NCAA Bracket Prediction - Final

The official bracket reveal is less than an hour away, and now that the final games are coming to a close, here is my official final prediction of how today's bracket will look. Duke will be the #1 overall seed, the final four teams to make the field will be Missouri, Miami (OH), SMU, and San Diego State, with the first four out being New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Stanford.

	SOUTH			MIDWEST
1	Duke		1	Michigan
16	Prairie View/Lehigh		16	Long Island/Howard
8	Georgia		8	Kentucky
9	Ohio State		9	Saint Louis
5	Wisconsin		5	Texas Tech
12	Northern Iowa		12	Penn
4	Alabama		4	Vanderbilt
13	High Point		13	Cal Baptist
6	North Carolina		6	Tennessee
11	VCU		11	SMU/San Diego State
3	Nebraska		3	Virginia
14	Tennessee State		14	Wright State
7	Saint Mary’s		7	Utah State
10	NC State		10	UCF
2	Iowa State		2	UConn
15	Furman		15	Siena
	EAST			WEST
1	Florida		1	Arizona
16	Queens		16	UMBC
8	UCLA		8	Villanova
9	TCU		9	Iowa
5	Kansas		5	Arkansas
12	Akron		12	McNeese
4	Illinois		4	St. John’s
13	Hawaii		13	Hofstra
6	Louisville		6	BYU
11	South Florida		11	Missouri/Miami (OH)
3	Michigan State		3	Gonzaga
14	North Dakota State		14	Troy
7	Clemson		7	Miami
10	Santa Clara		10	Texas A&M
2	Houston		2	Purdue
15	Kennesaw State		15	Idaho

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 9 Mar

The top 6 teams remained in the same order this week, just a week before the NCAA Tournament field is set. Gonzaga moved back into the top 10 after UConn was upset by Marquette, while Wisconsin leapt into the top 25 after a road upset of Purdue. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Michigan	-24.89	29	2
2	2	Duke	-23.94	29	2
3	3	Arizona	-23.1	29	2
4	4	Florida	-22.07	25	6
5	5	Illinois	-19.47	24	7
6	6	Houston	-19.18	26	5
7	8	Iowa State	-18.5	25	6
8	7	Purdue	-18.38	23	8
9	9	Michigan State	-18.11	25	6
10	11	Gonzaga	-18.07	28	3
11	10	UConn	-17.85	27	4
12	14	Vanderbilt	-17.1	24	7
13	13	Nebraska	-16.88	26	5
14	12	Texas Tech	-16.82	22	9
15	15	Alabama	-16.77	23	8
16	19	Arkansas	-16.77	23	8
17	20	Louisville	-16.31	22	9
18	17	St. John's	-16.28	25	6
19	21	Tennessee	-16.1	21	10
20	18	Kansas	-16.08	22	9
21	16	Virginia	-15.97	27	4
22	29	Wisconsin	-14.24	22	9
23	23	BYU	-14.18	21	10
24	25	Saint Mary's	-14.02	27	4
25	24	North Carolina	-13.87	24	7
26	27	Iowa	-13.62	20	11
27	30	Georgia	-13.6	22	9
28	22	Saint Louis	-13.52	27	4
29	32	Villanova	-13.45	24	7
30	26	Kentucky	-13.32	19	12
31	34	Ohio State	-13.26	20	11
32	33	Miami	-12.95	24	7
33	43	UCLA	-12.63	21	10
34	28	Utah State	-12.33	25	6
35	31	NC State	-12.2	19	12
36	40	Texas A&M	-11.96	21	10
