9-4	14-3	226	323	No Games Scheduled
15	E	N. Dak. St.(25-8)	SUMM (13-3)	W5	130	108	0-1	1-3	6-2	16-2	299	283	No Games Scheduled
	M	Belmont(26-7)	OVC (15-3)	W12	101	85	0-1	1-3	3-2	21-1	290	314	No Games Scheduled
	S	N. Kentucky(23-9)	HORIZ (13-5)	W2	150	129	0-1	1-3	6-1	14-4	273	220	No Games Scheduled
	W	E. Washington(23-8)	BSKY (16-4)	W7	135	61	0-3	1-0	8-3	12-2	174	72	No Games Scheduled
16	E	Winthrop(24-10)	BSOU (15-3)	W5	148	137	1-3	0-1	1-2	20-4	275	133	No Games Scheduled
	M	NC Central(18-13)	MEAC (13-3)	W6	256	200	0-2	0-3	0-4	15-4	325	48	No Games Scheduled
	M	Robert Morris(20-14)	NEA (13-5)	W4	203	188	0-2	0-1	2-6	17-5	297	301	No Games Scheduled
	S	Boston U.(21-13)	PAT (12-6)	W4	160	139	1-1	1-3	2-5	16-4	199	200	No Games Scheduled
	W	Prairie View(19-13)	SWAC (14-4)	W1	201	205	0-4	0-2	1-3	16-4	339	99	No Games Scheduled
	W	Siena(20-10)	MAAC (15-5)	W10	151	99	0-2