Bracketology 1/24/17

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The big news of the night is North Carolina State doing what Miami could not on Saturday and beating Duke in Durham. The win vaults the Wolfpack 10 spots up my seed list, enough to get them into a First Four game. There's a number of intriguing games tomorrow, but from a bubble perspective I'll be keeping my eye on Kansas State and Iowa State. A win for either team would go a long ways to getting off the bubble for good.

1: Villanova, Baylor, Kansas, Kentucky
2: Florida State, Gonzaga, Arizona, Butler
3: North Carolina, Oregon, Creighton, UCLA
4: Louisville, Virginia, Notre Dame, Cincinnati
5: Wisconsin, South Carolina, Maryland, St. Mary's
6: Florida, Xavier, Duke, West Virginia
7: Purdue, Virginia Tech, SMU, Northwestern
8: Minnesota, Dayton, USC, Michigan State
9: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State
10: Clemson, Wake Forest, Middle Tennessee, UNC Wilmington
11: Marquette, VCU, Seton Hall, (Pittsburgh/TCU)
12: Illinois State, (North Carolina State/Rhode Island), Chattanooga, Vermont
13: Nevada, Princeton, Valparaiso, Monmouth
14: Akron, New Mexico State, Bucknell, Florida Gulf Coast
15: Belmont, Georgia Southern, Winthrop, Weber State
16: North Carolina Central, North Dakota State, (Texas Southern/UC Irvine), (New Orleans/Farleigh Dickinson)

First Four Out: Illinois, Mississippi, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State,
Next Four Out: Michigan, Georgia, California, Wichita State
Also Considered: Miami (FL), Utah, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, La Salle, Charleston, UT-Arlington, Providence, Memphis, Stanford, Nebraska, Houston, Penn State, Alabama, Central Florida

Moving In: North Carolina State
Moving Out: Illinois
Removed From Consideration: None

Bids by Conference:
ACC: 11
Big Ten: 7
Big 12: 6
Big East: 6
Pac-12: 4
SEC: 4
Atlantic 10: 3
American: 2
West Coast: 2

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