3SN Bracketology

Each year, Joe Lunardi predicts what the NCAA Tournament brackets will look like. Our own bracketologist James Dotson is setting up his own brackets. Let's see who better predicts what the Committee does for March Madness! It's Dotson vs. Lunardi! There's one difference in the 68 teams: Lunardi has California in the tournament. Dotson says there's no way they deserve a bid, and he puts Virginia in their spot. We'll find out who's right!


Bubble: 

Last four in: Saint Mary's, Boise State, Virginia, La Salle
First four out: Maryland, Tennessee, California, Southern Miss

Top Seeds:

#1: Gonzaga (yes, they will get the #1 overall seed, they've been too consistent year-round), Louisville, Indiana, Miami (beat Duke twice and they're the regular season AND tournament champs)

#2: Kansas, Duke, Ohio State, Georgetown.

That means we will have Gonzaga/Georgetown, Louisville/Ohio State, Indiana/Duke, and Miami/Duke regions.

The Rest:

Each of the seeds are listed from top to bottom. So that means, if going by a full snake rankings, the top #3 seed would play the bottom #14, and they the second #6 seed would play the top #11 seed.

#3: Syracuse, Michigan State, New Mexico, Florida
#4: Wisconsin, Marquette, Kansas State, Michigan
#5: UCLA, Saint Louis, Oklahoma State, Pitt
#6: Arizona, Virginia Commonwealth, UNLV, Memphis
#7: Notre Dame, Creighton, Butler, North Carolina
#8: Missouri, Colorado State, Oregon, NC State
#9: Iowa State, Illinois, Cincinnati, Temple
#10: Villanova, San Diego State, Colorado, Minnesota
#11: Oklahoma, Middle Tennessee, Wichita State, Mississippi
#12: (First Four) St. Mary's, Boise State, La Salle, Virginia
#12: (Auto bids)  Belmont, Valparaiso
#13: Davidson, South Dakota State, Bucknell, Akron
#14: Iona, New Mexico State, Pacific, Harvard
#15: LIU Brooklyn, Northwestern State, Florida Gulf Coast, Montana
#16: James Madison, Southern
#16: (First Four) Albany, Western Kentucky, Liberty, North Carolina A&T