Matty Brackets 2/1/18

It’s Feburary!  That calls for another Matty Brackets:

East:

1. Villanova (20-1) vs. 16. Grambling (10-12) (NEW) / William & Mary (14-7)
2. Duke (19-3) vs. 15. Penn (13-6)
3. Ohio State (19-5) (UP 1) vs. 14. Belmont (17-6)
4. Kentucky (17-5) (UP 1) vs. 13. Vermont (18-5)
5. USC (17-6) vs. 12. Louisiana (19-3)
6. Louisville (16-6) (DOWN 1) vs. 11. Alabama (14-8) (DOWN 2)
7. Arizona State (16-5) (UP 1) vs. 10. Mississippi State (16-6) (NEW)
8. Florida (15-7) (DOWN 1) vs. 9. Virginia Tech (16-6) (UP 2)

West:

1. Michigan State (21-3) vs. 16. NC A&T (13-9) / Wagner (15-6)
2. Arizona (19-4) vs. 15. UC-SB (16-5
3. St. Mary’s (21-2) vs. 14. Montana (16-5)
4. Texas Tech (18-4) vs. 13. South Dakota State (19-6)
5. Seton Hall (17-5) (UP 1) vs. 12. New Mexico State (19-3)
6. Tennessee (16-5) (UP 1) vs. 11. Houston (16-5) (DOWN 1)
7. Rhode Island (18-3) (UP 1) vs. 10. Nevada (19-4) (UP 1)
8. UNC (16-7) (DOWN 1) vs. 9. Kansas State (16-6) (DOWN 1)

MW:

1. Purdue (22-2) vs. 16. Rider (16-7)
2. Xavier (20-3) vs. 15. Buffalo (16-6) (DOWN 1)
3. Kansas (18-4) vs. 14. Wright State (17-6)
4. Wichita State (17-4) (DOWN 1) vs. 13. SF Austin (18-4) (UP 1)
5. Clemson (18-4) (UP 1) vs. 12. Middle Tennessee (16-5)
6. Michigan (18-6) vs. 11. NC State (15-7) / BYU (18-5)
7. West Virginia (16-6) (DOWN 2) vs. 10. Boise State (18-4)
8. Florida State (16-6) (DOWN 1) vs. 9. Washington (15-6)

South:

1. Virginia (21-1) vs. 16. UNC-Asheville (14-9)
2. Cincinnati (20-2) vs. 15. Bucknell (16-8)
3. Auburn (20-2) vs. 14. FGCU (17-8) (UP 1)
4. Gonzaga (19-4) vs. 13. Loyola-Chicago (18-5) (DOWN 1)
5. Creighton (17-5) (DOWN 1) vs. 12. East Tennessee State (19-4) (UP 1)
6. Oklahoma (16-5) vs. 11. Arkansas (15-7) (DOWN 2) / Nebraska (17-8) (NEW)
7. Miami (16-5) (UP 1) vs. 10. UCLA (15-7)
8. TCU (16-6) (UP 1) vs. 9. Butler (16-7) (UP 1)

First 4 OUT:

Providence (14-8), Syracuse (15-7), Oregon (14-7), SMU (15-7)

Next 4 OUT:

Missouri (14-8), Texas A&M (14-8), UNLV (16-6), Western Kentucky (15-6)

BY Conference:

ACC (9), SEC (7), Big 12 (6), Big East (5), Big 10 (5), Pac 12 (5), AAC (3), WCC (3), MWC (2)