Bracketology 3/4/18

Packed day of hoops throughout the bracket today- bubble teams I have my eye on include Texas (at home against West Virginia), Marquette (at home against Creighton) and Syracuse (at home against Clemson). All of those are winnable, big upside games that could help move each team into the field. Lots of action around the bubble yesterday- Marquette, UCLA and Texas got big wins to move into the field, while Louisville, Baylor and Washington fell out. St. Mary's nearly took a catastrophic loss to Pepperdine but they advanced. And here at the Garden, Michigan got a huge win over Michigan State and Penn State's hopes went up at smoke against Purdue.

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

First Four Out: Baylor, Louisville, LSU, Syracuse
Next Four Out: Washington, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State
In Consideration: Nebraska, Utah, Penn State, Georgia, Notre Dame

Moving In: Texas, Marquette, UCLA, UC Davis, Wright State
Moving Out: Louisville, Baylor, Washington, UC Irvine, Northern Kentucky