37	38	Santa Clara	-11.86	25	7
38	39	Auburn	-11.78	16	15
39	37	Clemson	-11.78	22	9
40	41	Indiana	-11.75	18	13
41	35	SMU	-11.61	19	12
42	36	Texas	-11.55	18	13
43	44	Cincinnati	-11.3	17	14
44	42	VCU	-11.13	24	7
45	47	Akron	-10.53	26	5
46	49	South Florida	-10.35	23	8
47	53	TCU	-10.34	21	10
48	52	Seton Hall	-10.03	20	11
49	45	San Diego State	-10	20	10
50	46	New Mexico	-9.889	22	9
51	58	Oklahoma	-9.797	17	14
52	48	Missouri	-9.715	20	11
53	54	Washington	-9.572	15	16
54	57	Baylor	-9.474	16	15
55	51	UCF	-9.312	20	10
56	56	Virginia Tech	-9.286	19	12
57	55	Tulsa	-9.235	25	6
58	50	Belmont	-9.183	26	6
59	61	West Virginia	-9.032	18	13
60	59	McNeese	-8.859	26	5
61	64	Grand Canyon	-8.567	20	11
62	63	Yale	-8.531	23	5
63	67	Stanford	-8.398	20	11
64	60	LSU	-8.269	15	16
65	62	Miami (OH)	-8.136	31	0
66	72	Northern Iowa	-8.009	23	12
67	76	Oklahoma St	-7.701	18	13
68	78	Colorado	-7.602	17	14
69	70	Northwestern	-7.593	13	18
70	80	Florida State	-7.57	17	14
71	73	Arizona State	-7.531	16	15
72	82	Boise State	-7.471	20	11
73	79	Wake Forest	-7.462	16	15
74	83	Hofstra	-7.433	22	10
75	71	High Point	-7.364	30	4
76	66	George Washington	-7.317	17	14
77	65	Providence	-7.192	14	17
78	74	Stephen F Austin	-7.165	27	4
79	75	Dayton	-7.069	21	10
80	77	Utah Valley	-7.02	24	7
81	88	Creighton	-6.921	15	16
82	69	Minnesota	-6.912	15	16
83	86	California	-6.82	21	10
84	68	USC	-6.557	18	13
85	81	Nevada	-6.471	20	11
86	89	Wichita State	-6.46	21	10
87	84	Butler	-6.383	16	15
88	85	Syracuse	-6.288	15	16
89	91	Colorado State	-5.933	20	11
90	93	Georgetown	-5.759	14	17
91	100	George Mason	-5.668	23	8
92	102	Marquette	-5.625	12	19
93	90	Notre Dame	-5.593	13	18
94	87	Illinois State	-5.586	20	12
95	92	Ole Miss	-5.49	12	19
96	94	Xavier	-5.06	14	17
97	96	UNC Wilmington	-4.767	26	6
98	98	South Carolina	-4.65	13	18
99	97	St. Thomas	-4.646	24	9
100	103	UIC	-4.639	19	15
101	108	Cal Baptist	-4.63	23	8
102	106	Wyoming	-4.435	18	13
103	95	DePaul	-4.406	16	15
104	107	Pittsburgh	-4.371	12	19
105	105	Oregon	-4.358	12	19
106	110	UC Irvine	-4.281	22	10
107	99	Sam Houston St	-4.113	21	10
108	112	Kansas State	-4.037	12	19
109	101	Murray State	-3.991	20	12
110	115	Bradley	-3.828	21	12
111	104	Southern Illinois	-3.784	16	16
112	119	North Dakota St	-3.727	27	7
113	113	Mississippi St	-3.66	13	18
114	117	Davidson	-3.497	19	12
115	143	UNLV	-3.457	16	15
116	118	UT Rio Grande	-3.452	18	13
117	111	Liberty	-3.392	25	6
118	114	Winthrop	-3.291	23	11
119	109	William & Mary	-3.253	20	12
120	132	Toledo	-3.243	17	14
121	136	Cornell	-3.186	15	12
122	116	Navy	-3.04	26	7
123	125	UC San Diego	-2.99	22	10
124	130	Bowling Green	-2.956	18	13
