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Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 08, 10:44am

First Four

Midwest

11

Stanford
11

VCU

West

11

Missouri
11

SMU

East

16

LIU
16

Bethune-Cook.

Midwest

16

UMBC
16

Howard

First Round

East

1

Duke
16

8

Kentucky
9

NC State

5

St. John's
12

Yale

4

Texas Tech
13

UNCW

6

N. Carolina
11

Saint Louis

3

Alabama
14

N. Dakota St.

7

Saint Mary's
10

UCF

2

Illinois
15

Cent. Arkansas

Midwest

1

Michigan
16

8

Iowa
9

Texas

5

Louisville
12

Miami (Ohio)

4

Vanderbilt
13

Liberty

6

Wisconsin
11

3

Iowa St.
14

Navy

7

Georgia
10

TCU

2

UConn
15

Wright St.

South

1

Florida
16

Tennessee St.

8

Ohio St.
9

Utah St.

5

Kansas
12

N. Iowa

4

Nebraska
13

SF Austin

6

Tennessee
11

South Florida

3

Purdue
14

ETSU

7

Miami
10

Texas A&M

2

Houston
15

Troy

West

1

Arizona
16

Merrimack

8

Clemson
9

UCLA

5

Arkansas
12

High Point

4

Gonzaga
13

Utah Valley

6

BYU
11

3

Virginia
14

UC Irvine

7

Villanova
10

Santa Clara

2

Michigan St.
15

Portland St.

Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Missouri(20-11)	60
	VCU(24-7)	44
	SMU(19-12)	38
	Stanford(20-11)	59

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Oklahoma(17-14)	55
	California(21-10)	65
	Auburn(16-15)	39
	New Mexico(22-9)	45

