Nathan Schuckman `15
With the newest update of Bracketology coming out on the 10^th, a lot of teams dropped and a few climbed up some spots. Syracuse (23-0), Arizona (23-1), Florida (21-2), and Wichita State (25-0) hold on to the top 4 spots, all with convincing wins. Michigan State and Duke swap No. 2 and 3 seeds with a Michigan State 60-58 loss to Wisconsin on a buzzer beater. Creighton (19-4) and Michigan (17-6), even after an 85-67 loss at Iowa, held on to No. 3 seeds with Iowa State (18-4) continuing to move up after a 3OT win over Oklahoma State and an 84-69 win over TCU. Cincinnati dropped from No. 3 to 4 after a 76-55 L to SMU and that win for SMU boosted them from the 11 seed to the 9 seed. St. Louis (22-2) moved from the 6 to 5^th seed and don’t look like they are going to stop. Their 65-63 win over La Salle added another win to put their winning streak to 16.
Belmont (14 seed), UC Irvine (15), North Dakota St. (13), Boston U (15), and Davidson (16) are all new additions to the bracket, all coming off 10+ point wins except UC Irvine who squeaked by UC Davis 61-59.
Syracuse plays No. 25 Pittsburgh Feb. 12^th, which will be their last major challenge until they travel to Cameron Stadium to face No. 8 Duke. Arizona will play Arizona State Feb. 14^th, starting a 3 game road streak. Florida plays at Tennessee Feb. 12^th and then they travel to No. 14 Kentucky. Wichita State plays Southern Illinois Feb. 11^th and has the easiest final stretch left of the Top 4.