Connoracketology Week 16 (Feb. 24)

*This edition of Connoracketology seeds team based on games played through Feb. 23

     For my full explanation of the bracket and the bubble, be sure to check out my podcast, which will be released tomorrow.  For now, here's the bracket.  Bold teams are division leaders, italicized teams are in play-in games, and numbers in parentheses represent a team's seed in the last edition of bracketology.  No number means no seed change.  Teams are ranked left to right within a seed, and an asterisk represents a new team.

1s:  Kentucky, Virginia, Duke, Gonzaga

2s:  Wisconsin, Villanova, Arizona, Notre Dame (3)

3s:  Kansas (2), Northern Iowa (4), Iowa State, Wichita St (4)

4s:  Utah (3), Baylor, Maryland (5), Oklahoma (5)

5s:  Louisville (3), North Carolina (4), Arkansas (6), West Virginia

6s:  Butler (5), Providence, VCU, Georgetown

7s:  SMU, Michigan St (9), Ohio St, San Diego St

8s:  Oklahoma St, Ole Miss (9), Indiana (7), Georgia

9s:  St. John’s (10), Xavier (8), Texas A&M (10), Texas (8)

10s:  Iowa (11), Colorado St (11), Dayton (9), Stanford

11s:  Cincinnati (10), LSU, Temple (9), NC State (12), Purdue (12)

12s:  Oregon*, Tulsa*, Murray St, Iona, Harvard (13)

13s:  Wofford (12), Stephen F. Austin*, Valparaiso, Louisiana Tech

14s:  Central Michigan*, Georgia St*, UC Davis, South Dakota St*

15s:  Northeastern*, NC Central, High Point, New Mexico St (16)

16s:  Florida Gulf Coast (16), Albany (15), St, Francis, Sacramento St*, Bucknell, Texas Southern

Teams that Left the Field

Auto Bids:  Eastern Washington, William & Mary, Bowling Green, Sam Houston St., North Dakota St, UL Monroe

At Large Bids: UCLA, Illinois

Teams that Entered the Field

Auto Bids: Sacramento St, Northeastern, Central Michigan, Stephen F. Austin, South Dakota St., Georgia St

At Large Bids: Oregon, Tulsa

On the Outside Looking In

First Four Out: UCLA, Illinois, Boise State, Davidson

Next Four Out: BYU, Pitt, Old Dominion, Miami

Barely Hanging: Rhode Island, Stephen F. Austin, St. Mary’s, Massachusetts

Bids by Conference

Big Ten: 7

Big 12: 7

ACC: 6

Big East: 6

SEC: 6

American: 4

Pac-12: 4

Atlantic 10: 2

Mountain West: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

22 Conferences: 1