Bracketology 2/22/18

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I had an interesting night last night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, with the game getting called midway through the second half. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the continuation of the game today, but at least I got an interesting story out of it.

On the bubble, Texas and Syracuse both lost but both remain in for now. Virginia Tech and Kansas State got nice wins that have them up on the 8 line, pretty safely in the field for now. Florida's slide continues, it looks like they're trying the 2017 Vanderbilt method of making the tournament. Not sure they have the RPI for it, though. Most of the action tonight is in the Pac-12, the Arizona schools begin the Oregon road trip which is tougher than it looks, while Washington and UCLA have tough road games. But I wouldn't sleep on the game of the year in the Summit League, as South Dakota takes on South Dakota State.

1: Virginia, Villanova, Xavier, Kansas
2: Auburn, Duke, Purdue, Michigan State
3: North Carolina, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Tennessee
4: Wichita State, Clemson, Arizona, West Virginia
5: Ohio State, Rhode Island, Gonzaga, Michigan
6: Kentucky, Houston, Arizona State, Nevada
7: Alabama, Texas A&M, Missouri, Creighton
8: Virginia Tech, Florida State, Kansas State, Oklahoma
9: Arkansas, St. Mary's, Florida, TCU
10: Miami (FL), Seton Hall, Butler, North Carolina State
11: St. Bonaventure, Providence, Middle Tennessee, (LSU/Syracuse)
12: (Washington/Texas), Loyola Chicago, New Mexico State, Louisiana
13: Vermont, Buffalo, Murray State, East Tennessee State
14: Montana, South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky, UC Santa Barbara
15: Bucknell, Charleston, Rider, Florida Gulf Coast
16: Winthrop, Penn, (Wagner/Nicholls State), (Bethune Cookman/Southern)

First Four Out: Georgia, Baylor, Mississippi State, UCLA
Next Four Out: Temple, USC, Boise State, Louisville
In Consideration: Marquette, Utah, Western Kentucky, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State

Moving In: None
Moving Out: None

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