125	121	East Tennessee St	-2.91	23	10
126	120	Hawaii	-2.91	22	8
127	126	Montana State	-2.86	18	14
128	123	UAB	-2.858	20	11
129	122	Florida Atlantic	-2.762	17	14
130	135	Wright State	-2.752	21	11
131	134	Central Arkansas	-2.713	22	12
132	133	Troy	-2.698	21	11
133	127	Seattle	-2.558	20	13
134	140	Pacific	-2.524	18	15
135	129	Arkansas State	-2.504	20	12
136	149	Saint Joseph's	-2.494	21	10
137	148	Kent State	-2.484	23	8
138	128	Austin Peay	-2.447	22	9
139	144	Robert Morris	-2.423	22	10
140	142	Harvard	-2.422	17	11
141	138	Rhode Island	-2.409	16	15
142	159	Penn	-2.344	16	11
143	139	Memphis	-2.247	13	18
144	155	Merrimack	-2.162	23	10
145	137	Oakland	-2.147	16	16
146	163	Rutgers	-2.141	13	18
147	158	North Colorado	-2.127	20	11
148	145	Maryland	-2.114	11	20
149	124	Utah	-2.059	10	21
150	156	San Francisco	-1.991	17	16
151	141	Duquesne	-1.975	17	14
152	146	Richmond	-1.916	15	16
153	131	Penn State	-1.876	12	19
154	166	North Kentucky	-1.828	20	13
155	164	Portland State	-1.774	20	10
156	170	Tennessee St	-1.752	23	9
157	173	Towson	-1.75	19	14
158	150	St. Bonaventure	-1.734	15	16
159	167	UT Arlington	-1.65	17	13
160	154	Columbia	-1.627	16	12
161	157	UC Santa Barbara	-1.535	18	13
162	151	Mercer	-1.499	19	13
163	160	North Texas	-1.347	18	13
164	169	Siena	-1.343	22	11
165	181	Idaho	-1.209	19	14
166	162	Valparaiso	-1.141	18	15
167	153	Charleston	-1.101	21	11
168	168	Marist	-1.046	19	12
169	147	West Kentucky	-0.988	18	13
170	152	Lipscomb	-0.988	19	13
171	161	Washington St	-0.96	12	20
172	165	Fresno State	-0.953	13	18
173	190	Campbell	-0.921	16	17
174	178	Boston College	-0.891	11	20
175	179	Monmouth	-0.805	18	14
176	186	Queens	-0.73	21	13
177	172	Long Island	-0.569	23	10
178	175	Quinnipiac	-0.537	19	13
179	203	Temple	-0.531	16	15
180	201	UMBC	-0.487	22	8
181	177	Texas A&M-CC	-0.453	17	14
182	174	Kennesaw St	-0.355	18	13
183	200	Mid Tennessee	-0.354	17	14
184	182	Furman	-0.336	21	12
185	171	Appalachian St	-0.308	19	13
186	189	UMass	-0.23	16	15
187	176	New Orleans	-0.191	15	17
188	191	Howard	-0.161	21	10
189	194	UC Davis	-0.144	18	13
190	188	Utah Tech	-0.093	18	14
191	180	Loyola Marymount	-0.093	15	17
192	184	Samford	-0.052	18	14
193	197	Fordham	-0.01	17	14
194	199	Georgia Tech	0.0072	11	20
195	183	Eastern Wash	0.074	13	18
196	187	Marshall	0.1489	19	13
197	205	CSU Fullerton	0.1608	17	15
198	185	UT Martin	0.239	22	11
199	192	South Alabama	0.4337	21	11
200	193	CSU Northridge	0.5684	19	13
201	202	Youngstown St	0.5727	15	17
202	196	Buffalo	0.6619	17	14
203	195	Weber State	0.6892	16	15
204	198	Green Bay	0.8138	18	15
205	209	Oregon State	0.8253	17	15
206	208	Indiana State	0.9186	11	21
