***Bracketology February 23rd 2024 11:30am***

***Bracketology February 23rd 2024 11:30am***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Purdue*

1 2 Houston*

1 3 UConn*

1 4 Arizona*

2 5 North Carolina*

2 6 Tennessee

2 7 Marquette

2 8 Kansas

3 9 Alabama*

3 10 Iowa St.

3 11 Duke

3 12 Creighton

4 13 Baylor

4 14 San Diego St.

4 15 Auburn

4 16 Wisconsin

5 17 Illinois

5 18 Texas Tech

5 19 Clemson

5 20 BYU

6 21 Washington St.

6 22 Dayton

6 23 Utah St.*

6 24 Kentucky

7 25 Saint Mary's (CA)*

7 26 Colorado St.

7 27 Florida

7 28 South Carolina

8 29 Michigan St.

8 30 Oklahoma

8 31 Northwestern

8 32 Fla. Atlantic

9 33 Nebraska

9 34 Mississippi St.

9 35 New Mexico

9 36 Nevada

10 37 Boise St.

10 38 Virginia

10 39 TCU

10 40 Texas

11a 41 Providence

11a 42 Utah

11 43 Grand Canyon*

11b 44 Wake Forest

11b 45 Seton Hall

11 46 Indiana St.*

12 47 McNeese*

12 48 Richmond*

12 49 South Fla.*

12 50 App State*

13 51 Samford*

13 52 Yale*

13 53 UC Irvine*

13 54 Akron*

14 55 Louisiana Tech*

14 56 Vermont*

14 57 Charleston*

14 58 Oakland*

15 59 High Point*

15 60 Morehead St.*

15 61 Colgate*

15 62 Eastern Washington*

16 63 Quinnipiac*

16 64 Southern*

16a 65 Norfolk St.*

16a 66 South Dakota St.*

16b 67 Eastern Kentucky*

16b 68 Merrimack*

Last Four In: Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Utah, Providence

First Four Out: Villanova, Ole Miss, Gonzaga, Butler

Next Four Out: Texas A&M, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia Tech

Notes:

- With Dayton's loss, Richmond moves back in as an AQ and thus an at-large spot is lost. Both Richmond and South Florida take spots from at-large teams, if FAU and Dayton though end up winning the conference tournament that would be two spots that the first two teams out would get. So Villanova and Ole Miss would be in if that happened. Bubble teams will be pulling hard for FAU and Dayton. 

- Some big bubble games this weekend.

Duke @ Wake Forest. Wake Forest has one Q1 win over Florida at home, a win over Duke at home would give them a 2nd and move them further into the field. A loss, as long as it isnt a blowout, wont kill them but if teams below them pick up big wins they could fall out.

UNC @ Virginia. Virginia probably needs to win one of their next 3 and GT at home to secure a bid. A win here would add a 4th Q1 win and put UVA in good shape.

Butler @ Seton Hall. This is a huge bubble game as Seton Hall is my last team in and Butler is my 4th team out. The winner will likely be in my field Monday the loser wont be.

Villanova @ UConn - Nova fell out of bracket today thanks to Richmond getting the A-10 AQ. But a win at UConn would likely put Nova in the field with some room to spare.

South Carolina @ Ole Miss - Ole Miss just doesnt have a ton of quality wins. This would be a Q2 win and help Ole Miss's resume. A loss would likely keep them sliding further away from the field.

Texas A&M @ Tennessee - A win here would be a 7th Q1 win for A&M which could help overcome the 4 Q3 losses. This is the opportunity for them to move the needle in a big way.

Mississippi St @ LSU - Miss St has improved their spot the last week or so, but a loss here in a tough road game, while only Q2, would increase the stress level as Miss St has a tough close Kentucky, @ Auburn, @ Texas A&M, South Carolina.

Utah @ Colorado - Another big bubble game. Colorado needs to string together wins to get in. Utah is the 2nd team in and a loss while Q1, would make them vulnerable to fall out of the field.