2020 Projection - 3/8

SeedTeam1Team2Team3Team4Team5Team6
1KansasGonzagaBaylorDayton
2San Diego St.Florida St.VillanovaMaryland
3DukeCreightonLouisvilleSeton Hall
4KentuckyOregonMichigan St.Ohio St.
5Penn St.AuburnWisconsinButler
6IowaColoradoBYUMichigan
7West VirginiaIllinoisVirginiaArizona
8HoustonMarquetteLSUSaint Mary's
9FloridaIndianaArizona St.Oklahoma
10USCRutgersTexas TechStanford
11XavierUtah St.ProvidenceWichita St.RichmondNC State
12East Tennessee St.LibertyYaleStephen F. Austin
13VermontAkronNorth TexasBelmont
14New Mexico St.BradleyUC IrvineColgate
15Wright St.South Daktota St.E. WashingtonArk. Little Rock
16SienaWinthropWilliam & MarySt. Francis (PA)Prairie View A&MNC A&T


How it's Done:


  • Note 1-4 seeds from the Bracket Preview.
  • Re-evaluation of 1-11 by Team Sheets.
    • Emphasis on Q1 wins and SOS.
  • List all current conference leaders and "select" them as the projected winners.
    • Conference tournaments take precedent.
  • Bubble tiebreaker determined by Q3/Q4 losses.
  • Referencing NET and KenPom, find the lowest ranked automatic bid and place at 68.
  • Re-align "like" teams to a seed line, if possible.

First Four Out:
  • Cincinnati, Texas, Memphis, Northern Iowa

Notes:

  • Only the Seed List will be (continuously) posted until Selection Sunday.  
  • If you want to manually "preview" the bracket, do as follows:
    1. Assign each section of the bracket by a Quadrant Number (1, 2, 3, 4)
    2. Slot each 1 seed by the Seed List matching the QN
    3. Slot the top 2 seed into QN 2
    4. Slot each remaining 2 seed into 1-3-4 respectively