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A number of changes throughout the bracket in this update. First is the Pac-12, as Arizona State is now on the 1 line, although I don't expect them to stay there. UCLA moves into the field, giving the Pac-12 a 3rd team in, although USC and Utah are close. Both mid-majors and the Big Ten are having a weak year as well, and the conference that's capitalizing on these extra bids the most is the SEC. They have 8 teams in, including 6 on the top 7 lines. Expect the next update shortly after New Year's. 1: Villanova , Duke, Michigan State , Arizona State 2: Texas A&M , West Virginia, Virginia , Kansas 3: Purdue, North Carolina, TCU, Xavier 4: Oklahoma, Wichita State, Seton Hall, Tennessee 5: Arizona , Cincinnati , Miami (FL), Arkansas 6: Kentucky, Texas Tech, Auburn, SMU 7: Gonzaga , Missouri, Florida State, Creighton 8: Michigan, Rhode Island , Clemson, Texas 9: St. John's, Alabama, Baylor, Notre Dame 10: Florida, Butler, Boise State, Nevada 11: Virginia Te...

Traditionally I put out my first bracket of the season on New Year's Eve, but I decided to do it a little earlier this year because I've been able to watch more college hoops than normal so far this season. At this point in the season, a lot of this is guesswork- the RPI is still pretty erratic, so I'm putting more weight into things like Kenpom and Sagarin than I do later in the season. I've spent a lot of the time in the last month working with a few classmates on a bracketology model. We're just gathering our final results now- my plan is to make a post on here some time in January about the model. 1: Villanova , Duke, Michigan State , North Carolina 2: Arizona State, Texas A&M , West Virginia, Virginia 3: Purdue, Kansas , TCU, Wichita State 4: Oklahoma, Xavier, Kentucky, Miami (FL) 5: Cincinnati, Arizona , Tennessee, Gonzaga 6: Missouri, Seton Hall, Arkansas, Texas Tech 7: Creighton, St. John's, Texas Tech, Auburn 8: Alabama, Florida State, SMU, Mich...