![]() ![]() It doesn't matter if you've watched college basketball all season and have the efficiency margins of each team memorized, by Friday of the tournament's first weekend, your bracket might stink compared to the one your first-grader filled out based on the colors of the teams involved.Įven our expert roster of writers and analysts at CBS Sports took some tough losses during the opening weekend of the Big Dance. March Madness is humbling for sports fans, and the unpredictability is part of what makes office pools and online competitions among fans so fun. In fact, there were still several first round games left on Friday when the last bracket to still be alive bit the dust after Villanova's win against Delaware. Vermont (America East), Duke (ACC), Kennesaw State (Atlantic Sun), Texas (Big 12), Marquette (Big East), Montana State (Big Sky), UNC Asheville (Big South), UC Santa Barbara (Big West), College of Charleston (Colonial), Florida Atlantic (Conference USA), Northern Kentucky (Horizon), Iona (MAAC), Kent State (MAC), Howard (MEAC), Drake (Missouri Valley), San Diego State (Mountain West), Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast), Southeast Missouri State (Ohio Valley), Arizona (Pac-12), Colgate (Patriot), Furman (Southern) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland), Oral Roberts (Summit), Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt), Gonzaga (West Coast), Grand Canyon (WAC).The last perfect bracket submitted this season for the CBS Sports Men's Bracket Challenge did not even survive through the first round. Multi-big leagues: Big Ten (9), SEC (8), Big 12 (7), ACC (5), Big East (5), Pac-12 (4), Mountain West (3), American Athletic (2), West Coast (2). North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada. First four outĬlemson, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, Oregon. ![]() Southern California, Mississippi State, Arizona State, Rutgers. ![]() Teams in bold have clinched berths Last four in The Cowboys only won a third of their opportunities. But that was largely by virtue of being in the Big 12, where nearly every league game featured at least one Quad 1 opponent. And Oklahoma State had the benefit of six Quad 1 wins. The Commodores could've been in with a win against the Aggies but lost 87-75. Vanderbilt came very close after getting hot late, rolling off 10 wins in 11 games before meeting Texas A&M in the SEC semifinals. But despite five Quad 1 wins, the Tigers are undone by too many bad losses, including a combined four against Quad 3 and Quad 4 competition, notably South Carolina and Loyola Chicago. The first team out in our bracketology is Clemson, which ended the regular season with 23 wins after losing to Virginia in the ACC tournament semifinals. TICKETS PUNCHED: Which teams have secured NCAA tournament spots?īut three teams did have an argument for making the bracket, even if these arguments ultimately failed to hold water. WILD SATURDAY: Winners and losers from the penultimate day of season That's helped to nail down a 68-team field that generally lacks much of the controversy that usually dominates the final selection process. One welcome sight for us bracketologists has been the lack of bid stealers among the multiple-bid leagues. The Bruins were poised to potentially hold their place as a top seed but fell to Arizona narrowly in the Pac-12 title game. The biggest loser on a wild Saturday was UCLA. 1 line, joining the Boilermakers, Alabama and Houston. ![]() 1 overall seed heading into the tournament after losing the Big 12 championship game to Texas. 1 line in the final USA TODAY Sports bracketology update leading into Selection Sunday with the Boilermakers in position to defeat Penn State in the Big Ten championship game and earn that league's automatic bid. Watch Video: Jay Bilas on the lack of 'blue bloods' in this year's NCAA Tournament ![]()
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