207	214	Florida Intl	0.9393	15	16
208	226	Drake	0.9899	14	20
209	204	SE Missouri St	1.1544	20	13
210	211	Colgate	1.2195	18	15
211	206	New Mexico St	1.2253	15	15
212	207	Bethune-Cookman	1.2315	17	14
213	219	James Madison	1.2503	18	15
214	221	Vermont	1.296	21	11
215	228	Southern Miss	1.2987	19	16
216	218	Drexel	1.3227	17	16
217	230	West Carolina	1.5331	15	16
218	217	Tarleton	1.5542	14	17
219	210	Charlotte	1.5792	15	16
220	249	Louisiana Tech	1.5908	18	13
221	213	Montana	1.6148	16	15
222	227	Jacksonville St	1.6624	15	16
223	223	South Dakota St	1.6994	14	18
224	215	Iona	1.7501	18	14
225	236	Detroit Mercy	1.7915	16	14
226	232	American	1.8199	16	16
227	212	Saint Peter's	1.8681	17	12
228	229	Ohio	1.8846	15	16
229	225	Eastern Michigan	1.9216	10	21
230	224	SIU-Edwardsville	1.9339	19	13
231	216	Coastal Carolina	2.0579	19	13
232	233	Lindenwood	2.0715	18	15
233	220	Lamar	2.202	12	19
234	242	Fairfield	2.2314	21	13
235	241	Boston U	2.2872	17	16
236	222	Elon	2.3277	14	18
237	268	Georgia Southern	2.3334	21	15
238	238	Charleston South	2.3429	15	17
239	254	Florida Gulf Coast	2.3598	16	18
240	240	La Salle	2.4886	9	22
241	231	Stony Brook	2.4947	17	15
242	237	Wofford	2.5005	19	13
243	244	Nicholls	2.531	14	18
244	239	Missouri State	2.5441	14	17
245	234	Denver	2.6553	15	17
246	251	UNC Asheville	2.7294	15	17
247	257	Southern	2.7685	15	16
248	245	Princeton	2.795	9	20
249	246	Fort Wayne	2.8618	17	15
250	253	Mercyhurst	2.8734	19	13
251	235	Abilene Christian	2.9516	13	18
252	243	Old Dominion	2.9602	12	21
253	259	Portland	3.0048	15	19
254	248	Hampton	3.0475	13	19
255	252	Texas State	3.1123	19	13
256	255	Longwood	3.2119	16	16
257	262	Cal Poly	3.3208	14	18
258	258	Incarnate Word	3.3368	12	19
259	261	Rice	3.3749	13	18
260	250	Tulane	3.4339	17	14
261	256	Radford	3.4514	16	16
262	247	Dartmouth	3.613	11	16
263	263	Southern Utah	3.6431	10	21
264	266	Mt. St. Mary's	3.7353	15	17
265	260	Milwaukee	3.7662	12	20
266	265	Bellarmine	3.9131	13	19
267	276	Presbyterian	3.964	15	18
268	269	Le Moyne	4.0465	15	17
269	264	Idaho State	4.0973	13	20
270	275	Sacred Heart	4.2225	14	19
271	283	San Diego	4.2428	12	21
272	270	Morehead State	4.3157	20	13
273	273	San Jose State	4.3391	8	23
274	272	Central Conn	4.4078	18	12
275	267	Central Michigan	4.4294	10	21
276	286	Long Beach St	4.4739	10	22
277	277	Grambling	4.6098	13	18
278	278	UC Riverside	4.6317	10	22
279	271	Eastern Kentucky	4.6326	11	21
280	282	Omaha	4.7559	16	17
281	280	West Michigan	4.8363	10	21
282	274	Brown	4.8467	9	18
283	284	Chattanooga	4.9133	13	19
284	288	Jacksonville	5.0409	12	20
285	285	Northwestern St	5.0473	10	22
286	294	UMass Lowell	5.0692	15	17
