Bracketology 2/24/13

News/notes:
1) This update includes games through 2/23. Even though Saint John's just got pasted by Pittsburgh and will be out of the bracket, that and other Sunday games are not reflected in this bracket.
2) For the first time in a while, more teams played their way into the bracket than played there way out of the bracket. Villanova, Temple, Saint Mary's and Kentucky played their way in, while only Mississippi and Arizona State played their way out (Baylor kind of just slid out).
3) Creighton is in increasingly hot water after a BracketBusters loss. 
4) Belmont and Louisiana Tech's positions on the "First 4 out" and "Next 4 out" lists are indicative of where they would be without the auto-bid.
5) I'd draw the "bubble line" I spoke of last update in between La Salle and Middle Tennessee on the top end, and between Arizona State and UMass on the low end. This puts 16 teams on the bubble.
6) Remember the seed list snakes! This means Indiana is the top 1, Michigan the top 2, New Mexico the top 3, Arizona the top 4, Butler the top 5, etc.

1: Indiana, Duke, Miami (FL), Gonzaga
2: Michigan State, Kansas, Florida, Michigan 
3: New Mexico, Louisville, Georgetown, Syracuse 
4: Marquette, Wisconsin, Kansas State, Arizona
5: Butler, Oklahoma State, UNLV, Ohio State
6: Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Colorado State, Illinois 
7: Cincinnati, Oklahoma, North Carolina State, Notre Dame
8: Memphis, Saint Louis, Oregon, VCU
9: Missouri, Colorado, San Diego State, UCLA
10: California, Wichita State, North Carolina, Iowa State 
11: La Salle, Middle Tennessee, Boise State, Creighton
12: Belmont, (Kentucky/Saint John's), (Saint Mary's/Temple), Villanova
13: Louisiana Tech, Bucknell, Akron, Stephen F Austin

14: Davidson, Harvard, Valparaiso, 
South Dakota State
15: Mercer, Montana, Stony Brook, Long Beach State
16: (Niagara/Robert Morris), (Norfolk State/High Point), Southern, Northeastern



Last Four Byes: 
Middle Tennessee
Boise State
Creighton
Villanova

Last Four In:
Kentucky
Saint Mary's
Temple
Saint John's

First Four Out:
Mississippi
Baylor
Belmont
Charlotte

Next Four Out:
Maryland
Virginia
Louisiana Tech
Arizona State

Also Considered:

Massachusetts
Indiana State
Southern Miss
Tennessee


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