Friday

So much for the credibility of the new NET rankings. Minnesota beats Penn State on a neutral court last night.  As a result, Penn State's NET ranking improves from 49 to 47, while Minnesota's declines from 56 to 57.  Hopefully the selection committee throws NET in the trash.  The Eye projection model is derived from the overall seed list released the last two years.  The bottom 18 are automatic qualifiers that need to win or did win their respective conferences to secure a bid.

Bubble Talk
Seton Hall in and, to my surprise, UNCG bubbles up as well.  Texas remains in at 16-16, buoyed by 5 quad 1 wins I guess.  Toledo and Creighton move out.  The conversation should also be over for St. John's, Indiana and NC State.  Ohio State still alive but needs another win.  Given the way the numbers fall, the last four in would all play-in on the 12 line.

Bracketology

#1 seeds:	Virginia	Duke	North Carolina	Gonzaga
#2 seeds:	Michigan State	Kentucky	Tennessee	Kansas
#3 seeds:	Houston	Michigan	Purdue	Texas Tech
#4 seeds:	LSU	Florida State	Buffalo	Kansas State
#5 seeds:	Wisconsin	Virginia Tech	Auburn	Nevada
#6 seeds:	Wofford*	Mississippi St.	Villanova	VCU
#7 seeds:	Louisville	Maryland	Iowa State	Cincy
#8 seeds:	Marquette	UCF	Saint Mary's*	Washington
#9 seeds:	Utah State	Syracuse	Oklahoma	Iowa
#10 seeds:	Minnesota	Murray State*	Clemson	Belmont
#11 seeds:	Arizona State	TCU	Texas	Temple
#12 seeds:	Florida	New Mexico St.
#12 play-ins:	Seton Hall	Baylor	UNC Greensboro	Mississippi
#13 seeds:	Northeastern*	Liberty*	Georgia State	UC Irvine
#14 seeds:	Harvard	Vermont	Old Dominion	Colgate*
#15 seeds:	Montana	Northern KY*	Sam Houston St.	Gardner-Webb*
#16 seeds:	Prairie View	Bradley*
#16 play-ins:	F. Dickinson*	Norfolk State	North Dakota St.*	Iona*
First 4 out:	Furman	Alabama	Toledo	Creighton
* automatic bid

Bracket Matrix

Check this site out.  Great compilation of expert and amateur bracket projections:

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/