Bracketology 2022: Gonzaga on top, Duke slides in latest field of 68
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Last Four Byes
Creighton
Xavier
North Carolina
Michigan State
Last Four In
Oregon
San Diego State
Indiana
BYU
First Four Out
UAB
Belmont
Oklahoma
Florida
Next Four Out
St. Louis
Utah State
West Virginia
Toledo
Conference Breakdown (Seeding in Parenthesis)
Big East (7): Villanova (3), Providence (4), UConn (7), Marquette (8), Xavier (11), Seton Hall (11), Creighton (14)
Big Ten (7): Purdue (1), Wisconsin (2), Illinois (4), Ohio State (5), Indiana (7), Michigan State (10), Iowa (11)
Big 12 (6): Kansas (1), Baylor (3), Texas Tech (3), Texas (5), Iowa State (6), TCU (7)
SEC (5): Auburn (1), Kentucky (2), Tennessee (4), Arkansas (6), Alabama (8)
ACC (5): Duke (2), Wake Forest (4), Notre Dame (6), Miami (9), UNC (13)
Pac-12 (4): Arizona (2), UCLA (2), USC (5) Oregon (11)
MWC (4): Boise State (8), Colorado State (10), San Diego State (11), Wyoming (12)
WCC (4): Gonzaga (1), St. Mary’s (9), BYU (11), San Francisco (13)
MWC and WCC basketball find themselves in a three-way tie with the Pac-12 with four teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament field. BYU and San Francisco basketball look like they might still have work to do as double-digit seeds with St. Mary’s basketball well in the field at No. 9 and Gonzaga basketball as the No. 1 overall seed.
Big East and Big Ten basketball lead the projected field of 68 with seven teams apiece. Indiana basketball is the lone team on the bubble for now, but it’s been the Big Ten and Big East flexing their muscles over the likes of the SEC and ACC who both have five projected teams in the NCAA Tournament field. Big 12 basketball also came in with six projections with four being locks already in Kansas, Baylor, Texas Tech, and Texas.
On the bubble, Oklahoma basketball looms in the Big 12 basketball ranks, and Florida and TCU basketball loom for SEC basketball when looking at their respective numbers in the current projections.
Key Saturday Games
Texas @ Baylor – 12:00 PM – ESPN2
Arkansas @ Alabama – 12:00 PM – SEC Network
Rutgers @ Wisconsin – 2:00 PM – FS1
Miami @ Wake Forest – 3:00 PM – ACC Network
Memphis @ Houston – 3:30 PM – ABC
TCU @ Texas Tech – 4:00 PM – Big12|ESPN+
Florida @ Kentucky – 4:00 PM – ESPN
Mississippi State @ LSU – 8:00 PM – ESPN2
St. Mary’s @ Gonzaga – 10:00 PM – ESPN2
UCLA @ USC – 10:00 PM – ESPN
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Key Sunday Games