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 08, 10:44am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(29-2)	ACC	1	15-2	5-0	2-0	7-0	6	No Games Scheduled
	M	Michigan(29-2)	Big Ten	2	13-2	8-0	5-0	2-0	5	No Games Scheduled
	S	Florida(25-6)	SEC	4	11-5	7-1	2-0	5-0	11	No Games Scheduled
	W	Arizona(29-2)	Big 12	3	15-2	5-0	2-0	7-0	11	No Games Scheduled
2	E	Illinois(24-7)	Big Ten	5	7-7	7-0	5-0	5-0	9	No Games Scheduled
	M	UConn(27-4)	Big East	9	7-2	9-1	6-1	5-0	28	No Games Scheduled
	S	Houston(26-5)	Big 12	7	7-5	11-0	2-0	6-0	32	No Games Scheduled
	W	Michigan St.(25-6)	Big Ten	11	9-5	5-0	7-0	4-0	16	No Games Scheduled
3	E	Alabama(23-8)	SEC	17	8-7	8-1	5-0	2-0	3	No Games Scheduled
	M	Iowa St.(25-6)	Big 12	8	6-6	10-0	2-0	7-0	55	No Games Scheduled
	S	Purdue(23-8)	Big Ten	10	8-8	5-0	7-0	3-0	14	No Games Scheduled
	W	Virginia(27-4)	ACC	14	6-3	9-1	5-0	7-0	66	No Games Scheduled
4	E	Texas Tech(22-9)	Big 12	15	8-8	4-1	7-0	3-0	2	No Games Scheduled
	M	Vanderbilt(24-7)	SEC	16	8-6	8-1	2-0	6-0	26	No Games Scheduled
	S	Nebraska(25-5)	Big Ten	12	8-5	5-0	6-0	6-0	61	Mar 08, 5:00pm ET	vs Iowa
	W	Gonzaga(28-3)	West Coast	6	6-2	4-0	10-1	8-0	96	No Games Scheduled
5	E	St. John's(25-6)	Big East	22	4-5	9-0	9-1	3-0	29	No Games Scheduled
	M	Louisville(22-9)	ACC	13	7-9	4-0	4-0	7-0	27	No Games Scheduled
	S	Kansas(22-9)	Big 12	19	8-8	7-1	3-0	4-0	1	No Games Scheduled
	W	Arkansas(23-8)	SEC	18	7-8	7-0	3-0	6-0	7	No Games Scheduled
6	E	N. Carolina(24-7)	ACC	23	6-7	5-0	8-0	5-0	10	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wisconsin(22-9)	Big Ten	26	8-7	5-1	3-1	6-0	45	No Games Scheduled
	S	Tennessee(21-10)	SEC	21	5-9	7-1	2-0	7-0	24	No Games Scheduled
	W	BYU(21-10)	Big 12	24	7-8	6-2	3-0	5-0	8	Mar 10, 7:00pm ET	vs Kansas St.
7	E	Saint Mary's(27-4)	West Coast	20	1-3	7-1	11-0	7-0	58	No Games Scheduled
	M	Georgia(22-9)	SEC	31	7-7	5-1	1-1	9-0	63	No Games Scheduled
	S	Miami(24-7)	ACC	32	5-5	6-2	3-0	10-0	117	No Games Scheduled
	W	Villanova(24-7)	Big East	33	2-6	8-0	10-1	4-0	41	No Games Scheduled
8	E	Kentucky(19-12)	SEC	28	6-10	4-2	3-0	6-0	13	Mar 11, 12:30pm ET	vs LSU
	M	Iowa(20-10)	Big Ten	25	4-8	5-1	5-1	6-0	75	Mar 08, 5:00pm ET	@ Nebraska
	S	Ohio St.(20-11)	Big Ten	30	3-10	6-1	5-0	6-0	31	No Games Scheduled
	W	Clemson(22-9)	ACC	36	5-5	6-4	4-0	7-0	76	No Games Scheduled
9	E	NC State(19-12)	ACC	35	5-7	6-4	4-0	4-1	15	No Games Scheduled
	M	Texas(18-13)	SEC	41	6-9	2-3	2-1	7-0	53	Mar 11, 7:00pm ET	vs Ole Miss
	S	Utah St.(25-6)	Mountain West	29	3-4	8-1	8-1	5-0	51	No Games Scheduled
	W	UCLA(21-10)	Big Ten	34	4-8	6-2	4-0	7-0	52	No Games Scheduled
10	E	UCF(20-10)	Big 12	51	5-6	5-3	3-1	7-0	33	No Games Scheduled
	M	TCU(21-10)	Big 12	40	5-7	6-1	3-1	7-1	70	Mar 10, 9:30pm ET	vs Okla. St.
	S	Texas A&M(21-10)	SEC	43	6-6	4-4	3-0	8-0	100	No Games Scheduled
	W	Santa Clara(24-7)	West Coast	42	1-5	6-1	9-0	7-1	72	Mar 08, 11:00pm ET	vs Pacific
11	E	Saint Louis(27-4)	Atlantic 10	27	2-1	4-2	9-1	11-0	105	No Games Scheduled
	M	Stanford(20-11)	ACC	59	5-6	4-2	4-3	7-0	38	Mar 10, 2:00pm ET	vs Pittsburgh
	M	VCU(24-7)	Atlantic 10	44	2-5	3-2	10-0	9-0	62	No Games Scheduled
