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Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 13, 10:38am

First Four

East

11

Texas
11

Santa Clara

Midwest

11

Missouri
11

VCU

Midwest

16

Southern U.
16

Lehigh

South

16

UMBC
16

Howard

First Round

East

1

Duke
16

Furman

8

UCLA
9

Saint Louis

5

Louisville
12

Akron

4

Kansas
13

High Point

6

Miami
11

3

Nebraska
14

Wright St.

7

Kentucky
10

NC State

2

Michigan St.
15

Siena

Midwest

1

Michigan
16

8

Georgia
9

Iowa

5

Texas Tech
12

N. Iowa

4

Vanderbilt
13

Hofstra

6

Wisconsin
11

3

Iowa St.
14

N. Dakota St.

7

Clemson
10

UCF

2

UConn
15

Tennessee St.

South

1

Florida
16

8

Utah St.
9

Saint Mary's

5

Tennessee
12

McNeese

4

Virginia
13

Sam Houston

6

St. John's
11

South Florida

3

Purdue
14

Troy

7

Villanova
10

Texas A&M

2

Houston
15

Idaho

West

1

Arizona
16

LIU

8

Ohio St.
9

TCU

5

Arkansas
12

Yale

4

Gonzaga
13

Utah Valley

6

N. Carolina
11

Oklahoma

3

Alabama
14

UC Irvine

7

BYU
10

Miami (Ohio)

2

Illinois
15

Queens

Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Texas(18-14)	42
	Santa Clara(26-8)	40
	Missouri(20-12)	58
	VCU(25-7)	44

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	SMU(20-13)	37
	New Mexico(23-9)	45
	San Diego St.(21-10)	46
	Seton Hall(21-12)	53

