Graham Doeren Bracketology

This is the final bracket for the year. Tennessee moves to the West region after losing to Auburn, so a lot of teams moved because of that.

EAST

1 Duke
16 Abilene Christian
(Columbia, SC)
8 Seton Hall
9 UCF

5 Virginia Tech
12 New Mexico St
(San Jose, CA)
4 Kansas St
13 Vermont

6 Cincinnati
11 St Mary’s
(Tulsa, OK)
3 LSU
14 Yale

7 Buffalo
10 VCU
(Des Moines, IA)
2 Michigan St
15 Bradley

WEST

1 Tennessee
16 Fairleigh Dickinson / NC Central
(Columbus, OH)
8 Minnesota
9 Syracuse

5 Iowa St
12 Oregon
(San Jose, CA)
4 Wisconsin
13 UC Irvine

6 Maryland
11 Florida
(Jacksonville, FL)
3 Florida St
14 Old Dominion

7 Nevada
10 Washington
(Salt Lake City, UT)
2 Gonzaga
15 Montana

SOUTH

1 Virginia
16 Iona / N Dakota St
(Columbia, SC)
8 Ole Miss
9 Utah St

5 Auburn
12 Murray St
(Hartford, CT)
4 Purdue
13 Northeastern

6 Marquette
11 Temple / Arizona St
(Salt Lake City, UT)
3 Texas Tech
14 Northern Kentucky

7 Wofford
10 TCU
(Des Moines, IA)
2 Kentucky
15 Gardner-Webb

MIDWEST

1 UNC
16 Prairie View A&M
(Columbia, SC)
8 Iowa
9 Baylor

5 Villanova
12 Liberty
(Jacksonville, FL)
4 Kansas
13 St Louis

6 Mississippi St
11 St John’s / Ohio St
(Tulsa, OK)
3 Houston
14 Georgia St

7 Louisville
10 Oklahoma
(Hartford, CT)
2 Michigan
15 Colgate

WE DID IT! We made it to Selection Sunday!

Thanks for following this year, and let’s cut to the big choices and the bracket:

-Duke (East), Virginia (South), Tennessee (Midwest), and UNC (West) are the ones, in order.

-The eleven seed at-larges are Florida, Arizona St, St John’s, Temple, and Ohio State, with the last four being in the play in game. Just missing include Belmont, Alabama, UNCG, NC State, Indiana, and Clemson.

Any changes to this bracket will be minimal as results roll in today.

EAST

1 Duke
16 Abilene Christian
(Columbia, SC)
8 Seton Hall
9 UCF

5 Virginia Tech
12 New Mexico St
(San Jose, CA)
4 Kansas St
13 Vermont

6 Maryland
11 St Mary’s
(Tulsa, OK)
3 LSU
14 Harvard

7 Buffalo
10 TCU
(Des Moines, IA)
2 Michigan St
15 Bradley

WEST

1 UNC
16 Prairie View A&M
(Columbus, OH)
8 Ole Miss
9 Utah St

5 Iowa St
12 Oregon
(San Jose, CA)
4 Wisconsin
13 UC Irvine

6 Cincinnati
11 Florida
(Salt Lake City, UT)
3 Texas Tech
14 Northern Kentucky

7 Nevada
10 Washington
(Salt Lake City, UT)
2 Gonzaga
15 Montana

SOUTH

1 Virginia
16 Iona / North Dakota St
(Columbus, OH)
8 Iowa
9 Baylor

5 Marquette
12 Liberty
(Hartford, CT)
4 Purdue
13 Northeastern

6 Auburn
11 Arizona St / St John’s
(Tulsa, OK)
3 Houston
14 Georgia St

7 Wofford
10 VCU
(Des Moines, IA)
2 Kentucky
15 Gardner-Webb

MIDWEST

1 Tennessee
16 Fairleigh Dickinson / NC Central
(Columbia, SC)
8 Minnesota
9 Syracuse

5 Villanova
12 Murray St
(Jacksonville, FL)
4 Kansas
13 St Louis

6 Mississippi St
11 Temple / Ohio St
(Jacksonville, FL)
3 Florida St
14 Old Dominion

7 Louisville
10 Oklahoma
(Hartford, CT)
2 Michigan
15 Colgate

After a really exciting day of Thursday hoops, I present Friday’s bracket:

