Cincinnati fell at home to UCF in heartbreaking fashion. An overtime three-pointer from halfcourt was waived off for being released after the clock hit zeroes. So Cincinnati falls to the first four out by literally fingertips.
The First Four Out: Georgetown, Mississippi St, Purdue, and Cincinnati.
SOUTH
1 Baylor
16 St Peter’s / NC Central
8 Rhode Island
9 Wichita St
5 Michigan St
12 Liberty
4 Oregon
13 SFA
6 Ohio St
11 Florida
3 Creighton
14 Winthrop
7 LSU
10 Illinois
2 Dayton
15 North Dakota St
EAST
1 San Diego St
16 Bowling Green
8 Texas Tech
9 USC
5 Colorado
12 Georgetown / Utah St
4 Penn St
13 Vermont
6 Iowa
11 Northern Iowa
3 Seton Hall
14 Colgate
7 Wisconsin
10 Xavier
2 Duke
15 Little Rock
MIDWEST
1 Kansas
16 Robert Morris / Prairie View A&M
8 Rutgers
9 Arizona St
5 Kentucky
12 Yale
4 Villanova
13 North Texas
6 Marquette
11 Purdue
3 Louisville
14 Hofstra
7 BYU
10 Virginia
2 Maryland
15 Wright St
WEST
1 Gonzaga
16 Montana
8 Houston
9 Oklahoma
5 Butler
12 East Tenn St
4 Auburn
13 New Mexico St
6 Arizona
11 Cincinnati / Indiana
3 West Virginia
14 UC Irvine
7 Michigan
10 St Mary's
2 Florida St
15 Murray St
Utah State benefitted from Stanford losing at home to Arizona St. The loss bumps the Cardinal out of the bracket and Utah State in. The Aggies are 4-5 vs the first two quadrants, but are 4-1 vs Q1B and Q2. There’s really no shame in the losses to San Diego St and the neutral court wins over LSU and Florida continue to pay dividends.
The first two teams out of the bracket are NC State and Stanford, in order.
*Rutgers is a true 9 seed, but switched bracket positions with 10 seed UNI for bracketing purposes
