This
is The Amateur Bracketologist’s bracket projections of the 2017 NCAA Men’s
Division I Basketball Tournament as of February 27, 2017
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[1] VILLANOVA
[1] NORTH
CAROLINA
[1] GONZAGA
[1] KANSAS
[2] Louisville
[2] Florida
[2] KENTUCKY
[2] Baylor
[3] OREGON
[3] Duke
[3] West
Virginia
[3] PURDUE
[4] UC
Los Angeles
[4] Virginia
[4] Florida
State
[4] Butler
[5] Arizona
[5] Saint
Mary’s
[5] Cincinnati
[5] SOUTHERN
METHODIST
[6] Wisconsin
[6] Notre
Dame
[6] Creighton
[6] Oklahoma
State
[7] Minnesota
[7] Wichita
State
[7] Iowa
State
[7] DAYTON
[8] South
Carolina
[8] Miami-FL
[8] Xavier
[8] Maryland
[9] Michigan
[9] Virginia
Commonwealth
[9] Arkansas
[9] Northwestern
[10]
Wake Forest
[10]
Virginia Tech
[10]
Michigan State
[10]
Marquette
[11]
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
[11]
California
[11]
Vanderbilt
[11]
Houston
[11]
ILLINOIS STATE
[12]
Rhode Island
[12]
Southern California
[12]
NEVADA
[12]
UNC WILMINGTON
[12]
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
[13]
VERMONT
[13]
PRINCETON
[13]
MONMOUTH
[13]
EAST TENNESSEE STATE
[14]
BELMONT
[14]
AKRON
[14]
BUCKNELL
[14]
WINTHROP
[15]
FLORIDA GULF COAST
[15]
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
[15]
OAKLAND
[15]
SOUTH DAKOTA
[16]
NORTH DAKOTA
[16]
UC IRVINE
[16]
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL
[16]
TEXAS SOUTHERN
[16]
NEW ORLEANS
[16]
MOUNT ST MARY’S
Note
that projections are always based on results to date (i.e., “what if today was
Selection Sunday”) and do not anticipate future results.
First
Four Out: Syracuse, Seton Hall, Providence, Georgia
Next
Four Out: Illinois, Utah, Alabama, Mississippi