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Despite a limited schedule of men’s college basketball games on Sunday, they still led to FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy’s latest NCAA Tournament projections changing in the last day.
Most notably, Michigan State jumped up to a No. 2 seed with the Spartans’ Sunday win against Indiana, which dropped out of the field entirely with the loss. Also in the Big Ten, Purdue fell to the best No. 4 seed after a loss to Ohio State, while the Buckeyes jumped into the field among the First Four.
Here is a complete look at DeCourcy’s NCAA Tournament seed list:
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No. 1 seeds
1. Duke
2. Michigan
3. Arizona
4. UConn
No. 2 seeds
5. Florida
6. Houston
7. Illinois
8. Michigan State
No. 3 seeds
9. Alabama
10. Iowa State
11. Nebraska
12. Texas Tech
[COLLEGE HOOPS: New Men’s NCAA Rankings Have Florida in Top 5]
No. 4 seeds
13. Purdue
14. Gonzaga
15. Kansas
16. Virginia
No. 5 seeds
17. Arkansas
18. North Carolina
19. St. John’s
20. Vanderbilt
No. 6 seeds
21. Tennessee
22. Louisville
23. BYU
24. Kentucky
No. 7 seeds
25. Villanova
26. Saint Mary’s
27. Saint Louis
28. Wisconsin
No. 8 seeds
29. Utah State
30. Miami Hurricanes
31. UCF
32. Miami RedHawks
No. 9 seeds
33. Georgia
34. Clemson
35. Iowa
36. Missouri
No. 10 seeds
37. NC State
38. UCLA
39. SMU
40. Texas
No. 11 seeds
41. Texas A&M
42. TCU
43. New Mexico vs. 44. Ohio State
45. Santa Clara vs. 46. VCU
No. 12 seeds
47. Belmont
48. South Florida
49. Yale
50. Liberty
No. 13 seeds
51. Stephen F. Austin
52. UNC Wilmingon
53. High Point
54. Utah Valley
No. 14 seeds
55. Hawaii
56. Navy
57. North Dakota State
58. Austin Peay
No. 15 seeds
59. Portland State
60. Wright State
61. Troy
62. East Tennessee State
No. 16 seeds
63. Merrimack
64. LIU
65. Howard
66. UMBC
67. Bethune-Cookman
68. Morehead State
And it’s never too early to check in on the bubble.
According to DeCourcy’s seed list, Indiana, Auburn, Cal and Virginia Tech are the first four teams out of the tournament, while San Diego State, USC, Seton Hall and West Virginia are the next four out.
Selection Sunday is less than one month away, and this list will inevitably evolve. For now, DeCourcy’s latest seed list offers a clear snapshot of who’s rising, who’s falling and which programs are already building the résumés they’ll need when March arrives.
