Paint Touches

March 10 Bracket

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

ACC: 5

SEC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Last Four In

USF

Ole Miss

NC State

Drexel

First Four Out

Cal

Miami

Seton Hall

Iona

Next Four Out

Marshall

Oregon

Oral Roberts

Washington

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

New Automatic Qualifiers Long Island (Northeast) Montana (Big Sky) Lehigh (Patriot)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee

New Automatic Qualifiers Harvard (Ivy) South Dakota State (Summit) Detroit (Horizon) Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)   Last Four In USF Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out Seton Hall NC State Cal Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern Saint Joseph’s UCF Tennessee

New Automatic Qualifiers VCU (Colonial) Loyola (MAAC) Davidson (Southern) Saint Mary’s (West Coast)   Last Four In USF  Drexel Miami Ole Miss   First Four Out NC State Cal Seton Hall Oregon   Next Four Out Northwestern UCF Tennessee  Saint Joseph’s   North Texas becomes new AQ from Sun Belt

March 4 Bracket

Conference Breakdown

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

SEC: 6

ACC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Colonial: 2

C-USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Last Four In

Xavier

USF

Miami

Ole Miss

First Four Out

NC State

Cal

Seton Hall

Ole Miss

Next Four Out

Oregon

Northwestern

UCF

Saint Joseph’s

Additions (case for, case against)

Miami

• Win at Duke (RPI: 4), vs. Florida State (RPI: 23)
• No losses against RPI Sub 100

• 4-11 against RPI Top 100
• Non conference SOS: 117
• 5-8 road/neutral games

Ole Miss

• SOS: 39
• Won three straight games

• 6-10 road/neutral games
• Non conference SOS: 127
• 8-8 in SEC

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Cal

• 6-6 road/neutral games
• Pac 12 has a 1-31 non conference record against RPI Top 50
• Conference SOS: 145
• Lost at Washington State (RPI: 173)

• 6-5 against RPI Top 100
• RPI: 36

Seton Hall

• Lost at DePaul (RPI: 193) by 26 points
• 6-8 road/neutral games
• 4-8 in last 12 games

• Three wins against RPI Top 50
• Win vs. Georgetown (RPI: 9) by 18 points

Locks

ACC – Duke, North Carolina, Florida State

Big East – Syracuse, Marquette, Georgetown, Louisville, Cincinnati, Notre Dame

Big 12 – Kansas, Missouri, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State

Big 10 – Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana

Pac 12 – None

SEC – Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida

Everyone else – Temple, Memphis, Southern Miss, Wichita State, UNLV, San Diego State, New Mexico, Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s

Automatic qualifiers (tickets punched) – Belmont, UNC-Asheville, Creighton, Murray State

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

March 1 Bracket

Conference Breakdown

Big East: 10

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

SEC: 5

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Seton Hall

Texas

USF

Xavier

First Four Out

NC State

Miami

Arizona

Ole Miss

Next Four Out

Oregon

Northwestern

UCF 

Saint Joseph’s

Additions (case for, case against)

USF

• SOS: 24
• 12-5 in Big East
• 9-3 in last 12 games

• Three losses against RPI 100-150 (Old Dominion, Penn State, Auburn)
• 5-10 in road/neutral games
• 6-6 in non conference play (best win vs. Cleveland State RPI: 78)

New Mexico, Montana new automatic qualifiers

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Miami

• Non conference SOS: 124
• 5-8 in road/neutral games
• Ten of 17 wins against RPI Sub 150

• Wins at Duke (RPI: 3), vs. Florida State (RPI: 29)
• SOS: 35

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)