	S	South Florida(23-8)	American	50	2-2	5-3	7-3	8-0	59	No Games Scheduled
	W	Missouri(20-11)	SEC	60	5-7	5-4	2-0	8-0	81	No Games Scheduled
	W	SMU(19-12)	ACC	38	4-8	4-4	5-0	6-0	19	Mar 10, 4:30pm ET	vs Syracuse
12	E	Yale(23-5)	Ivy	64	0-1	2-0	10-3	9-1	111	Mar 14, 11:00am ET	@ Cornell
	M	Miami (Ohio)(31-0)	Mid-American	53	0-0	2-0	11-0	15-0	234	Mar 12, 11:00am ET	vs Massachusetts
	S	N. Iowa(23-12)	Missouri Valley	77	0-3	4-4	7-5	11-0	115	No Games Scheduled
	W	High Point(30-4)	Big South	79	0-0	0-2	5-2	22-0	326	No Games Scheduled
13	E	UNCW(26-6)	Coastal Athletic	90	0-0	0-1	8-3	16-2	205	No Games Scheduled
	M	Liberty(25-6)	Conference USA	100	1-1	1-0	9-4	11-1	151	No Games Scheduled
	S	SF Austin(27-4)	WAC	86	0-1	2-0	4-2	19-1	330	No Games Scheduled
	W	Utah Valley(24-7)	WAC	84	0-2	0-1	9-2	12-2	157	No Games Scheduled
14	E	N. Dakota St.(26-7)	Summit League	115	0-0	0-1	5-4	18-2	329	Mar 08, 9:00pm ET	vs North Dakota
	M	Navy(26-7)	Patriot	126	0-1	0-3	1-0	23-3	346	No Games Scheduled
	S	ETSU(23-10)	Southern	129	0-2	0-0	2-3	19-5	271	No Games Scheduled
	W	UC Irvine(22-10)	Big West	118	0-0	1-3	5-7	14-0	161	No Games Scheduled
15	E	Cent. Arkansas(22-12)	Atlantic Sun	161	0-4	0-1	3-2	17-5	266	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wright St.(21-11)	Horizon	134	0-1	0-3	4-5	15-2	216	Mar 09, 7:00pm ET	vs N. Kentucky
	S	Troy(20-11)	Sun Belt	138	1-0	2-1	4-7	11-3	167	Mar 08, 6:00pm ET	vs So. Miss
	W	Portland St.(19-10)	Big Sky	139	0-2	0-2	7-3	9-3	290	Mar 08, 7:30pm ET	vs Idaho St.
16	E	LIU(23-10)	Northeast	199	0-2	0-2	1-3	22-3	351	Mar 10, 7:00pm ET	vs Mercyhurst
	E	Bethune-Cook.(17-14)	SWAC	255	0-7	0-1	1-0	15-6	285	No Games Scheduled
	M	UMBC(22-8)	America East	206	0-2	0-2	0-1	20-3	363	Mar 10, 6:00pm ET	vs UMass Lowell
	M	Howard(21-10)	MEAC	201	0-2	1-2	1-0	15-6	361	No Games Scheduled
	S	Tennessee St.(23-9)	Ohio Valley	170	0-2	1-0	3-1	16-6	271	No Games Scheduled
	W	Merrimack(22-10)	MAAC	179	0-2	0-1	3-4	19-3	208	Mar 08, 6:00pm ET	vs Marist
	-	Indiana(18-13)	Big Ten	37	3-11	3-2	5-0	7-0	43	No Games Scheduled
	-	Boise St.(20-11)	Mountain West	56	2-6	6-3	8-1	3-0	22	Mar 11, 11:30pm ET	vs San Jose St.
	-	West Virginia(18-13)	Big 12	58	5-7	3-5	2-1	8-0	78	No Games Scheduled
	-	Seton Hall(20-11)	Big East	57	1-5	6-4	7-2	6-0	70	Mar 12, 2:30pm ET	vs Creighton

See Seeds 5 - 16

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

On The Bubble

Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
Auburn(16-15)	SEC	39	4-12	4-2	2-1	6-0	4	Mar 11, 3:00pm ET	vs Miss. St.
Boise St.(20-11)	Mountain West	56	2-6	6-3	8-1	3-0	22	Mar 11, 11:30pm ET	vs San Jose St.
California(21-10)	ACC	65	4-6	2-3	6-1	8-0	85	Mar 11, 7:00pm ET	@ Florida St.
Indiana(18-13)	Big Ten	37	3-11	3-2	5-0	7-0	43	No Games Scheduled
New Mexico(22-9)	Mountain West	45	2-6	6-1	4-2	9-0	95	No Games Scheduled
Oklahoma(17-14)	SEC	55	4-9	5-5	1-0	7-0	97	Mar 11, 9:30pm ET	vs S. Carolina
Seton Hall(20-11)	Big East	57	1-5	6-4	7-2	6-0	70	Mar 12, 2:30pm ET	vs Creighton
West Virginia(18-13)	Big 12	58	5-7	3-5	2-1	8-0	78	No Games Scheduled

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

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