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 13, 10:38am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(31-2)	ACC	1	16-2	6-0	2-0	7-0	6	Mar 14, 8:30pm ET	vs Virginia
	M	Michigan(30-2)	Big Ten	2	14-2	7-0	6-0	3-0	3	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	vs Wisconsin
	S	Florida(26-6)	SEC	4	12-5	6-1	3-0	5-0	11	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	vs Vanderbilt
	W	Arizona(31-2)	Big 12	3	15-2	8-0	1-0	7-0	10	Mar 14, 6:00pm ET	vs Houston
2	E	Michigan St.(25-7)	Big Ten	11	8-6	6-1	7-0	4-0	12	No Games Scheduled
	M	UConn(29-4)	Big East	9	7-2	11-1	6-1	5-0	31	Mar 14, 6:30pm ET	@ St. John's
	S	Houston(28-5)	Big 12	8	10-5	9-0	3-0	6-0	25	Mar 14, 6:00pm ET	@ Arizona
	W	Illinois(24-8)	Big Ten	5	7-8	5-0	7-0	5-0	13	No Games Scheduled
3	E	Nebraska(26-6)	Big Ten	12	9-6	6-0	5-0	6-0	58	No Games Scheduled
	M	Iowa St.(27-7)	Big 12	7	8-7	10-0	2-0	7-0	54	No Games Scheduled
	S	Purdue(25-8)	Big Ten	10	9-8	6-0	7-0	3-0	16	Mar 14, 3:30pm ET	@ UCLA
	W	Alabama(23-9)	SEC	14	7-7	9-2	5-0	2-0	4	No Games Scheduled
4	E	Kansas(23-10)	Big 12	18	9-9	7-1	4-0	3-0	2	No Games Scheduled
	M	Vanderbilt(25-7)	SEC	15	9-6	7-1	3-0	6-0	27	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	@ Florida
	S	Virginia(29-4)	ACC	13	9-3	8-1	5-0	7-0	68	Mar 14, 8:30pm ET	@ Duke
	W	Gonzaga(30-3)	West Coast	6	7-2	4-0	11-1	8-0	84	No Games Scheduled
5	E	Louisville(23-10)	ACC	16	7-10	5-0	4-0	7-0	20	No Games Scheduled
	M	Texas Tech(22-10)	Big 12	20	7-9	5-1	7-0	3-0	1	No Games Scheduled
	S	Tennessee(22-11)	SEC	19	6-10	6-1	3-0	7-0	22	No Games Scheduled
	W	Arkansas(24-8)	SEC	17	6-8	7-0	4-0	6-0	7	Mar 14, 3:30pm ET	vs Ole Miss
6	E	Miami(25-8)	ACC	30	6-6	6-2	3-0	10-0	104	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wisconsin(24-9)	Big Ten	27	7-7	6-1	5-1	6-0	48	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	@ Michigan
	S	St. John's(27-6)	Big East	21	3-5	12-0	9-1	3-0	32	Mar 14, 6:30pm ET	vs UConn
	W	N. Carolina(24-8)	ACC	24	6-8	5-0	8-0	5-0	8	No Games Scheduled
7	E	Kentucky(21-13)	SEC	26	5-11	7-2	3-0	6-0	14	No Games Scheduled
	M	Clemson(24-10)	ACC	34	7-6	6-4	4-0	7-0	72	No Games Scheduled
	S	Villanova(24-8)	Big East	36	2-6	8-1	9-1	5-0	44	No Games Scheduled
	W	BYU(23-11)	Big 12	23	7-10	7-1	4-0	5-0	9	No Games Scheduled
8	E	UCLA(23-10)	Big Ten	33	5-7	5-3	6-0	7-0	57	Mar 14, 3:30pm ET	vs Purdue
	M	Georgia(22-10)	SEC	32	6-7	6-2	1-1	9-0	74	No Games Scheduled
	S	Utah St.(27-6)	Mountain West	28	3-4	10-1	8-1	5-0	55	No Games Scheduled
	W	Ohio St.(21-12)	Big Ten	31	4-11	5-1	6-0	6-0	28	No Games Scheduled
9	E	Saint Louis(28-4)	Atlantic 10	29	2-1	6-2	6-1	13-0	108	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	vs Dayton
	M	Iowa(21-12)	Big Ten	25	3-9	6-1	6-2	6-0	66	No Games Scheduled
	S	Saint Mary's(27-5)	West Coast	22	1-4	8-1	10-0	7-0	51	No Games Scheduled
	W	TCU(22-11)	Big 12	38	6-7	7-2	2-1	7-1	60	No Games Scheduled
10	E	NC State(20-13)	ACC	35	5-9	6-3	5-0	4-1	15	No Games Scheduled
	M	UCF(21-11)	Big 12	52	5-8	6-3	4-0	6-0	19	No Games Scheduled
	S	Texas A&M(21-11)	SEC	43	5-8	4-3	4-0	8-0	96	No Games Scheduled
