SOUTH EAST MIDWEST WEST 1. Houston (Memphis) 1. Connecticut (Brooklyn) 1. Purdue (Indianapolis) 1. Tennessee (Memphis) 2. North Carolina (Charlotte) 2. Duke (Charlotte) 2. Iowa St. (Omaha) 2. Arizona (Salt Lake City) 3. Creighton (Spokane) 3. Kansas (Omaha) 3. Marquette (Indianapolis) 3. Baylor (Salt Lake City) 4. Kentucky (Spokane) 4. Alabama (Brooklyn) 4. Auburn (Pittsburgh) 4. Illinois (Pittsburgh) 5. San Diego St. 5. Wisconsin 5. Clemson 5. BYU 6. Saint Mary’s 6. South Carolina 6. Texas Tech 6. Washington St. 7. Florida 7. TCU 7. Utah St. 7. Gonzaga 8. Mississippi St. 8 ..read more

EAST MIDWEST SOUTH WEST 1. Connecticut (Brooklyn) 1. Purdue (Indianapolis) 1. Houston (Memphis) 1. Arizona (Salt Lake City) 2. Iowa St. (Omaha) 2. North Carolina (Charlotte) 2. Tennessee (Memphis) 2. Kansas (Omaha) 3. Alabama (Charlotte) 3. Baylor (Salt Lake City) 3. Duke (Brooklyn) 3. Marquette (Indianapolis) 4. Wisconsin (Spokane) 4. Creighton (Pittsburgh) 4. Illinois (Pittsburgh) 4. San Diego St. (Spokane) 5. Dayton 5. Auburn 5. BYU 5. Kentucky 6. Saint Mary’s 6. Texas Tech 6. Florida 6. Michigan St. 7. Clemson 7. Colorado St. 7. TCU 7. Washington St. 8. Texas 8. Florida ..read more

SOUTH MIDWEST EAST WEST 1. Alabama (Birmingham) 1. Houston (Orlando) 1. Kansas (Denver) 1. UCLA (Sacramento) 2. Texas (Orlando) 2. Baylor (Birmingham) 2. Arizona (Denver) 2. Purdue (Columbus) 3. Gonzaga (Sacramento) 3. Tennessee (Greensboro) 3. Marquette (Des Moines) 3. Kansas St. (Des Moines) 4. Virginia (Greensboro) 4. Xavier (Albany) 4. Indiana (Columbus) 4. Connecticut (Albany) 5. San Diego St. 5. Saint Mary’s 5. Miami-FL 5. TCU 6. Creighton 6. Maryland 6. Iowa St. 6. Kentucky 7. Michigan St. 7. Texas A&M 7. Arkansas 7. Duke 8. Illinois 8. Providence 8. Florida Atlan ..read more

WEST SOUTH MIDWEST EAST 1. Gonzaga (Portland) 1. Arizona (San Diego) 1. Kansas (Fort Worth) 1. Baylor (Fort Worth) 2. Auburn (Greenville) 2. Tennessee (Greenville) 2. Villanova (Pittsburgh) 2. Kentucky (Indianapolis) 3. UCLA (Portland) 3. Texas Tech (San Diego) 3. Purdue (Indianapolis) 3. Duke (Pittsburgh) 4. Houston (Buffalo) 4. Illinois (Milwaukee) 4. Arkansas (Buffalo) 4. Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 5. Texas 5. Providence 5. Iowa 5. Connecticut 6. LSU 6. Saint Mary’s 6. Alabama 6. Murray St. 7. Boise St. 7. San Diego St. 7. North Carolina 7. Ohio St. 8. Virginia Tech 8. Michiga ..read more

Here’s my stab at foreseeing how things are going to shake out and look in March. Getting it in a little late, so these rankings aren’t really taking into account the first week of the season. Midwest West South East 1. Kansas 1. Gonzaga 1. UCLA 1. Duke 2. Memphis 2. Villanova 2. Texas 2. Michigan 3. Purdue 3. Oregon 3. North Carolina 3. Kentucky 4. Arkansas 4. Tennessee 4. Illinois 4. Houston 5. Florida St. 5. Ohio St. 5. Louisville 5. USC 6. Xavier 6. Maryland 6. St. Bonaventure 6. Baylor 7. Michigan St. 7. Virginia Tech 7. Mississippi St. 7. Alabama 8. Arizona St. 8. Tex ..read more

