*** Bracketology February 26th 2024 1pm***

 *** Bracketology February 26th 2024 1pm***

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 Iowa St.

3 10 Duke

3 11 Alabama

3 12 Baylor

4 13 San Diego St.

4 14 Auburn

4 15 Creighton

4 16 Illinois

5 17 Wisconsin

5 18 Clemson

5 19 Kentucky

5 20 Dayton

6 21 Utah St.*

6 22 Saint Mary's (CA)*

6 23 Texas Tech

6 24 Washington St.

7 25 South Carolina

7 26 Florida

7 27 BYU

7 28 Colorado St.

8 29 Oklahoma

8 30 Northwestern

8 31 TCU

8 32 Nebraska

9 33 Mississippi St.

9 34 Michigan St.

9 35 Boise St.

9 36 Fla. Atlantic

10 37 Nevada

10 38 New Mexico

10 39 Virginia

10 40 Texas

11a 41 Providence

11b 42 Wake Forest

11c 43 Seton Hall

11d 44 Utah

11 45 Indiana St.*

11 46 Princeton*

12 47 Grand Canyon*

12 48 Richmond*

12 49 South Fla.*

12 50 McNeese*

13 51 App State*

13 52 Samford*

13 53 Akron*

13 54 Louisiana Tech*

14 55 UC Irvine*

14 56 Vermont*

14 57 Col. of Charleston*

14 58 Oakland*

15 59 High Point*

15 60 Eastern Washington*

15 61 Morehead St.*

15 62 Colgate*

16 63 Fairfield*

16 64 South Dakota St.*

16a 65 Eastern Kentucky*

16a 66 Norfolk St.*

16b 67 Merrimack*

16b 68 Grambling St.*

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

First Four Out: Gonzaga, Colorado, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh

Next Four Out: St. Johns, Kansas St., Butler, Villanova

Notes:

- The battle for the last 1 seed between Arizona and UNC is tight. Barring a collapse the top 3 teams Purdue, Houston, UConn look like locks for 1 seeds. But the battle for the last one could go down to the wire and Tennessee, Marquette, and Kansas could all get into the mix for that with Arizona and UNC.

- This weekend was not a good one for bubble teams as most teams just outside the bracket lost. Gonzaga keeps winning, but their resume is what it is and beating up on Q3/Q4 games may improve your NET but it isnt really improving their resume. But now they finish their season with two straight road games at San Francisco and St. Marys both Q1 opportunities. A split of those two and avoiding a bad loss in the WCC tournament will have them right there. I wouldnt say lock but with a decent chance to get in.

- The Big East bubble is a mess with Providence, Seton Hall, St. Johns, Butler, Villanova in the mix for a bid but also beating up on each other. This may not be settled till the Big East tournament which could be a bubble palooza.

- Next update will likely be Wednesday.