Bracketology 3/6/15

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Well, it's crunch time now. All the high major teams finish off their regular seasons this 
weekend, with some big bubble showdowns (Illinois @ Purdue) and some teams that just need to hold serve (Colorado State). I'll ramp up the posts and bubble analysis as we head towards Selection Sunday.

 I've done a lot of resume re-evaluation for this bracket. Instead of starting with a formulaic measure of resume strength and working from there, I'm looking at resumes  one by one. Remember that the seed lines are read left to right.

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 1: Kentucky, Virginia, Duke, Villanova

 2: Arizona, Kansas, Wisconsin, Gonzaga

 3: Iowa State, Maryland, Notre Dame, Oklahoma

 4: Baylor, Utah, Wichita State, North Carolina

 5: Northern Iowa, Arkansas, Louisville, Providence

 6: Butler, West Virginia, SMU, Georgetown

 7: San Diego State, St. John's, VCU, Dayton

 8: Ohio State, Michigan State, Iowa, Oklahoma State

 9: Colorado State, Oregon, Georgia, Mississippi

 10: North Carolina State, Davidson, Cincinnati, Xavier

 11: Indiana, BYU, LSU, Boise State/Temple

 12: Texas/Texas A&M, Wofford, Murray State, Stephen F. Austin

 13: Louisiana Tech, Harvard, Iona, Valparaiso

 14: Central Michigan, UC Davis, Georgia State, Eastern Washington

 15: North Carolina Central, South Dakota State, William & Mary, High Point

 16: New Mexico State, Albany, Texas Southern/North Florida, Bucknell/St. Francis (NY)

 Last Four Byes: Xavier, Indiana, BYU, LSU

 Last Four In: Boise State, Temple, Texas, Texas A&M

 First Four Out: Purdue, Tulsa, Illinois, Stanford

 Next Four Out: UCLA, Old Dominion, Richmond, Miami (FL)

 Needing a Miracle: Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Kansas State

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