***Bracketology March 16th 2024 Updated 9:30am ET***

 ***Bracketology March 16th 2024***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Houston*

1 2 Purdue*

1 3 UConn*

1 4 North Carolina*

2 5 Tennessee

2 6 Arizona

2 7 Iowa St.

2 8 Marquette

3 9 Baylor

3 10 Creighton

3 11 Illinois

3 12 Duke

4 13 Kentucky

4 14 Kansas

4 15 Auburn*

4 16 Alabama

5 17 South Carolina

5 18 Utah St.

5 19 Texas Tech

5 20 San Diego St.*

6 21 BYU

6 22 Wisconsin

6 23 Florida

6 24 Nevada

7 25 Saint Mary's (CA)*

7 26 Clemson

7 27 Gonzaga

7 28 Washington St.

8 29 Dayton

8 30 Colorado St.

8 31 Boise St.

8 32 Nebraska

9 33 Fla. Atlantic

9 34 Northwestern

9 35 Colorado*

9 36 Texas

10 37 Michigan St.

10 38 Mississippi St.

10 39 TCU

10 40 Oklahoma

11a 41 New Mexico

11b 42 Texas A&M

11 43 Drake*

11c 44 St. John's (NY)

11d 45 Virginia

11 46 Princeton*

12 47 South Fla.*

12 48 Grand Canyon*

12 49 James Madison*

12 50 McNeese*

13 51 VCU*

13 52 Samford*

13 53 Vermont*

13 54 Col. of Charleston*

14 55 Oakland*

14 56 Akron*

14 57 Morehead St.*

14 58 Colgate*

15 59 Weastern Kentucky*

15 60 South Dakota St.*

15 61 Fairfield*

15 62 UC Davis*

16 63 Longwood*

16 64 Stetson*

16a 65 Montana St.*

16a 66 Howard*

16b 67 Grambling St.*

16b 68 Wagner*

Last Four In: Virginia, St. Johns, Texas A&M, New Mexico

First Four Out: Seton Hall, Providence, Pittsburgh, Indiana St.

Next Four Out: Oregon, Ohio St., Kansas St., Wake Forest

Notes:

- Too much action to recount yesterday, but Texas A&M is the only new team in the field this morning and I dropped Seton Hall out. 

- I think the final 2 spots are what is up for grabs now. I think those 2 spots at the moment for me come down to Seton Hall, St. Johns, and Virginia. I gave it to St. Johns and Virginia. Virginia over Seton Hall thanks to better peformance and predictive metrics averages, a better NET. A superior overall Q1/Q2/Q3 record for Virginia 17-10 vs Seton Hall 11-12. Seton Hall's arguments are 5 Q1 wins vs UVA's 2. For now I give the advantage to Virginia.

- However, 3 big bubble things to follow today. NC State and Oregon are bid stealers. If they win their respective conference championship games, Virginia falls out and then next on my list would be St. Johns. Also FAU is still alive in the AAC tournament and if they win, that is a bad that comes back in to play, good news for Seton Hall in my bracket. 

- In my opinion, of the first 4 teams out, the committee could easily put in Seton Hall, Providence, Pittsburgh, or Indiana State instead of one of the teams I have in. Usually I will miss one team, so if I do it would likely come from that group.