ESPN updates Bracketology for March Madness following upset-filled weekend
The month of January ended with a slew of upsets, none bigger than Oklahoma knocking off No. 2 Alabama in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Now, with a little more than a month until conference tournaments start, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has shaken up his updated Bracketology.
Even despite the lopsided loss, the Crimson Tide remain a No. 1 seed in Lunardi’s projections while the Sooners played their way into the Last Four In. The rest of the No. 1 seeds remained the same, as well, but some teams managed to get over the hump from last week’s Bracketology.
Bracketology: Last four in/First four out
Last Four Byes: Boise State, Maryland, Memphis, West Virginia
Last Four In: Pitt, Penn State, Kentucky, Oklahoma
First Four Out: Texas A&M, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin
Next Four Out: Arizona State, Ohio State, Seton Hall, Utah State
Bracketology: South Region (Louisville)
No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Southeast Louisiana/Fairleigh Dickinson
No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Oral Roberts
No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 13 Saint Louis
No. 6 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 11 Pitt/Penn State
No. 3 Kansas State vs. No. 14 Southern Illinois
No. 7 Miami vs. No. 10 New Mexico
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 Vermont
East Region (New York)
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 16 Maryland Eastern Shore
No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic
No. 5 UConn vs. No. 12 Kent State
No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 13 Louisiana
No. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 Kentucky/Oklahoma
No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 14 Furman
No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Maryland
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 15 Eastern Washington
Midwest Region (Kansas City)
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 16 Southern/UT Martin
No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Northwestern
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 12 Charleston
No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 13 UC Santa Barbara
No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 West Virginia
No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Colgate
No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Arkansas
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 Siena
West Region (Las Vegas)
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
No. 5 Illinois vs. No. 12 Liberty
No. 4 TCU vs. No. 13 Utah Valley
No. 6 Rutgers vs. No. 11 Memphis
No. 3 Marquette vs. No 14 Princeton
No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Boise State
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville