Matty Brackets (1/7/19)

ByMat Mlodzinski

January 7, 2019
Matty Brackets, BracketologyImage Credit: Joe Binder

BOLDED if team is automatic bid:

East:

  1. Michigan (15-0)
  2. Virginia Tech (13-1)
  3. Kansas (12-2)
  4. Florida State (12-2)
  5. Kentucky (10-3)
  6. St. John’s (14-1)
  7. Wisconsin (11-4)
  8. Alabama (10-3)
  9. Kansas State (10-4)
  10. Seton Hall (11-4)
  11. North Texas (15-1)
  12. East Tennessee State (13-4)
  13. Lipscomb (10-4)
  14. Vermont (11-4)
  15. Penn (10-5)
  16. Texas Southern (6-8) / Sacred Heart (6-9)

South:

  1. Duke (12-1)
  2. Mississippi State (12-1)
  3. Nevada (14-1)
  4. Marquette (12-3)
  5. Indiana (12-3)
  6. Iowa State (12-2)
  7. Maryland (12-3)
  8. Cincinnati (12-3)
  9. Minnesota (12-2)
  10. UCF (12-2)
  11. Louisville (10-4)
  12. Missouri (9-3) / Arizona (11-4)
  13. Northern Kentucky (13-4)
  14. South Dakota State (12-6)
  15. Radford (9-6)
  16. Niagara (7-7)

Midwest:

  1. Tennessee (12-1)
  2. Michigan State (13-2)
  3. Houston (15-0)
  4. TCU (12-1)
  5. North Carolina State (13-1)
  6. Ohio State (12-2)
  7. Oklahoma (12-2)
  8. Nebraska (11-4)
  9. Washington (10-4)
  10. Arkansas (10-3)
  11. Syracuse (10-4)
  12. St. Louis (10-4)
  13. Loyola Chicago (9-6)
  14. Abilene Christian (12-3)
  15. Grand Canyon (9-6)
  16. Lehigh (9-4) / Howard (6-9)

West:

  1. Virginia (13-0)
  2. Gonzaga (14-2)
  3. Texas Tech (13-1)
  4. Auburn (11-2)
  5. North Carolina (11-3)
  6. Buffalo (13-1)
  7. Villanova (11-4)
  8. Iowa (12-3)
  9. LSU (10-3)
  10. Arizona State (10-4)
  11. Clemson (10-4) / Ole Miss (11-2)
  12. UC – Irvine (12-4)
  13. Belmont (10-3)
  14. Charleston (13-3)
  15. Montana (10-5)
  16. Louisiana (10-5)

 

First Four OUT: San Francisco (14-2), Georgetown (11-4), Butler (10-5), and Purdue (9-5)

Next Four OUT: Oregon (9-5), Texas (10-4), Northwestern (10-5), and Providence (10-5)

Others in consideration: Vanderbilt (9-4), Tulsa (11-4), Temple (11-3), Fresno State (11-3), Oregon State (9-4), Pittsburgh (10-4), and South Florida (11-3)

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN:

Big Ten: 9

ACC: 9

SEC: 9

Big 12: 6

Big East: 4

AAC: 3

Pac 12: 3