Here’s a quick mid-week update. I’ll bring you another update with analysis on Friday or Saturday. As always, moves up or down since last time are in parentheses after the team’s name.
In since last time: Loyola-Chicago, Western Kentucky, Houston
Out since last time: Missouri State, North Carolina State, UCLA
1s – Villanova, Virginia, Purdue, Duke
2s – Kansas, Oklahoma (+1), Xavier (+1), Michigan State
3s – North Carolina (-1), West Virginia (-1), Texas Tech, Arizona
4s – Clemson, Ohio State (+1), Arizona State, Florida (+1)
5s – Cincinnati, Tennessee (+1), Kentucky (-1), Gonzaga
6s – Wichita State (-2), Seton Hall, Auburn (+2), TCU
7s – Arkansas (-1), Miami, Rhode Island, Michigan
8s – Saint Mary’s, Creighton (-1), Louisville (+1), Nevada (+1)
9s – Butler (-1), Florida State, Texas A & M (-1), Notre Dame
10s – Texas, Providence (+1), Syracuse, Alabama
11s – Marquette, Missouri (-1), Western Kentucky (new), USC, SMU, Houston (new)
12s – New Mexico State, Middle Tennessee (+1), Buffalo, Belmont
13s – Loyola-Chicago (new), Vermont (-1), South Dakota State, Louisiana-Lafayette
14s – East Tennessee State, William & Mary (+2), Montana, Wright State
15s – Stephen F. Austin (-1), Bucknell, UC Davis, Rider (+1)
16s – Florida Gulf Coast (-1), Radford (-1), Penn, Wagner, North Carolina Central, Jackson State
LAST FOUR IN – Western Kentucky, USC, SMU, Houston
FIRST FOUR OUT – Kansas State (+4), North Carolina State, Washington (+1), Boise State (+1)
NEXT FOUR OUT – UCLA, Oklahoma State (+2), Georgia (-1), LSU
THIRD FOUR OUT – Baylor (-2), Maryland (-2), Virginia Tech (+2), South Carolina
So, that will do it for today. As always, if you want to rip me because I have your team too low or want to discuss anything else related to bracketology, feel free to do so in the comments. And as always, remember to check out the Bracket Matrix, a must for those of us who are obsessed with this stuff.
