Bracketology

[RedStormHoops]

I have a question. If St. John's is a 8/9 seed, would the committee shy away from matching them up with duke because they played in the regular season. Or do they not care? My gut tells me the committee will knock SJU to a 10 or 11 seed but I think we might get an 9 and would love to play duke

[PMThor]

They worry about matchups like that in the first round, but it's inevitable that prior matchups might happen. They can't forecast ahead for the next round so they don't consider second round matchups.

[stever20]

Here's the updated bracketology for today:
Stevens
Butler 7 MW vs 10 Davidson, then Kansas- in Omaha
Providence 6 W vs 11 BYU/Indiana, then Baylor- in Jacksonville
St John's 8 W vs 9 Cincy, then Virginia- in Charlotte
Villanova 1 E vs 16 Coastal Carolina, then Oregon/Georgia- in Pittsburgh
Xavier 6 E vs 11 Purdue, then Iowa St- in Omaha
Georgetown 6 S vs 11 Boise St, then Maryland- in Pittsburgh

ESPN
Butler 7 MW vs 10 Purdue, then Kansas- in Omaha
Villanova 1 E vs 16 Lafayette, then NC St/Dayton- in Pittsburgh
Georgetown 6 E vs Ole Miss/Temple, then Maryland- in Pittsburgh
Xavier 7 E vs 10 Davidson, then Virginia- in Charlotte
Providence 6 W vs 11 Texas, then Oklahoma- in Columbus
St John's 9 S vs 8 VCU, then Duke- in Charlotte
(note, it says St Francis, PA, that's wrong!)

CBS-
Xavier 9 MW vs 8 Dayton, then Kentucky- in Louisville
Villanova 1 E vs Manhattan/North Florida, then VCU/Ohio St- in Pittsburgh
Providence- 6 E vs Boise, then Maryland- in Pittsburgh
Georgetown- 5 W vs 12 Wofford, then UNC- in Jacksonville
St John's 8 S vs 9 Texas, then Virginia- in Charlotte
Butler 5 S vs 12 Buffalo, then Oklahoma- in Columbus

Villanova 1,1,1
Georgetown 6,6,5
Providence 6,6,6
Butler 7,7,5
Xavier 6,7,9
St John's 8,9,8

[stever20]

Just saw Stevens said that he is flipping in his bracket VCU and Xavier- making Xavier a 7 and VCU a 6. Xavier would play Oklahoma St 1st, and then Wisconsin(in Louisville). Tougher than Purdue/Iowa St.

[stever20]

Stevens final bracket-
Butler- MW 7 vs Davidson, then Kansas @ Omaha
St John's W 8 vs NC State, then Wisconsin @ Louisville
Providence W 6 vs BYU/Indiana, then Baylor
Villanova E 1 vs Lafayette, then Oregon/Colorado St @ Pittsburgh
Xavier E 7 vs Purdue, then Virginia @ Charlotte
Georgetown S 6 vs Oklahoma St, then Maryland @ Pittsburgh