EAST

1 Virginia
16 Prairie View A&M

8 UCF
9 Ole Miss

5 Virginia Tech
12 Liberty

4 Marquette
13 Vermont

6 Villanova
11 Ohio St

3 Houston
14 Georgia St

7 Buffalo
10 TCU

2 Michigan St
15 Gardner-Webb

WEST

1 Kentucky
16 North Dakota St / Norfolk St

8 Seton Hall
9 Syracuse

5 Nevada
12 Belmont / Alabama

4 Florida St
13 Northeastern

6 Maryland
11 Utah St / Florida

3 Texas Tech
14 Old Dominion

7 Wofford
10 Arizona St

2 Gonzaga
15 Colgate

SOUTH

1 UNC
16 Sam Houston St

8 VCU
9 Iowa

5 Mississippi St
12 Murray St

4 Kansas St
13 New Mexico St

6 Auburn
11 Temple

3 Purdue
14 Yale

7 Cincinnati
10 Baylor

2 Tennessee
15 Bradley

MIDWEST

1 Duke
16 Fairleigh Dickinson / Iona

8 Oklahoma
9 Minnesota

5 Wisconsin
12 St Mary’s

4 Kansas
13 UC Irvine

6 Iowa State
11 St John’s

3 LSU
14 Montana

7 Louisville
10 Washington

2 Michigan
15 Northern Kentucky

Due to the high number of ACC and Big Ten teams on the top three lines, Texas Tech was moved out of the Midwest and Kansas was moved into the Midwest region, which they would love.

Georgetown, Alabama, Texas, UNCG, Clemson, and NC State are right outside of the bracket.

EAST

1 Virginia
16 Norfolk St / Iona

8 UCF
9 Ole Miss

5 Virginia Tech
12 Creighton / Indiana

4 Kansas St
13 New Mexico St

6 Villanova
11 Utah St

3 Purdue
14 Bradley

7 Louisville
10 Minnesota

2 Tennessee
15 Northern Kentucky

MIDWEST

1 UNC
16 Fairleigh Dickinson

8 Oklahoma
9 Iowa

5 Marquette
12 Belmont / Florida

4 Kansas
13 UC Irvine

6 Auburn
11 Ohio St

3 Houston
14 Omaha

7 Iowa St
10 St John’s

2 Michigan St
15 Montana

WEST

1 Gonzaga
16 Gardner-Webb / Prairie View A&M

8 VCU
9 Syracuse

5 Maryland
12 Murray St

4 Florida St
13 Hofstra

6 Cincinnati
11 Arizona St

3 LSU
14 Yale

7 Wofford
10 Washington

2 Michigan
15 Colgate

SOUTH

1 Kentucky
16 Sam Houston St

8 Seton Hall
9 Baylor

5 Mississippi St
12 Liberty

4 Wisconsin
13 Old Dominion

6 Nevada
11 Temple

3 Texas Tech
14 Vermont

7 Buffalo
10 TCU

2 Duke
15 Georgia St

Yesterday was a HUGE day of hoops, causing significant changes on the one line. Below is the new bracket, but it’s bound to change even before the power conference tournaments start. It’s time for a very firm overall seed list to be established, and that will take days of ranking and scrubbing.

Georgetown and then Texas are the first teams out for now. Belmont survives in the last at-large spot for the time being.

EAST

1 Virginia
16 Norfolk St / Iona

8 UCF
9 VCU

5 Virginia Tech
12 Florida/Indiana

4 Kansas St
13 Hofstra

6 Villanova
11 Arizona St

3 Purdue
14 Yale

7 Wofford
10 Seton Hall

2 Tennessee
15 Northern Kentucky

WEST

1 Gonzaga
16 Sam Houston St

8 Washington
9 Baylor

5 Marquette
12 Lipscomb

4 Florida St
13 UC Irvine

6 Nevada
11 Temple

3 Michigan
14 Radford

7 Louisville
10 Minnesota

2 Texas Tech
15 Omaha

SOUTH

1 Kentucky
16 Colgate

8 Iowa
9 Syracuse

5 Mississippi St
12 Belmont/Creighton

4 Wisconsin
13 N Mexico St

6 Auburn
11 Ohio St

3 Kansas
14 Bradley

7 Buffalo
10 TCU

2 Duke
15 Texas St

MIDWEST

1 UNC
16 Prairie View A&M / Fairleigh Dickinson

8 Oklahoma
9 Ole Miss

5 Maryland
12 Murray St

4 Houston
13 Old Dominion

6 Cincinnati
11 Utah St

3 LSU
14 Vermont

7 Iowa St
10 St John’s

2 Michigan St
15 Montana

We are about to enjoy the last weekend of the regular season, as well as the first weekend of conference tournament finals.

At this point, seed lines shouldn’t be moving much. If a team moves more than two seed lines in my bracket, it’s likely because they are making big moves during Championship Week and because I have re-evaluated their overall standing.

