Joe Lunardi released his updated Bracket Math on Twitter ahead of Saturday’s games. Lunardi has five Big East teams in his field of 68 with Xavier topping the league as a 2 seed. Villanova moved back up to the 3 line, while Providence is the top 4 seed. Butler finds themselves on the 6 line after their rough start to league play and Seton Hall rounds out the Big East contingent as a 10 seed. Marquette has moved up to being in the “Next Four Out” category, so the Big East could potentially match the 6 teams they got into the Big Dance a season ago.
Bracket Math
| Seed Line | ||||
| 1 | 1-KANSAS | 2-Okla | 3-MichSt | 4-Maryland |
| 2 | 8-Virginia | 7-IowaSt | 6-Xavier | 5-UNC |
| 3 | 9-NOVA | 10-Kentucky | 11-Duke | 12-Miami |
| 4 | 16-IOWA | 15-Lville | 14-Zona | 13-Prov |
| 5 | 17-Purdue | 18-TxA&M | 19-Wvu | 20-DAYTON |
| 6 | 24-Oregon | 23-SoCar | 22-Butler | 21-Pitt |
| 7 | 25-Cal | 26-Gonzaga | 27-STMARY | 28-Utah |
| 8 | 32-Baylor | 31-NDame | 30-UConn | 29-Indiana |
| 9 | 33-TTech | 34-SoCal | 35-WICH | 36-Cincy |
| 10 | 40-Flor | 39-SHall | 38-Texas | 37-GWash |
| 11 | 41-Mich | 42-Colorado | 43-Mmouth | 44-Ucla |
| 12 | 48-CHATT | 47-AKRON | 46-SDSU | 45-UALR |
| 13 | 49-STONY | 50-YALE | 51-NE | 52-HAWAII |
| 14 | 56-HIGHPT | 55-ODU | 54-WASH | 53-HOU |
| 15 | 57-IONA | 58-GB | 59-UNF | 60-OMAHA |
| 16 | 64-SFA | 63-MONT | 62-NMSU | 61-TENTCH |
| 16 | 65-BUCK | 66-JACKST | 67-HAMP | 68-MSM |
| First 4 Out | 72-Wake | 71-Vcu | 70-FlaSt | 69-AzState |
| Next 4 Out | 73-Marq | 74-Lsu | 75-Valpo | 76-Vandy |
| Four More | 80-StJoes | 79-OhioSt | 78-Uta | 77-OreSt |
Notes: CAPS are AQ’s – Seed lines aren’t exactly as they would be due to their being either four 11 seeds or four 12 seeds once the actual field is determined.
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[…] ESPN and CBS Sports have released updated brackets on Monday morning and we’ll continue to track the minutae of each bracketology update so you don’t have to. Joe Lunardi’s ESPN bracket and Jerry Palm’s CBS Sports bracket are in agreement on Providence’s seed line again, after their last joint update on January 4th also had the Friars on the same seed line. To see Lunardi’s Bracket Math entering last weekends action, click here. […]