Bracketology

By CBS College Hoops expert Jerry Palm on NCAA March Madness Bracket Projections

Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 16, 6:05am

First Four

First Round

South

1

Auburn
16

Lexington

8

UCLA
9

UConn

5

Marquette
12

McNeese

Seattle

4

Oregon
13

Akron

6

Memphis
11

Wichita

3

Texas Tech
14

Troy

7

Missouri
10

Utah St.

Cleveland

2

Mich. St.
15

Norfolk St.

East

1

Duke
16

Raleigh

8

Gonzaga
9

Oklahoma

5

Purdue
12

Drake

Denver

4

Iowa St.
13

Yale

6

Clemson
11

VCU

Providence

3

Michigan
14

Robert Morris

7

Saint Mary's
10

Arkansas

Cleveland

2

Alabama
15

Montana

West

1

Florida
16

Bryant

Raleigh

8

Creighton
9

New Mexico

5

Ole Miss
12

Liberty

Denver

4

Maryland
13

High Point

6

Kansas
11

Milwaukee

3

Kentucky
14

UNCW

7

BYU
10

Vanderbilt

Providence

2

St. John's
15

Omaha

Midwest

1

Houston
16

SIUE

Wichita

8

Illinois
9

Georgia

5

Arizona
12

UC San Diego

Seattle

4

Texas A&M
13

Grand Canyon

6

Louisville
11

Colo. St.

Milwaukee

3

Wisconsin
14

Lipscomb

7

Miss. St.
10

Baylor

Lexington

2

Tennessee
15

Wofford

Bracketology Expert

Jerry Palm

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Last 4 In

Team		Net
	West Virginia(19-13)	51
	Indiana(19-13)	54
	San Diego St.(21-10)	52
	Boise St.(24-10)	44

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Xavier(22-12)	45
	Texas(19-16)	39
	N. Carolina(23-14)	36
	Wake Forest(21-11)	69