REGION 1 REGION 2 REGION 3 REGION 4 1. Gonzaga 1. Baylor 1. Illinois 1. Michigan 2. Ohio St. 2. Iowa 2. Houston 2. Alabama 3. Arkansas 3. Virginia 3. Kansas 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma St. 4. Purdue 4. Creighton 4. Villanova 5. Loyola-Chicago 5. Florida St. 5. West Virginia 5. Tennessee 6. Colorado 6. LSU 6. San Diego St. 6. USC 7. Texas Tech 7. BYU 7. Wisconsin 7. Saint Bonaventure 8. North Carolina 8. Connecticut 8. Oregon 8. Georgia Tech 9. Florida 9. Rutgers 9. Clemson 9. Oklahoma 10. Virginia Tech 10. VCU 10. Missouri 10. Maryland 11. Michigan St. 11. UCLA 11. Drake/Loui ..read more

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 1. Gonzaga  1. Michigan 1. Baylor 1. Illinois 2. Ohio St. 2. Houston 2. Iowa 2. Alabama 3. West Virginia 3. Kansas 3. Arkansas 3. Villanova 4. Virginia 4. Creighton 4. Purdue 4. Florida St. 5. Wisconsin 5. Colorado 5. USC 5. Texas 6. Florida 6. Clemson 6. Texas Tech 6. BYU 7. Oklahoma St. 7. Tennessee 7. Loyola-Chicago 7. Rutgers 8. LSU 8. San Diego St. 8. Saint Bonaventure 8. Oklahoma 9. UCLA 9. Connecticut 9. Maryland 9. Oregon 10. Louisville 10. Georgia Tech 10. North Carolina 10. Virginia Tech 11. Xavier 11. Drake 11. Seton ..read more

WEST SOUTH MIDWEST EAST 1. Gonzaga  1. Baylor 1. Michigan  1. Ohio St. 2. Virginia 2. Illinois 2. Houston  2. Alabama 3. Iowa 3. Villanova 3. Oklahoma 3. West Virginia 4. Texas Tech 4. USC 4. Tennessee 4. Texas 5. Creighton 5. Missouri 5. Kansas 5. Florida St. 6. Arkansas 6. Virginia Tech 6. Purdue 6. Wisconsin 7. Rutgers 7. BYU 7. LSU 7. Colorado 8. Louisville 8. Florida 8. Clemson 8. Loyola-Chicago 9. San Diego St. 9. Drake 9. VCU 9. Oklahoma St. 10. Oregon 10. Saint Louis 10. Xavier 10. Seton Hall 11. North Carolina 11. Minnesota/Colorado St. (play-in ..read more

(1) Kansas 72-77 (7) Arizona In a tournament with so many unexpected results, it somehow makes sense that a 7 seed would go on a run to win the whole thing. After taking down Oklahoma, Florida St., Seton Hall, and Liberty on their way to Atlanta, the high-scoring Wildcats outshot both Iowa and Kansas in order to cut down the nets. Their two standout freshmen led the way, with Nico Mannion leading all scorers with 26 points, and Zeke Nnaji contributing 17 points and 18 rebounds. Kansas stayed in the game until the end, but shaky outside shooting (5-23 from 3) proved costly. The only thing left ..read more

After two weekends of upsets, buzzer-beaters, and overtime classics, incredible stories and great teams surviving for four games, we’ve made it to Atlanta. In the first matchup, two 7 seeds in Arizona and Iowa will meet up. For Arizona, despite having some very talented teams that produced a number of NBA players, this is their first Final Four since 2001, and coach Sean Miller makes the first Final Four of his coaching career after a difficult couple of years. Iowa breaks an even longer streak, with player of the year candidate Luka Garza leading the Hawkeyes to their first Final Four since 1 ..read more