	W	Miami (Ohio)(31-1)	Mid-American	64	0-0	2-0	11-1	15-0	240	No Games Scheduled
11	E	Texas(18-14)	SEC	42	6-9	1-4	3-1	7-0	58	No Games Scheduled
	E	Santa Clara(26-8)	West Coast	40	2-6	6-1	10-0	7-1	43	No Games Scheduled
	M	Missouri(20-12)	SEC	58	5-7	4-5	3-0	8-0	77	No Games Scheduled
	M	VCU(25-7)	Atlantic 10	44	2-5	4-2	8-0	11-0	66	Mar 14, 3:30pm ET	vs Saint Joseph's
	S	South Florida(23-8)	American	48	2-3	5-2	6-3	9-0	61	Mar 14, 3:00pm ET	vs Charlotte
	W	Oklahoma(19-15)	SEC	47	4-9	6-5	2-0	7-0	97	No Games Scheduled
12	E	Akron(28-5)	Mid-American	54	0-2	0-2	10-1	16-0	179	Mar 14, 8:00pm ET	vs Toledo
	M	N. Iowa(23-12)	Missouri Valley	71	0-3	4-4	7-5	11-0	113	No Games Scheduled
	S	McNeese(28-5)	Southland	56	0-2	2-2	8-0	16-1	197	No Games Scheduled
	W	Yale(23-5)	Ivy	66	0-1	2-0	10-3	9-1	117	Mar 14, 11:00am ET	vs Cornell
13	E	High Point(30-4)	Big South	74	0-0	0-2	5-2	22-0	318	No Games Scheduled
	M	Hofstra(24-10)	Coastal Athletic	88	0-1	2-2	10-4	10-3	129	No Games Scheduled
	S	Sam Houston(22-11)	Conference USA	100	0-2	0-2	9-6	10-1	176	No Games Scheduled
	W	Utah Valley(25-7)	WAC	83	0-2	0-1	12-2	10-2	168	No Games Scheduled
14	E	Wright St.(23-11)	Horizon	127	0-1	0-2	5-6	16-2	214	No Games Scheduled
	M	N. Dakota St.(27-7)	Summit League	115	0-0	0-1	6-4	18-2	326	No Games Scheduled
	S	Troy(22-11)	Sun Belt	125	1-0	2-1	4-7	13-3	154	No Games Scheduled
	W	UC Irvine(23-10)	Big West	117	0-0	1-4	6-6	14-0	164	No Games Scheduled
15	E	Siena(23-11)	MAAC	184	0-1	0-0	2-5	21-5	276	No Games Scheduled
	M	Tennessee St.(23-9)	Ohio Valley	174	0-2	1-0	3-1	16-6	273	No Games Scheduled
	S	Idaho(21-14)	Big Sky	146	0-0	0-4	9-7	9-3	310	No Games Scheduled
	W	Queens(21-13)	Atlantic Sun	190	0-5	0-1	2-3	18-4	253	No Games Scheduled
16	E	Furman(22-12)	Southern	187	0-1	0-2	5-5	14-4	218	No Games Scheduled
	M	Southern U.(17-16)	SWAC	278	0-5	0-2	0-1	14-8	331	Mar 14, 7:30pm ET	vs Prairie View
	M	Lehigh(18-16)	Patriot	276	0-2	0-2	1-4	15-8	293	No Games Scheduled
	S	UMBC(23-8)	America East	201	0-2	0-2	0-1	21-3	363	Mar 14, 11:00am ET	vs Vermont
	S	Howard(22-10)	MEAC	202	0-2	1-2	1-0	16-6	358	Mar 14, 1:00pm ET	vs NC Central
	W	LIU(24-10)	Northeast	198	0-2	0-2	1-3	23-3	350	No Games Scheduled
	-	Auburn(17-16)	SEC	39	4-13	3-2	4-1	6-0	5	No Games Scheduled
	-	California(21-11)	ACC	68	4-6	2-4	6-1	8-0	87	No Games Scheduled
	-	Stanford(20-12)	ACC	61	5-6	4-2	5-4	6-0	47	No Games Scheduled
	-	Indiana(18-14)	Big Ten	41	3-10	3-4	5-0	7-0	49	No Games Scheduled

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(17-16)	SEC	39	4-13	3-2	4-1	6-0	5	No Games Scheduled
California(21-11)	ACC	68	4-6	2-4	6-1	8-0	87	No Games Scheduled
Indiana(18-14)	Big Ten	41	3-10	3-4	5-0	7-0	49	No Games Scheduled
New Mexico(23-9)	Mountain West	45	2-6	6-1	5-2	9-0	103	No Games Scheduled
SMU(20-13)	ACC	37	4-10	5-3	5-0	6-0	21	No Games Scheduled
San Diego St.(21-10)	Mountain West	46	2-6	6-3	6-1	6-0	44	No Games Scheduled
Seton Hall(21-12)	Big East	53	1-6	7-4	7-2	6-0	76	No Games Scheduled
Stanford(20-12)	ACC	61	5-6	4-2	5-4	6-0	47	No Games Scheduled

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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