Bracketology 2017: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.0)

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We are only 1 week away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. Last March HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 65 of the 68 teams that made the tourney, each of which was within 1 spot of their actual seed, including 37 right on the money. He will spend the upcoming days predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on Selection Sunday. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today and let us know if you agree or disagree in the comments section. To see how we stack up with other websites (ranked 3rd out of 88 entries over the past 3 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Villanova (Big East)
1: Kansas (Big 12)
1: North Carolina (ACC)
1: Gonzaga (WCC)

2: Oregon (Pac-12)
2: Baylor (Big 12)
2: Kentucky (SEC)
2: Louisville (ACC)

3: UCLA (Pac-12)
3: Butler (Big East)
3: Florida (SEC)
3: Arizona (Pac-12)

4: Duke (ACC)
4: Florida State (ACC)
4: West Virginia (Big 12)
4: Purdue (Big 10)

5: Virginia (ACC)
5: Notre Dame (ACC)
5: Cincinnati (AAC)
5: Minnesota (Big 10)

6: SMU (AAC)
6: St. Mary’s (WCC)
6: Creighton (Big East)
6: Iowa State (Big 12)

7: Maryland (Big 10)
7: Wisconsin (Big 10)
7: Dayton (A-10)
7: South Carolina (SEC)

8: Oklahoma State (Big 12)
8: Miami FL (ACC)
8: Virginia Tech (ACC)
8: Northwestern (Big 10)

9: Arkansas (SEC)
9: Michigan (Big 10)
9: VCU (A-10)
9: Wichita State (MVC)

10: Michigan State (Big 10)
10: Marquette (Big East)
10: Xavier (Big East)
10: USC (Pac-12)

11: Seton Hall (Big East)
11: Providence (Big East)
11: Middle Tennessee (CUSA)
11: Syracuse (ACC)
11: Wake Forest (ACC)
11: Illinois (Big 10)

12: Illinois State (MVC)
12: UNC-Wilmington (CAA)
12: Nevada (MWC)
12: Texas-Arlington (Sun Belt)

13: Monmouth (MAAC)
13: Vermont (America East)
13: Princeton (Ivy)
13: Akron (MAC)

14: East Tennessee State (SoCon)
14: Bucknell (Patriot)
14: Winthrop (Big South)
14: Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)

15: Cal State Bakersfield (WAC)
15: South Dakota (Summit)
15: Jacksonville State (OVC): AUTO-BID
15: Texas Southern (SWAC)

16: UC Irvine (Big West)
16: North Dakota (Big Sky)
16: NC Central (MEAC)
16: New Orleans (Southland)
16: Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
16: Green Bay (Horizon)

BRACKETING NOTE:  This is a hyper-technicality, but it’s a hyper-technicality that I know bracket geeks will notice and potentially flip out about.  Wake Forest and Syracuse are both in the ACC, and both playing each other in the First Four.  The committee would want to avoid this.  The problem is that if you flip one of those teams with Illinois, then they could potentially face Duke in the Round of 32, which is also not allowed since Duke played both of these teams twice.  You can’t put them anywhere else, because all other sites on the first/second round that the #11 and #12 team plays in are Thursday/Saturday sites.  So, I left it alone.  It’s not an oversight.  It’s not a mistake.  It’s simply deciding that for the sake of this exercise, which is to project what seed lines teams are on and then bracket it, there’s no point in changing it.  The committee may not make a change either.  As all bracketing geeks now, they have on rare occasion broken the bracketing rules.  Besides, John built the seed list, but David put it into the bracket, so if you don’t like it don’t attack John.

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