Bracketology: Duke creeps back up to a No. 2 seed when Wisconsin slips to a No. 3 after losing to Nebraska
The Blue Devils are back on the second line after a bad Badgers loss on the last day of the regular season
The Big Ten went out on a wacky note Sunday. Wisconsin dropped from a No. 2 seed to a No. 3 seed in Monday's updated bracket after losing at home to Nebraska. The loss also cost the Badgers a No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament after Illinois beat Iowa later.
Duke replaced Wisconsin as a No. 2 seed, a day after it fell from a No. 2 to a No. 3 following its home loss to North Carolina on Saturday.
Also Sunday, Michigan won on the road at Ohio State without star center Hunter Dickinson. The Wolverines announced right before the game that he would not be available due to a stomach ailment. That is a very important win for Michigan as they now enter the Big Ten Tournament with a record of 17-13.
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There is a light schedule Monday with action in six conference tournaments. Four will play semifinals, including the West Coast Conference, where Gonzaga takes on San Francisco and Saint Mary's plays Santa Clara.
San Francisco created a little space for itself from the bottom of the bracket with a win over BYU on Saturday in the quarterfinals. The Dons would punch their ticket for sure if they knock off the No. 1 Zags, but could still make the NCAA Tournament with a loss. They beat BYU two of three this season and have a win over Atlantic 10 champion Davidson, but that loss to Portland a month ago could come back to bite them.
Two teams joined the field on Sunday by winning their conference tournaments. Loyola-Chicago had been squarely on the bubble, but erased that concern by winning the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship over Drake.
Longwood will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the Big South Tournament championship over Winthrop.
Two more bids go out Monday as well. In the Southern Conference, top seed Chattanooga faces No. 2 seed Furman. Things were a little more chaotic in the Sun Belt, where the championship game features No. 3 seed Georgia State and No. 8 Louisiana.
