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Schmolik 64 Update (2/3/20)

Hello, college basketball fans!

Hope you enjoyed the Super Bowl. I have family in the Bay Area so I was rooting for the 49ers to win but it was a good game.

This year the groundhog said we're going to have an early spring!

Here's the latest bracket of the Schmolik 64.

South Regional Houston
Fri/Sun March 27-29
Omaha 1 Baylor 19-1
Fri/Sun March 20-22 16
8 Wichita State 17-4
9 St. Mary's 18-5
St. Louis 5 Iowa 16-6
Thur/Sat March 19-21 12 Tulsa 15-6
4 Butler 17-5
13 North Texas 12-9
Tampa 6 LSU 17-4
Thur/Sat March 19-21 11 Purdue 12-10
3 Florida State 18-3
14 Winthrop 14-7
Cleveland 7 Penn State 16-5
Fri/Sun March 20-22 10 Oklahoma 14-7
2 Dayton 20-2
15 Bowling Green 15-5

Midwest Regional Indianapolis
Thur/Sat March 26-28
Omaha 1 Kansas 17-3
Fri/Sun March 20-22 16 North Florida 12-10
8 Houston 17-5
9 Indiana 15-7
Sacramento 5 Arizona 15-6
Fri/Sun March 20-22 12 Stephen F. Austin 16-3
4 Auburn 19-2
13 UC Irvine 12-9
Albany 6 Colorado 17-5
Thur/Sat March 19-21 11
3 Villanova 17-5
14 Colgate 16-6
St. Louis 7 Wisconsin 13-9
Thur/Sat March 19-21 10 BYU 16-7
2 Louisville 19-3
15 South Dakota State 15-8

West Regional Los Angeles
Thur/Sat March 26-28
Sacramento 1 San Diego St 22-0
Fri/Sun March 20-22 16 Eastern Washington 12-6
8 Michigan 13-8
9 Texas Tech 13-8
Spokane 5 Creighton 16-5
Thur/Sat March 19-21 12 Furman 15-5
4 Oregon 18-5
13 New Mexico State 15-6
Greensboro 6 Marquette 16-6
Fri/Sun March 20-22 11 Northern Iowa 17-3
3 West Virginia 17-4
14 Charleston 13-9
Cleveland 7 Stanford 16-5
Fri/Sun March 20-22 10 Rhode Island 16-5
2 Michigan State 16-6
15 Austin Peay 14-7

East Regional New York
Fri/Sun March 27-29
Spokane 1 Gonzaga 23-1
Thur/Sat March 19-21 16
8 Ohio State 14-7
9 USC 17-5
Tampa 5 Kentucky 16-5
Thur/Sat March 19-21 12 Yale 14-4
4 Maryland 17-4
13 Vermont 16-6
Albany 6 Illinois 15-6
Thur/Sat March 19-21 11
3 Seton Hall 16-5
14 Wright State 17-5
Greensboro 7 Rutgers 15-6
Fri/Sun March 20-22 10 Arkansas 16-5
2 Duke 18-3
15 Little Rock 16-7

First Four Games
Dayton E Robert Morris 11-11
Tue March 17 16 North Carolina A&T 10-12
Dayton S Monmouth 13-8
Wed March 18 16 Texas Southern 9-11
Dayton MW Minnesota 11-10
Tue March 17 11 Mississippi State 14-7
Dayton E VCU 16-6
Wed March 18 11 Florida 13-8

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 12 (TWELVE!)

SEC: 6

Big East: 5

Big 12: 5

Pac 12: 5

ACC: 3 (Just 3!)

AAC: 3

A-10: 3

WCC: 3

One bid conferences: 23

Highest NET left out (WarrenNolan.com as of Saturday's games): Alabama (42), Cincinnati (46), Xavier (47), Memphis (50)

The top seeds remain intact but three of the four #2 seeds in last Friday's Schmolik 64 update as well as two of the #3 seeds lost. Duke moved up to the top #2 seed and moves to the East and Louisville and Dayton move up. Michigan State holds on to the last #2 by being tied for the top of the Big Ten and for beating Seton Hall at Seton Hall. It was a bad weekend for the Big East as their top three teams, Seton Hall, Villanova, and Butler, all lost at home. Seton Hall and Butler lost to teams not even in the field (although Xavier got a nice NET ranking boost after beating the Pirates). Auburn's win over Kentucky moves them up to the last #4 seed.

I am introducing what I'll call (at least for this season) the Tulsa rule. I can't ever recall this happening for a multi bid conference in an early season update but Tulsa leads the American Athletic but wouldn't qualify for an at large. Technically they would have to be in the field so I'm putting them in even though I have other AAC teams in. I don't know how often this will happen but if you are leading your conference you have to be in the field. It's the Tulsa rule!

The ACC fell to just three bids. Virginia (58) and Virginia Tech's (61) NET rankings are just too low right now. NC State's is 69 and they don't have the signature win Virginia (Florida State) or Virginia Tech (Michigan State) has. The lowest NET to get an at large is Indiana at 52.

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