Teams are ranked in order by seed. Auto bids are in bold and
are determined via KenPom projections, with tiebreaker being awarded to the
team ranked higher in KenPom’s rankings.
1 seeds: Villanova, Virginia, Purdue, Kansas
2 seeds: Duke, Xavier, Auburn, Clemson
3 seeds: Oklahoma, Cincinnati, North Carolina, Tennessee
4 seeds: Arizona, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Florida
5 seeds: Kentucky, Wichita State, Seton Hall, Michigan State
6 seeds: Ohio State, TCU, Arizona State, Rhode Island
7 seeds: Arkansas, Texas, Creighton, Alabama
8 seeds: Gonzaga, Louisville, Florida State, Miami FL
9 seeds: Butler, Michigan, Nevada, Texas A&M
10 seeds: Providence, St. Mary’s, USC, SMU
11 seeds: Syracuse, Marquette, Missouri, Houston, Washington,
Kansas State
12 seeds: New Mexico State, Middle Tennessee, UL Lafayette, Loyola
Chicago
13 seeds: East Tennessee State, Vermont, Murray State,
Northern Kentucky
14 seeds: Montana, Buffalo, South Dakota State, UC Santa
Barbara
15 seeds: Bucknell, Northeastern, Iona, Princeton
16 seeds: Stephen F. Austin, Florida Gulf Coast, Winthrop, Wagner,
North Carolina A&T, Texas Southern
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Last 4 In: Missouri,
Houston, Washington, Kansas State
First 4 Out: NC
State, South Carolina, Georgia, LSU
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New to the bracket: Kansas State, Middle Tennessee, Winthrop
Removed from the bracket: Georgia, Western Kentucky, Radford