The sector is ready. We predict. (We’re fairly certain.)
From No. 1 by way of No. 16, our last replace for the 2024 NCAA males’s match is locked into place with hours to go till the committee unveils the official bracket early Sunday night.
Let’s begin on the prime, the place Tennessee’s early exit from the SEC match places North Carolina on the No. 1 line with Connecticut, Purdue and Houston regardless of the Tar Heels’ loss on Saturday to North Carolina State.
Solely the Huskies will enter the match on a successful streak. The Cougars misplaced ugly within the Massive 12 match to Iowa State and Purdue suffered a stunning loss to Wisconsin within the Massive Ten. The general resumes for every workforce are nonetheless adequate to fend off Tennessee and Arizona, who land on the No. 2 line. Becoming a member of the Volunteers and Wildcats as No. 2 seeds are the Cyclones and Marquette.
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Upsets over the weekend had a huge effect on the bubble image. One at-large spot was taken away by Florida Atlantic’s loss to Temple within the American semifinals, opening up one other spot for the convention for the winner of the title recreation between UAB and the Owls. For the aim of our last bracket, we’re predicting UAB wins the AAC and Virginia Commonwealth beats Duquesne and wins the Atlantic 10.
One other spot was crammed with Oregon’s win in opposition to Colorado to take house the Pac-12. North Carolina State was not going to make the match with out successful the ACC title.
That was pricey for groups hovering on the fringes of our subject. That features Seton Corridor, bumped out after shedding its Massive East match opener to St. John’s. Virginia went 23-10 within the common season however posted simply two Quad 1 wins and completed outdoors the highest 50 within the NET rankings. The Geese’ Pac-12 championship made St. John’s the primary workforce out.
Two of the Energy Six conferences had been gained by groups (Oregon and N.C. State) that weren’t going to get computerized berths. That principally shut the door on some deserving groups on the bubble.
Final 4 in
Northwestern, Florida Atlantic, Oklahoma, Texas A&M
First 4 out
St. John’s, Seton Corridor, Virginia, Indiana State
Subsequent 4 out
Windfall, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Wake Forest
NCAA Event bids by convention breakdown
Multi-bid leagues:Â Massive 12 (9), SEC (8), Massive Ten (6), Mountain West (6), ACC (4), Pac-12 (4), Massive East (3), American Athletic (2), Atlantic 10 (2), West Coast Convention (2).