Bradford’s Bracket Breakdown 3.0
Bradford’s Bracketology 3.0
Note: The following is how I would seed the NCAA Tournament field after the conclusion of games on Saturday, March 15th.
#1 Seeds: Florida, Wichita State, Arizona, Duke
#2 Seeds: Michigan, Louisville, Villanova, Kansas
#3 Seeds: Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa State, Syracuse
#4 Seeds: Michigan State, San Diego State, UConn, Cincinnati
#5 Seeds: UNC, Creighton, VCU, UCLA
#6 Seeds: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Ohio State
#7 Seeds: Memphis, Texas, Baylor, Saint Louis
#8 Seeds: UMass, Gonzaga, Kansas State, GW
#9 Seeds: Oklahoma State, Oregon, Colorado, Pitt
#10 Seeds: Stanford, Arizona State, Nebraska, Iowa
#11 Seeds: Providence, Tennessee, Xavier, SMU/Dayton
#12 Seeds: St. Joe’s/Cal, Harvard, North Dakota State, Manhattan
#13 Seeds: Tulsa, Mercer, Stephen F. Austin, Delaware
#14 Seeds: Western Michigan, New Mexico State, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia State
#15 Seeds: NC Central, American, Milwaukee, Wofford
#16 Seeds: Albany, Weber State, Coastal Carolina/Texas Southern, Mount St. Mary’s/Cal Poly
On the Bubble
Last 4 In: SMU, St. Joe’s, Cal, Dayton
First 6 Out: NC State, BYU, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida State, Minnesota
Biggest Movers
Change in seed since my last update on 3/11:
Gains: UCLA (9> 5), Providence (Out > 11)
Drops: SMU (8 > Last 4 In), Iowa (8 > 10), Memphis (5 > 7)
Bids by Conference
Big 12: 7
Pac-12: 7
Atlantic 10: 6
Big Ten: 6
ACC: 5
American: 5
Big East: 4
SEC: 3
Mountain West: 2
All Others: 1