Matt Painter’s Purdue Boilermakers ended a four-game dropping skid with a formidable 76-66 win over UCLA on Friday night time. Will that victory assist enhance the Boilermakers’ seeding on Sunday Choice?
FOX Sports activities bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy‘s is right here to reply that and extra together with his newest NCAA Event projections.
Auburn, Alabama, Duke and Houston stay on the 1-line in DeCourcy’s newest projections. The Cougars are among the many hottest groups within the nation, winners of seven straight and 20 of their final 21 video games.
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Florida and Michigan State make up the No. 2 seeds. The Badgers have received six of their final seven and are recent off an 88-62 win over Washington, whereas the Spartans have received 4 in a row, three of which have come towards ranked groups. The 2 Huge Ten foes are set to conflict at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday in East Lansing.
Texas A&M, St. John’s, Michigan and Iowa State land on the 3-line, whereas Texas Tech, Missouri and Kentucky are actually joined by Purdue as No. 4 seeds in DeCourcy’s newest projections.
As for the bubble, DeCourcy has Texas, Indiana, Wake Forest and North Carolina as his first 4 groups out, with Xavier, Cincinnati, Boise State and SMU listed as DeCourcy’s subsequent 4 groups out of the NCAA Event.
This is a full have a look at DeCourcy’s newest projections:
No. 1 seeds
1. Auburn
2. Alabama
3. Duke
4. Houston
No. 2 seeds
5. Tennessee
6. Florida
7. Michigan State
8. Wisconsin
No. 3 seeds
9. St. John’s
10. Michigan
11. Texas A&M
12. Iowa State
No. 4 seeds
13. Kentucky
|14. Texas Tech
15. Missouri
16. Purdue
No. 5 seeds
17. Arizona
18. Clemson
19. Marquette
20. Maryland
No. 6 seeds
21. Kansas
22. Louisville
23. Mississippi State
24. Memphis
No. 7 seeds
25. Saint Mary’s
26. Oregon
27. UCLA
28. Ole Miss
No. 8 seeds
29. Creighton
30. Illinois
31. BYU
32. Gonzaga
No. 9 seeds
33. Connecticut
34. New Mexico
35. Utah State
36. Vanderbilt
No. 10 seeds
37. WVU
38. Baylor
39. Oklahoma
40. Nebraska
No. 11 seeds
41. San Diego State
42. Drake
43. Arkansas v. 44. VCU
45. Georgia vs. 46. Ohio State
No. 12 seeds
47. George Mason
48. UC San Diego
49. Yale
50. Liberty
No. 13 seeds
51. McNeese
52. Akron
53. Excessive Level
54. Arkansas State
No. 14 seeds
55. Lipscomb
56. Utah Valley
57. Chattanooga
58. Towson
No. 15 seeds
59. Montana
60. Central Connecticut
61. Norfolk State
62. Robert Morris
No. 16 seeds
63. Bryant
64. Quinnipiac
65. Southeast Missouri State
66. Southern
67. Omaha
68. American
Michael DeCourcy covers faculty basketball for FOX Sports activities with an emphasis on NCAA Event bracket projections. He has appeared on FOX Sports activities faculty basketball sport broadcasts, whereas additionally serving as a school basketball studio analyst with Huge Ten Community. He has been protecting faculty basketball for almost three a long time on the Sporting Information. You’ll be able to comply with him at @tsnmike.
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