The Pill's Brack 2/22

Things have changed considerably in the past week. Bracketbuster weekend is over which has made the picture a bit more clear for us. Unfortunately for the Siena's, Northeastern's, and Louisiana Tech's of the world, they must win their conference tourneys now. I've added a First Four Out category just for a bit of motivation for those institutions. Also, the conference breakdown has been included. Here are the bracket rankings:

Rank	Seed	Team		Rank	Seed	Team
1	1	Kansas		33	9	Virginia Tech
2	1	Kentucky		34	9	Utah State
3	1	Syracuse		35	9	Florida State
4	1	Purdue		36	9	Oklahoma State
5	2	Duke		37	10	Georgia Tech
6	2	Kansas State		38	10	UTEP
7	2	Villanova		39	10	California
8	2	West Virginia		40	10	Old Dominion
9	3	New Mexico		41	11	Louisville
10	3	Ohio State		42	11	Cornell
11	3	Georgetown		43	11	Siena
12	3	Pittsburgh		44	11	Florida
13	4	Vanderbilt		45	12	Connecticut
14	4	Michigan State		46	12	Illinois
15	4	Wisconsin		47	12	Rhode Island
16	4	Brigham Young		48	12	Saint Mary's
17	5	Butler		49	13	Marquette
18	5	Temple		50	13	Northeastern
19	5	Tennessee		51	13	Kent State
20	5	Gonzaga		52	13	Murray State
21	6	Texas A&M		53	14	Oakland
22	6	Northern Iowa		54	14	Weber State
23	6	Wake Forest		55	14	Sam Houston State
24	6	Texas		56	14	Wofford
25	7	Richmond		57	15	UC Santa Barbara
26	7	Xavier		58	15	Morgan State
27	7	Baylor		59	15	Jacksonville
28	7	Maryland		60	15	Coastal Carolina
29	8	UNLV		61	16	North Texas
30	8	Missouri		62	16	Stony Brook
31	8	Clemson		63	16	Robert Morris
32	8	UAB		64	16	Lehigh
				65	16	Jackson State

 

Last Four In: Marquette, Saint Mary's, Rhode Island, Illinois

Last Four Out: San Diego State, Dayton, Wichita State, William & Mary

Next Four Out: Charlotte, Arizona State, Memphis, Mississippi State

First Four Out: Alcorn State, Marist, Bryant University, Chicago State

Conference Breakdown

Big East - 8

ACC - 7

Big 12 - 7

Big Ten - 5

Atlantic 10 - 4

SEC - 4

Mountain West - 3

Colonial - 2

Conference USA - 2

West Coast - 2