Pill's Penultimate Bracket - 3/13

Things are starting to shake out with these conference tournaments. I don't put as much value as Lunardi does on them. I believe the committee looks more at the body of work and not the last 2 played. I'd like to find reason to get Illinois out of there because I don't think a 78 RPI warrants a spot in the field.

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

Last Four In: Illinois, Rhode Island, Florida, Washington

Last Four Out: Memphis, Mississippi, Minnesota, Dayton

Next Four Out: Seton Hall, William & Mary, Wichita State, Arizona State

Conference Breakdown

Big East - 8

ACC - 7

Big 12 - 7

Big Ten - 5

SEC - 4

Mountain West - 4

Atlantic 10 - 4

Conference USA - 1

West Coast - 2