Bracketology 2021: Games thru Fri, Mar 5

 

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	HBC Score	W/L
1	1	Gonzaga	WCC	Conf. Champ	99.726	24-0
2		Baylor	B12	Conf. Champ	92.834	20-1
3		Michigan	B10	Conf. Champ	92.219	19-2
4		Illinois	B10	At Large	87.665	19-6
5	2	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	84.721	18-7
6		Iowa	B10	At Large	84.649	19-7
7		Alabama	SEC	Conf. Champ	83.703	20-6
8		West Virginia	B12	At Large	81.554	18-7
9	3	Villanova	BE	Conf. Champ	81.550	16-4
10		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	80.812	20-5
11		Houston	Amer	Conf. Champ	79.302	19-3
12		Florida St.	ACC	Conf. Champ	78.384	15-4
13	4	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	76.538	17-7
14		Kansas	B12	At Large	75.365	18-8
15		Texas	B12	At Large	74.256	16-7
16		Purdue	B10	At Large	73.058	17-8
17	5	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	73.016	16-7
18		Missouri	SEC	At Large	72.698	15-7
19		USC	P12	Conf. Champ	72.394	20-6
20		Virginia	ACC	At Large	72.063	16-6
21	6	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	71.910	17-8
22		Colorado	P12	At Large	71.232	20-7
23		Clemson	ACC	At Large	71.054	15-6
24		Creighton	BE	At Large	71.045	17-7
25	7	San Diego St.	MWC	Conf. Champ	70.968	19-4
26		BYU	WCC	At Large	70.112	18-5
27		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	68.074	16-10
28		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	67.958	14-9
29	8	Oregon	P12	At Large	67.908	18-5
30		Loyola Chicago	MVC	Conf. Champ	67.698	20-4
31		Florida	SEC	At Large	66.894	13-7
32		Connecticut	BE	At Large	66.264	13-6
33	9	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	65.518	15-5
34		Maryland	B10	At Large	64.593	14-11
35		St. Bonaventure	A10	Conf. Champ	64.494	14-4
36		LSU	SEC	At Large	64.226	15-8
37	10	Rutgers	B10	At Large	63.379	13-10
38		UCLA	P12	At Large	62.029	17-7
39		Louisville	ACC	At Large	59.855	13-5
40		VCU	A10	At Large	59.397	18-6
41	11	Georgia Tech	ACC	At Large	58.705	15-8
42		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	58.496	15-9
43		Colorado St.	MWC	At Large	58.340	16-5
44		Wichita St.	Amer	At Large	57.948	12-4
45	12	Drake	MVC	At Large	56.869	22-3
46		Xavier	BE	At Large	54.842	13-6
47		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	53.868	17-7
48		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	53.780	14-11
49		Winthrop	BSth	Conf. Champ	53.650	22-1
50		Colgate	Pat	Conf. Champ	51.186	11-1
51	13	Belmont	OVC	Conf. Champ	51.063	25-3
52		UC Santa Barbara	BW	Conf. Champ	49.612	16-4
53		Western Kentucky	CUSA	Conf. Champ	49.497	17-6
54		Toledo	MAC	Conf. Champ	48.751	20-7
55	14	Abilene Christian	Slnd	Conf. Champ	45.337	16-4
56		Liberty	ASun	Conf. Champ	44.169	18-5
57		South Dakota St.	Sum	Conf. Champ	42.107	14-6
58		Georgia St.	SB	Conf. Champ	41.349	12-5
59	15	Weber St.	BSky	Conf. Champ	40.421	14-5
60		Furman	SC	Conf. Champ	38.525	13-8
61		Grand Canyon	WAC	Conf. Champ	35.942	11-6
62		Vermont	AE	Conf. Champ	35.539	10-4
63	16	Siena	MAAC	Conf. Champ	34.477	12-4
64		Bryant	NEC	Conf. Champ	33.375	13-5
65	16	Cleveland St.	Horz	Conf. Champ	32.991	17-7
66		James Madison	CAA	Conf. Champ	30.156	10-6
67		Prairie View A&M	SWAC	Conf. Champ	25.932	13-4
68		Morgan St.	MEAC	Conf. Champ	22.801	10-5
69	1st out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	53.554	13-11
70	2nd out	Saint Louis	A10	At Large	53.400	14-5
71	3rd out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	52.652	16-7
72	4th out	SMU	Amer	At Large	52.164	11-4
73	5th out	Memphis	Amer	At Large	51.732	15-6
74	6th out	Syracuse	ACC	At Large	50.780	15-8
75	7th out	Mississippi	SEC	At Large	50.176	14-10
76	8th out	Duke	ACC	At Large	49.892	11-10
77	Receiving votes	St. John's	BE	At Large	47.982	15-10
78		Minnesota	B10	At Large	46.766	13-13
79		Indiana	B10	At Large	46.600	12-13
80		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	45.970	13-9
81		Stanford	P12	At Large	45.311	14-12
82		Louisiana Tech	CUSA	At Large	45.302	19-6
83		Penn St.	B10	At Large	44.928	9-13
84		Davidson	A10	At Large	44.783	12-7
Note: Conference champs are my picks to win the conference, not necessarily the current leader of the conference
Conference Breakdown (Conferences not shown have 1 bid each)
B10	9
B12	7
ACC	7
SEC	6
BE	4
P12	4
MWC	3
A10	2
WCC	2
MVC	2
Amer	2

		Regional Parity
Midwest (Indy)		34	33	Midwest (Indy)
1	Gonzaga	1	2	Baylor	1
16	Morgan St. vs. Prairie View A&M			James Madison vs. Cleveland St.	16
8	Oregon			Loyola Chicago	8
9	Maryland			Virginia Tech	9
5	Tennessee			Missouri	5
12	Drake vs. Xavier			Colgate	12
4	Texas	15	16	Purdue	4
13	Western Kentucky			Belmont	13
6	Texas Tech			Clemson	6
11	Colorado St.			Wichita St.	11
3	Florida St.	12	10	Arkansas	3
14	Liberty			Georgia St.	14
7	BYU			San Diego St.	7
10	UCLA			Louisville	10
2	Iowa	6	5	Ohio St.	2
15	Furman			Grand Canyon	15
		Regional Parity
Midwest (Indy)		34	35	Midwest (Indy)
1	Illinois	4	3	Michigan	1
16	Siena			Bryant	16
8	Florida			Connecticut	8
9	St. Bonaventure			LSU	9
5	Virginia			USC	5
12	Boise St. vs. Michigan St.			Winthrop	12
4	Kansas	14	13	Oklahoma St.	4
13	Toledo			UC Santa Barbara	13
6	Colorado			Creighton	6
11	Georgia Tech			North Carolina	11
3	Villanova	9	11	Houston	3
14	Abilene Christian			South Dakota St.	14
7	Oklahoma			Wisconsin	7
10	Rutgers			VCU	10
2	Alabama	7	8	West Virginia	2
15	Weber St.			Vermont	15