Last Four In: Richmond, Louisville, Colorado, Arizona
First Four Out: Clemson, USF, Seton Hall, Iowa State
The first bracketology of the season is here! With the collapse of the Pac-12, the Big Ten sees an increase in tournament teams due to four of them being former Pac-12 teams (UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington) with a total of 13! The SEC has the second most teams in the bracket this week. UCLA is the overall number one seed this time, instead of the usual suspects like South Carolina or UConn. UCLA will maintain the edge on South Carolina if both teams do not lose again because of the head-to-head result between the teams. Georgia Tech is the biggest surprise of the season so far. Nell Fortner really has her team going and I expect them to maintain a top four seed going into the Tournament. Notre Dame is a dangerous team that could soon become a one-seed. Tennessee is a dangerous three-seed that can work their way up and beating LSU at home on Thursday night would be the perfect start.
ACC: Notre Dame*, Georgia Tech, Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Florida State, California, Louisville
American: UTSA
Big East: Connecticut*, Creighton
Big 12: Kansas State*, TCU, Utah, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Arizona
Big Ten: UCLA*, USC, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Nebraska
SEC: South Carolina*, Texas, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State
A-10: St. Joseph’s*, Richmond
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: Longwood
Big West: UC Davis
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: Purdue-Ft. Wayne
Ivy: Harvard
MAAC: Quinnipiac
MAC: Ball State
MEAC: Norfolk State
MVC: Drake
MWC: UNLV
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
OVC: Eastern Illinois
Patriot: Army
Southern: Western Carolina
Southland: SE Louisiana
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: James Madison
SWAC: Alabama A&M
WAC: Grand Canyon
WCC: San Francisco
