Bracketology 3/6/16

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1) While I've heard some talk of Wichita State missing out on the tournament, I don't buy it. My model, which doesn't take the Van Vleet injury into account, projects them as a 10-seed right now with a fair bit of wiggle room between themselves and the bubble. Had they lost to Loyola Chicago yesterday the story might be different, but I think they're quite safe. Thus, it appears as if the Valley will be a 2-bid league and someone's bid just got stolen.

2) All teams that have clinched auto-bids will be italicized, as Yale and Austin Peay are now. 

1: Kansas, Villanova, Virginia, Oklahoma
2: Xavier, Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan State
3: Utah, West Virginia, Miami (FL), Maryland
4: Kentucky, Duke, Iowa State, Indiana
5: Texas A&M, Purdue, Arizona, Iowa
6: Dayton, Texas, California, Wisconsin
7: Baylor, Texas Tech, Seton Hall, Colorado
8: Oregon State, Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure, Providence
9: St. Mary's, USC, St. Joseph's, South Carolina
10: Pittsburgh, Wichita State, Butler, VCU
11: Valparaiso, (Vanderbilt/Tulsa), (Syracuse/Cincinnati), Temple
12: Monmouth, Arkansas-LR, South Dakota State, Evansville
13: Akron, San Diego State, Yale, Chattanooga
14: Stony Brook, UNC Wilmington, UAB, Stephen F. Austin
15: New Mexico State, Weber State, Hawaii, Winthrop
16: Hampton, Wagner, (Lehigh/Florida Gulf Coast), (Austin Peay/Texas Southern)

Moving In: Evansville, Austin Peay
Moving Out: Michigan, Belmont
Removed from Consideration: Princeton, Ohio State, LSU, Alabama, UCLA

Legitimate Possibilities: Gonzaga, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida
Long Shots: Arkansas-LR, Florida State, Houston, Washington, George Washington, Stanford

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