Seed List
- Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Gonzaga
- Duke, Kentucky, Michigan St., Michigan
- Houston, Purdue, LSU, Texas Tech
- Kansas, Florida St., Iowa St., Kansas St.
- Wisconsin, Villanova, Marquette, Virginia Tech
- Maryland, Mississippi St., Louisville, Buffalo
- Nevada, Auburn, Cincinnati, Wofford
- Iowa, Ole Miss, UCF, Syracuse
- VCU, Baylor, Minnesota, Seton Hall
- Washington, Oklahoma, Utah St., TCU
- Florida, Oregon, Temple, NC State, Ohio St., St. John's
- St. Mary's, Murray St., New Mexico St., Vermont
- Northeastern, St. Bonaventure, Yale, Liberty
- UC Irvine, Old Dominion, Montana, N. Kentucky
- Texas St., Colgate, Abilene Christian, Bradley
- Gardner Webb, North Dakota St., Prairie View, Iona, F. Dickinson, NC Central
THE USUAL STUFF:
- Teams in bold are automatic qualifiers.
- The Seed List is accounting for any/all potential shifts by the committee.
- Rematches are avoided whenever possible.
NOTES:
- Tried to favor regional assignments after balancing the Top 4 lines.
- The "easy" move for the committee is to give Oregon an 11 seed out of the First Four.
- H2H results are (now?) the deciding factor in several cases.
- UNC > Gonzaga > Duke is the safe path on the 1 line.
- Minnesota > Washington for the 9/10 spot.
- Big 12 mess kicked Wisconsin down to the 5.
- TCU > Florida to stay (more than) safe.
OPINION:
- St. John's and NC State are the last teams in the field.
- I'd love to put Belmont in, but all the work was done in Q4.