EAST

1 Virginia
16 Norfolk St / Iona

8 UCF
9 VCU

5 Virginia Tech
12 Temple / TCU

4 Marquette
13 Hofstra

6 Cincinnati
11 Utah St

3 Kansas
14 Yale

7 Buffalo
10 Ole Miss

2 Michigan
15 Northern Kentucky

MIDWEST

1 Tennessee
16 Sam Houston St

8 Iowa
9 Baylor

5 Wisconsin
12 Alabama / Creighton

4 Houston
13 UC Irvine

6 Mississippi St
11 Ohio St

3 Texas Tech
14 S Dakota St

7 Auburn
10 Seton Hall

2 UNC
15 Radford

SOUTH

1 Duke
16 Colgate

8 Oklahoma
9 Minnesota

5 Maryland
12 Arizona St

4 Kansas St
13 New Mexico St

6 Iowa St
11 Florida

3 Michigan St
14 Vermont

7 Wofford
10 Texas

2 Kentucky
15 Texas St

WEST

1 Gonzaga
16 Prairie View A&M / Fairleigh Dickinson

8 Washington
9 Syracuse

5 Villanova
12 Liberty

4 Florida St
13 Old Dominion

6 Nevada
11 Belmont

3 Purdue
14 Drake

7 Louisville
10 St John’s

2 LSU
15 Montana

EAST

1 Virginia
16 Norfolk St / Fairleigh Dickinson

8 Wofford
9 UCF

5 Florida St
12 TCU / Arizona St

4 Marquette
13 Old Dominion

6 Maryland
11 Belmont

3 Texas Tech
14 S Dakota St

7 Buffalo
10 NC State

2 Michigan
15 Northern Kentucky

MIDWEST

1 Tennessee
16 Sam Houston St

8 Oklahoma
9 Syracuse

5 Iowa St
12 Seton Hall / Temple

4 Houston
13 UC Irvine

6 Cincinnati
11 Utah St

3 Kansas
14 Drake

7 Auburn
10 Texas

2 UNC
15 Radford

SOUTH

1 Duke
16 Colgate

8 Iowa
9 St John’s

5 Wisconsin
12 Alabama

4 Kansas St
13 Liberty

6 Villanova
11 Florida

3 Purdue
14 Yale

7 Baylor
10 VCU

2 Kentucky
15 Texas St

WEST

1 Gonzaga
16 Prairie View A&M / Iona

8 Washington
9 Ohio St

5 Mississippi St
12 New Mexico St

4 Virginia Tech
13 Hofstra

6 Nevada
11 Minnesota

3 LSU
14 Vermont

7 Louisville
10 Ole Miss

2 Michigan St
15 Montana

What a weekend of hoops. We are down to less than two weeks until Selection Sunday!

There are some controversial takes in this bracket, so I’ll get those out of the way. Duke remains overall number one because they’re expected to be fully healthy for the NCAAs and nobody is better when they’re fully healthy. Kansas (11th overall) is in the Midwest over Texas Tech (15th). While Texas Tech is 6-0 since the Bracket Reveal, Kansas is 5-1. And the committee had these two separated by about 9 places at that time.

In case you’re wondering, Georgetown is the only team out of the bracket that had serious consideration to be in the bracket. LSU was in the East, but switched with Texas Tech to achieve competitive balance between the regions.

EAST

1 Duke
16 Norfolk St / Fairleigh Dickinson

8 Wofford
9 UCF

5 Florida St
12 Temple / Arizona St

4 Marquette
13 Old Dominion

6 Maryland
11 Belmont

3 Texas Tech
14 S Dakota St

7 Buffalo
10 NC State

2 Michigan
15 Northern Kentucky

MIDWEST

1 Tennessee
16 Sam Houston St

8 Syracuse
9 Oklahoma

5 Iowa St
12 Seton Hall / Florida

4 Houston
13 UC Irvine

6 Cincinnati
11 Minnesota

3 Kansas
14 Drake

7 Auburn
10 Texas

2 UNC
15 Radford

SOUTH

1 Virginia
16 Colgate

8 Iowa
9 St John’s

5 Wisconsin
12 Alabama

4 Kansas St
13 Liberty

6 Villanova
11 Utah St

3 Purdue
14 Yale

7 Baylor
10 VCU

2 Kentucky
15 Texas St

WEST

1 Gonzaga
16 Prairie View A&M / Iona

8 Washington
9 Ohio St

5 Mississippi St
12 New Mexico St

4 Virginia Tech
13 Hofstra

6 Nevada
11 TCU

3 LSU
14 Vermont

7 Louisville
10 Ole Miss

2 Michigan St
15 Montana