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 16, 6:05am

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(33-3)	ACC	1	9-3	7-0	10-0	5-0	57	12	No Games Scheduled
	M	Houston(32-4)	Big 12	3	14-3	6-1	5-0	5-0	24	74	Mar 28, 10:09pm ET	vs Purdue
	S	Auburn(30-5)	SEC	2	16-5	6-0	2-0	4-0	2	8	Mar 28, 9:39pm ET	vs Michigan
	W	Florida(32-4)	SEC	4	10-4	9-0	4-0	6-0	23	262	Mar 27, 7:39pm ET	vs Maryland
2	E	Alabama(27-8)	SEC	6	11-8	8-0	4-0	2-0	1	9	Mar 27, 7:09pm ET	vs BYU
	M	Tennessee(29-7)	SEC	5	11-6	5-0	5-0	6-0	8	129	Mar 28, 7:39pm ET	vs Kentucky
	S	Mich. St.(29-6)	Big Ten	11	13-5	5-1	5-0	4-0	30	135	Mar 28, 7:09pm ET	vs Ole Miss
	W	St. John's(31-5)	Big East	13	6-4	11-0	7-0	6-0	65	167	No Games Scheduled
3	E	Michigan(27-9)	Big Ten	25	11-7	4-2	7-0	2-0	26	126	Mar 28, 9:39pm ET	@ Auburn
	M	Wisconsin(27-10)	Big Ten	14	8-7	10-1	2-0	6-0	31	114	No Games Scheduled
	S	Texas Tech(27-8)	Big 12	7	10-5	3-3	6-0	6-0	47	296	Mar 27, 10:09pm ET	vs Arkansas
	W	Kentucky(24-11)	SEC	15	11-10	1-1	4-0	6-0	3	46	Mar 28, 7:39pm ET	@ Tennessee
4	E	Iowa St.(25-10)	Big 12	9	10-7	6-2	3-0	5-0	36	94	No Games Scheduled
	M	Texas A&M(23-11)	SEC	18	7-9	9-1	1-0	5-0	6	36	No Games Scheduled
	S	Oregon(25-10)	Big Ten	29	8-7	8-2	5-0	3-0	28	66	No Games Scheduled
	W	Maryland(27-8)	Big Ten	10	8-7	6-1	3-0	8-0	52	327	Mar 27, 7:39pm ET	@ Florida
5	E	Purdue(24-11)	Big Ten	19	7-10	9-1	2-0	4-0	13	10	Mar 28, 10:09pm ET	@ Houston
	M	Arizona(24-12)	Big 12	12	10-11	4-1	4-0	4-0	4	34	No Games Scheduled
	S	Marquette(23-11)	Big East	26	6-8	7-2	5-0	5-0	40	13	No Games Scheduled
	W	Ole Miss(24-11)	SEC	28	8-10	5-1	2-0	7-0	5	71	Mar 28, 7:09pm ET	@ Mich. St.
6	E	Clemson(27-7)	ACC	22	5-3	8-2	8-1	6-0	76	78	No Games Scheduled
	M	Louisville(27-8)	ACC	23	4-6	11-1	7-0	5-0	58	31	No Games Scheduled
	S	Memphis(29-6)	American Athletic	50	6-1	5-2	10-2	7-0	90	4	No Games Scheduled
	W	Kansas(21-13)	Big 12	20	6-11	7-1	5-0	3-0	12	20	No Games Scheduled
7	E	Saint Mary's(29-6)	West Coast	21	4-3	6-2	7-0	10-0	92	106	No Games Scheduled
	M	Miss. St.(21-13)	SEC	34	7-10	6-2	2-0	6-0	15	128	No Games Scheduled
	S	Missouri(22-12)	SEC	16	7-11	3-0	4-0	8-0	19	227	No Games Scheduled
	W	BYU(26-9)	Big 12	24	8-7	6-2	4-0	6-0	45	313	Mar 27, 7:09pm ET	@ Alabama
8	E	Gonzaga(26-9)	West Coast	8	5-5	5-3	5-0	10-0	73	30	No Games Scheduled
	M	Illinois(22-13)	Big Ten	17	8-10	7-2	0-0	6-0	10	22	No Games Scheduled
	S	UCLA(23-11)	Big Ten	27	9-8	5-1	1-1	7-0	33	84	No Games Scheduled
	W	Creighton(25-11)	Big East	38	6-6	5-4	8-0	5-0	53	49	No Games Scheduled
9	E	Oklahoma(20-14)	SEC	43	7-11	4-1	2-1	7-0	11	143	No Games Scheduled
	M	Georgia(20-13)	SEC	33	4-11	5-1	3-0	8-0	18	220	No Games Scheduled
	S	UConn(24-11)	Big East	32	6-6	7-3	4-1	6-0	54	63	No Games Scheduled
	W	New Mexico(27-8)	Mountain West	42	3-4	8-1	4-2	10-0	80	61	No Games Scheduled
10	E	Arkansas(22-13)	SEC	40	5-10	4-3	4-0	7-0	21	175	Mar 27, 10:09pm ET	@ Texas Tech
	M	Baylor(20-15)	Big 12	30	5-12	7-1	1-1	5-0	7	11	No Games Scheduled
	S	Utah St.(26-8)	Mountain West	37	2-4	8-3	5-0	10-0	86	105	No Games Scheduled
	W	Vanderbilt(20-13)	SEC	48	5-9	4-3	3-0	8-0	27	330	No Games Scheduled
11	E	VCU(28-7)	Atlantic 10	31	2-1	5-4	6-0	13-1	133	275	No Games Scheduled
