Bracketology: March 6

Bracket Matrix

East:

#1  Villanova Wildcats	#16  North Carolina Central/Jacksonville State
#8  Dayton Flyers	#9    Northwestern Wildcats
#5  Minnesota Golden Gophers	#12  Marquette/Kansas State
#4  Florida State Seminoles	#13  Bucknell Bison
#3  Kentucky Wildcats	#14  Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
#6  Creighton Bluejays	#11  Syracuse Orange
#7  Wichita State Shockers	#10  Michigan State Spartans
#2  Louisville Cardinals	#15  Northern Kentucky Norse

South:

#1  North Carolina Tarheels	#16  Texas Southern Tigers
#8  South Carolina Gamecocks	#9    Virginia Commonwealth Rams
#5  Notre Dame Fighting Irish	#12  UNC Wilmington Seahawks
#4  West Virginia Mountaineers	#13  Vermont Catamounts
#3  UCLA Bruins	#14  Winthrop Eagles
#6  Cincinnati Bearcats	#11  Wake Forest/Rhode Island
#7  Maryland Terrapins	#10  Seton Hall Pirates
#2  Baylor Bears	#15  Iona Gaels

West:

#1  Gonzaga Bulldogs	#16  Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers
#8  Virginia Tech Hokies	#9    Michigan Wolverines
#5  Southern Methodist Mustangs	#12  UT Arlington Mavericks
#4  Duke Bluedevils	#13  Akron Zips
#3  Butler Bulldogs	#14  Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
#6  Iowa State Cyclones	#11  Southern Cal Trojans
#7  Oklahoma State Cowboys	#10  Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
#2  Oregon Ducks	#15  New Orleans Privateers

Midwest:

#1  Kansas Jayhawks	#16  North Dakota/UC Irvine
#8  Miami (Fl) Hurricanes	#9    Arkansas Razorbacks
#5  Virginia Cavaliers	#12  Nevada Wolfpack
#4  Purdue Boilermakers	#13  Princeton Tigers
#3  Florida Gators	#14  East Tennessee State Buccaneers
#6  St. Mary’s (Ca) Gaels	#11  Providence Friars
#7  Wisconsin Badgers	#10  Xavier Musketeers
#2  Arizona Wildcats	#15  South Dakota Coyotes

Last Four Byes:  Xavier, Southern Cal, Syracuse, Providence

Last Four In:  Wake Forest, Rhode Island, Marquette, Kansas State

First Four Out:  Georgia, Houston, Illinois, California

Next Four Out:  Mississippi, Alabama, Iowa, Boise State

In Consideration:  Colorado State, Vanderbilt, Illinois State