This is week 2 of me attempting to build a bracket. Try to remember that when commenting and getting after me on Twitter but I appreciate all the feedback. I’ll give you my S-curve as well as try to seed teams while following the NCAA Selection Committee’s guidelines for seeding. I’ll try to do this post at least once a week as the season progresses and maybe more frequently as Selection Sunday gets closer. Note that my bracket is now part of the Bracket Matrix.
The automatic qualifiers are based on the conference standings through games on February 2nd.
Be sure to send me your feedback in the comments section, via email or on Twitter. Here we go.
MIDWEST |
EAST |
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| 1 | Kentucky* | Virginia* | 1 | |||
| 16 | Texas Southern*/Sacramento St* | St. Francis NY*/Bucknell* | 16 | |||
| 8 | Texas | Michigan State | 8 | |||
| 9 | Dayton | Xavier | 9 | |||
| 5 | Iowa State | West Virginia | 5 | |||
| 12 | St. John’s!/Old Dominion! | Stephen F. Austin* | 12 | |||
| 4 | Notre Dame | VCU* | 4 | |||
| 13 | Iona* | William & Mary* | 13 | |||
| 6 | Georgetown | Providence | 6 | |||
| 11 | Texas A&M | Mississippi!/NC State! | 11 | |||
| 3 | North Carolina | Louisville | 3 | |||
| 14 | Wyoming* | Akron* | 14 | |||
| 7 | SMU | Stanford | 7 | |||
| 10 | Miami (FL) | Iowa | 10 | |||
| 2 | Duke | Arizona | 2 | |||
| 15 | UC Davis* | High Point* | 15 | |||
SOUTH |
WEST |
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| 1 | Kansas* | Gonzaga* | 1 | |||
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast* | Albany* | 16 | |||
| 8 | Georgia | Seton Hall | 8 | |||
| 9 | Cincinnati | LSU | 9 | |||
| 5 | Oklahoma | Baylor | 5 | |||
| 12 | Valparaiso* | Murray State* | 12 | |||
| 4 | Northern Iowa* | Butler | 4 | |||
| 13 | Louisiana Tech* | Yale* | 13 | |||
| 6 | Arkansas | Ohio State | 6 | |||
| 11 | Tulsa | Wofford | 11 | |||
| 3 | Utah | Wichita State | 3 | |||
| 14 | NC Central* | South Dakota St* | 14 | |||
| 7 | Indiana | San Diego St* | 7 | |||
| 10 | Oklahoma State | Colorado State | 10 | |||
| 2 | Wisconsin* | Villanova* | 2 | |||
| 15 | Georgia Southern | New Mexico St* | 15 | |||
* denotes Automatic Qualifier (AQ) for winning conference -conference standings used as of 2/2/15
Bracket Math
Remember to read it from left to right then down and right to left.
- * denotes AQ Conference Winner
- ! denotes Last Four In
- # denotes First Four Out
- % denotes Next Four Out
- ^ denotes Four More Out
| 1-Kentucky* | 2-Virginia* | 3-Kansas* | 4-Gonzaga* |
| 8-Villanova* | 7-Wisconsin* | 6-Arizona* | 5-Duke |
| 9-North Carolina | 10-Louisville | 11-Utah | 12-Wichita State |
| 16-Butler | 15-Northern Iowa* | 14-VCU* | 13-Notre Dame |
| 17-Iowa State | 18-West Virginia | 19-Oklahoma | 20-Baylor |
| 24-Ohio State | 23-Arkansas | 22-Providence | 21-Georgetown |
| 25-SMU | 26-Stanford | 27-Indiana | 28-San Diego St* |
| 32-Seton Hall | 31-Georgia | 30-Michigan State | 29-Texas |
| 33-Dayton | 34-Xavier | 35-Cincinnati | 36-LSU |
| 40-Colorado St | 39-Oklahoma St | 38-Iowa | 37-Miami (FL) |
| 41-Texas A&M | 42-Mississippi! | 43-Tulsa* | 44-NC State! |
| 48-Stephen F. Austin* | 47-Wofford* | 46-Old Dominion! | 45-St. John’s! |
| 49-Valparaiso* | 50-Murray St* | 51-Iona* | 52-William & Mary* |
| 55-Akron* | 55-Wyoming* | 54-Yale* | 53-Louisiana Tech* |
| 57-NC Central* | 58-South Dakota St* | 59-UC Davis* | 60-High Point* |
| 64-Albany* | 63-Florida Gulf Coast* | 62-New Mexico St* | 61-Georgia Southern* |
| 65-Texas Southern* | 66-St. Francis NY* | 67-Sacramento St* | 68-Bucknell* |
| 72-Kansas State# | 71-George Washington# | 70-Tennessee# | 69-Florida# |
| 73-Davidson% | 74-Michigan% | 75-Purdue% | 76-Temple% |
| 80-St. Mary’s | 79-Green Bay | 78-Richmond | 77-BYU |
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Probably just an oversight but no Maryland?
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