After another action and upset-packed weekend, my Monday S-curve features a sprinkling of changes at the top, including a new top seed, the BYU Cougars. Plus, a pair of at-larges have flipped, with Boston College and Minnesota falling out, and Baylor and Michigan moving in. Plus, Alabama's loss at Mississippi not only prevented their entry as the new SEC leader, but also damaged their shaky at-large chances further.
Here's a link to my Thursday S-curve and Friday Bubble Watch at SB Nation for reference. Any seed changes from yesterday are in parentheses.
1 line | 1. Ohio State* |
2. Kansas* |
3. Pittsburgh* | 4. BYU* |
2 line | 8. Purdue |
7. San Diego State | 6. Texas* | 5. Duke* |
3 line | 9. Notre Dame | 10. Florida* | 11. Louisville | 12. Syracuse (4) |
4 line | 16. North Carolina | 15.St. John's (5) |
14. Georgetown (3) |
13. Wisconsin |
5 line | 17. Connecticut (4) |
18. Kentucky (6) |
19. Villanova |
20. Xavier (6) |
6 line | 24. West Virginia | 23. Temple (7) |
22. Arizona* (5) | 21. Vanderbilt (7) |
7 line | 25. Texas A&M (5) |
26. UCLA (9) |
27. Florida State (8) | 28. George Mason* |
8 line | 32. UNLV | 31. Utah State* (9) | 30. Missouri (6) |
29. Cincinnati |
9 line | 33. Kansas State | 34. Illinois (10) | 35. Old Dominion (10) | 36. Marquette (11) |
10 line | 40. St. Mary's* | 39. Washington (8) |
38. Virginia Tech (11) | 37. Tennessee (7) |
11 line | 41. Michigan State (9) |
42. Georgia (10) |
43.Gonzaga (12) |
44. Butler |
12 line | 48. Baylor (NEW) (First Four) |
47. Colorado (First Four) |
46. Michigan (NEW) (First Four) |
45. Richmond (11) (First Four) |
13 line | 49. Missouri State* |
50. UAB* | 51. Belmont* (13 seeds begin) |
52. Princeton* |
14 line | 56. Kent State* | 55. College of Charleston* (14 seeds begin) |
54. Oakland* |
53. Milwaukee* |
15 line | 57. Bucknell* |
58. Long Beach State* |
59. Coastal Carolina* (15 seeds begin) |
60. Fairfield* |
16 line | 64. Florida Atlantic* | 63. Murray State* (16 seeds begin) |
62. Long Island* | 61. Vermont* |
17 line (First Four) |
65. Northern Colorado* |
66. Bethune-Cookman* |
67. McNeese State* |
68. Texas Southern* |
First Four Out |
69. Alabama | 70. Boston College (OUT) | 71. Penn State |
72. Clemson |
Next Four Out |
76. Colorado State |
75. Minnesota (OUT) |
74.Washington State |
73. VCU |
Don't expect to see too many changes between this S-curve and my full update on Tuesday, as there are just two potentially significant games on TV tonight, both on Big Monday. Villanova visits Notre Dame (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET), followed by Kansas State's trip to Texas (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET.
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