Matty Brackets – 11/20/18

South:

1. Duke (4-0)
2. Michigan State (3-1)
3. Auburn (4-0)
4. UCLA (4-0)
5. Maryland (5-0)
6. Virginia Tech (4-0)
7. Butler (3-0)
8. Mississippi State (3-1)
9. West Virginia (2-2)
10. Florida (2-1)
11. Cincinnati (3-1)
12. Furman (5-0)
13. Montana (4-1)
14. Radford (3-1)
15. Lipscomb (3-1)
16. Lehigh (3-1) / St. Francis (PA) (1-3)

Midwest:

1. Kansas (3-0)
2. North Carolina (5-0)
3. Nevada (4-0)
4. Clemson (4-0)
5. Villanova (2-2)
6. Buffalo (3-0)
7. Texas (4-0)
8. Wisconsin (3-0)
9. LSU (4-0)
10. St. Louis (4-0)
11. Ohio State (4-0)
12. Texas Tech (4-0 / Minnesota (3-0)
13. South Dakota State (3-2)
14. Vermont (2-2)
15. Stephen F. Austin (2-1)
16. Howard (4-1)

East:

1. Tennessee (3-0)
2. Virginia (3-0)
3. Kansas State (5-0)
4. Oregon (3-1)
5. TCU (3-0)
6. Nebraska (4-0)
7. Indiana (3-1)
8. North Carolina State (4-0)
9. Loyola (Chicago) (4-1)
10. Tulsa (4-0)
11. St. John’s (4-0)
12. Memphis (2-1) / Arizona State (4-0)
13. Belmont (3-0)
14. Yale (1-1)
15. Louisiana (2-2)
16. Wright State (3-1)

West:

1. Gonzaga (4-0)
2. Michigan (5-0)
3. Kentucky (3-1)
4. Florida State (3-0)
5. Syracuse (2-2)
6. Purdue (4-1)
7. Marquette (3-1)
8. Houston (3-0)
9. Iowa (4-0)
10. Miami (3-0)
11. Washington (3-1)
12. Marshall (4-0)
13. New Mexico State (3-1)
14. UC-Irvine (5-0)
15. Charleston (3-1)
16. Niagara (2-1) / Texas Southern (1-4)

Dropped from Matty Brackets: NC-Central (16), Hartford (15), Northeastern (15), Harvard (14), Iona (14), UNC-Greensboro (13), Creighton (12), Arkansas (11), Seton Hall (11), St. Mary’s (11), Providence (10), USC (10)

First Four OUT: UCF (4-1), VCU (4-0), Georgetown (4-1), Providence (2-2)

Next Four OUT: Iowa State (3-1), Arizona (4-0), USC (2-2), Louisville (3-0)

Others Considered: Cregithon (3-1), Vanderbilt (4-0), Pittsburgh (5-0), Utah State (5-0), North Texas (6-0), Colorado (2-0), Northwestern (3-0), Alabama (4-1), Loyola-Marymount (5-0), Georgia (3-1)

Conference Breakdown: Big Ten (10), ACC (9), SEC (6), Big 12 (6), AAC (4), Pac 12 (4), Big East (4)