	M	Colo. St.(26-10)	Mountain West	47	3-5	7-2	4-2	11-0	84	139	No Games Scheduled
	S	San Diego St.(21-10)	Mountain West	52	3-6	5-2	4-1	8-0	64	7	No Games Scheduled
	S	West Virginia(19-13)	Big 12	51	6-10	4-3	4-0	5-0	25	62	No Games Scheduled
	W	Indiana(19-13)	Big Ten	54	4-13	5-0	6-0	4-0	34	158	No Games Scheduled
	W	Boise St.(24-10)	Mountain West	44	3-6	5-2	5-1	10-1	79	121	Mar 31, 5:30pm ET	vs George Wash.
12	E	Drake(31-4)	Missouri Valley	56	2-0	4-0	11-3	11-0	200	258	No Games Scheduled
	M	UC San Diego(30-5)	Big West	35	2-1	2-1	9-2	15-0	197	226	No Games Scheduled
	S	McNeese(28-7)	Southland	58	0-2	1-2	6-2	18-0	217	44	No Games Scheduled
	W	Liberty(28-7)	Conference USA	60	0-0	3-2	14-4	8-0	222	294	No Games Scheduled
13	E	Yale(22-8)	Ivy	72	0-1	2-1	5-3	13-2	263	216	No Games Scheduled
	M	Grand Canyon(26-8)	WAC	92	0-1	1-3	9-2	15-1	292	285	No Games Scheduled
	S	Akron(28-7)	Mid-American	91	0-1	1-2	7-3	18-0	297	191	No Games Scheduled
	W	High Point(29-6)	Big South	82	0-0	1-0	8-3	18-2	354	356	No Games Scheduled
14	E	Robert Morris(26-9)	Horizon	139	0-1	2-0	9-4	14-3	335	316	No Games Scheduled
	M	Lipscomb(25-10)	Atlantic Sun	84	0-2	1-2	6-3	16-2	253	98	No Games Scheduled
	S	Troy(23-11)	Sun Belt	99	0-3	2-1	5-3	14-3	170	64	No Games Scheduled
	W	UNCW(27-8)	Coastal Athletic	102	0-1	0-0	8-3	17-3	329	321	No Games Scheduled
15	E	Montana(25-10)	Big Sky	143	0-4	1-2	4-3	17-0	146	19	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wofford(19-16)	Southern	131	0-1	2-4	6-9	9-1	184	104	No Games Scheduled
	S	Norfolk St.(24-11)	MEAC	183	0-2	1-2	4-3	16-3	245	100	No Games Scheduled
	W	Omaha(22-13)	Summit League	160	0-1	0-6	6-1	14-4	233	182	No Games Scheduled
16	E	Mt St Mary's(23-13)	MAAC	236	0-2	0-1	4-1	17-8	320	166	No Games Scheduled
	E	American(22-13)	Patriot	226	0-1	0-3	1-2	19-6	324	168	No Games Scheduled
	M	SIUE(22-12)	Ohio Valley	216	0-2	0-0	2-2	17-7	343	164	No Games Scheduled
	S	Saint Francis(16-18)	Northeast	297	0-4	0-1	2-3	11-9	208	40	No Games Scheduled
	S	Alabama St.(20-16)	SWAC	274	0-3	0-3	3-1	15-8	262	60	No Games Scheduled
	W	Bryant(23-12)	America East	141	0-1	0-3	3-2	18-5	312	193	No Games Scheduled

See Seeds 5 - 16

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-351, neutral games vs. 201-351, road games vs. 241-351
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

On The Bubble

Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Nc Sos*	Next Game
Baylor(20-15)	Big 12	30	5-12	7-1	1-1	5-0	7	11	No Games Scheduled
Boise St.(24-10)	Mountain West	44	3-6	5-2	5-1	10-1	79	121	Mar 31, 5:30pm ET	vs George Wash.
Indiana(19-13)	Big Ten	54	4-13	5-0	6-0	4-0	34	158	No Games Scheduled
N. Carolina(23-14)	ACC	36	1-12	8-0	7-1	6-0	42	5	No Games Scheduled
San Diego St.(21-10)	Mountain West	52	3-6	5-2	4-1	8-0	64	7	No Games Scheduled
Texas(19-16)	SEC	39	7-10	3-5	2-0	7-0	16	287	No Games Scheduled
West Virginia(19-13)	Big 12	51	6-10	4-3	4-0	5-0	25	62	No Games Scheduled
Xavier(22-12)	Big East	45	1-9	8-2	5-0	7-0	60	144	No Games Scheduled

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-351, neutral games vs. 201-351, road games vs. 241-351
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

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