287	281	S Carolina Upstate	5.0729	13	19
288	304	North Dakota	5.135	18	17
289	292	Northeastern	5.1694	7	24
290	301	Prairie View A&M	5.3823	14	17
291	299	SE Louisiana	5.392	9	22
292	287	Norfolk State	5.4579	15	16
293	307	Ball State	5.4606	12	19
294	297	Lehigh	5.4687	17	16
295	279	N Carolina A&T	5.4919	11	19
296	293	East Texas A&M	5.4934	11	21
297	290	East Carolina	5.5478	11	20
298	295	Tennessee Tech	5.593	13	18
299	300	Sacramento St	5.6798	10	21
300	303	West Georgia	5.6854	15	17
301	302	Alabama A&M	5.7537	17	14
302	306	Wagner	5.7689	14	17
303	296	Little Rock	5.7825	12	20
304	289	Texas Southern	5.8512	12	17
305	291	Alabama State	5.8559	10	21
306	305	UTEP	5.9589	11	20
307	311	UNC Greensboro	6.0346	15	19
308	298	South Dakota	6.0532	16	16
309	319	Ark-Pine Bluff	6.182	13	18
310	309	UAlbany	6.291	11	21
311	316	Houston Christian	6.3048	12	20
312	310	New Haven	6.3249	14	17
313	312	Pepperdine	6.4449	9	23
314	318	Eastern Illinois	6.5232	13	20
315	308	Georgia State	6.6117	10	22
316	320	Stetson	6.6324	12	21
317	317	Evansville	6.6342	7	25
318	315	Loyola (MD)	6.784	12	20
319	332	Loyola-Chicago	7.1348	8	23
320	325	Stonehill	7.1646	12	21
321	323	Florida A&M	7.361	14	15
322	314	Delaware	7.4036	10	21
323	321	IU Indianapolis	7.4349	7	25
324	330	Oral Roberts	7.5065	10	23
325	313	NJIT	7.5423	16	16
326	322	Fairleigh Dickinson	7.6829	11	21
327	324	North Arizona	7.7487	10	22
328	329	Louisiana	7.7791	11	22
329	333	Holy Cross	7.8196	11	22
330	328	Lafayette	7.953	11	21
331	331	Manhattan	8.2061	12	20
332	326	North Illinois	8.3017	9	21
333	337	Bucknell	8.3091	10	23
334	334	North Florida	8.3574	7	25
335	335	Cleveland State	8.4465	11	22
336	327	Maryland-E Shore	8.485	9	22
337	336	Niagara	8.7664	8	22
338	340	Army	8.9861	11	21
339	339	New Hampshire	9.0482	9	21
340	341	Maine	9.3557	8	24
341	342	Jackson State	9.3849	11	20
342	346	Chicago State	9.529	7	25
343	338	N Carolina Cent	9.5967	12	17
344	344	Canisius	9.6057	10	21
345	345	Southern Indiana	9.6214	7	23
346	347	Bryant	10.236	9	22
347	348	Morgan State	10.264	14	15
348	351	The Citadel	10.341	11	22
349	350	North Alabama	10.383	9	21
350	349	CSU Bakersfield	10.467	8	24
351	343	Alcorn State	10.688	8	22
352	352	St. Francis (PA)	10.858	7	24
353	353	UT San Antonio	11.381	5	25
354	354	Rider	12.105	4	25
355	355	UL Monroe	12.257	4	28
356	356	Air Force	12.407	3	28
357	359	South Carolina St	12.746	9	21
358	357	VMI	13.115	6	26
359	358	Binghamton	13.134	8	23
360	360	Coppin State	14.576	7	24
361	362	Delaware State	14.757	7	22
362	363	Western Illinois	15.02	5	26
363	361	Kansas City	15.147	4	27
364	364	Gardner-Webb	15.302	4	29
365	365	Miss Valley St	17.005	3	29