Bracketology 2/28/18

I moved North Carolina up to a 2 seed even though they lost, as I dropped Auburn for their loss over Arkansas. I felt like the top 9 teams were a definite tier above the rest of the 3 seeds, so the Heels move up. Elsewhere, my jaw dropped when I saw the Rhode Island score- after getting waxed by 30 at home by St. Joe's the Rams fall quite a bit. They have the potential to fall quite a bit further as they have a deceptively tricky game at Davidson to close the regular season followed by the A-10 tournament. The game of the night was also in the A-10 as St. Bonaventure knocked off Davidson in a 3OT thriller to stay in the field. Tonight, Syracuse has a tough, but low-upside game at Boston College, and LSU faces the same situation at South Carolina.

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

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

Moving In: Baylor, USC, Hampton
Moving Out: LSU, Mississippi State, Bethune-Cookman