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At least one team from the 32 "all-sport" Division I conferences receives an automatic bid to the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Before the college basketball season heats up throughout March, get ready for the craziness with our 2018 Conference Tourney Primer. CONFERENCE Teams Teams in Conf. Tourney Reg. Ssn Conf. Games Balanced Schedule Reg. Ssn Ends Tourney Starts Tourney Format* Conf.
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Final Seed List (as of 4:25 pm Sunday) SCHOOL CONFERENCE RECORD Rating Villanova Big East 31-3 99.68% 1 East Gonzaga West Coast 32-1 98.29% 1 West Kentucky Southeastern 28-5 98.28% 1 South Kansas Big 12 28-4 98.09% 1 Midwest North Carolina Atlantic Coast 27-7 98.28% 2 Midwest Arizona Pac-12 30-4 97.87% 2 West Duke Atlantic Coast 27-8 96.97% 2 East Louisville Atlantic Coast 24-8 96.69% 2 South Florida Southeastern 24-8 95.04% 3 Midwest Oregon Pac-12 29-5 94.67% 3 East Baylor Big 12 25-7 93.89% 3 South Virginia Atlantic Coast 22-10 93.62% 3 West UCLA Pac-12 29-4 93.55% 4 South West Virginia Big 12 26-8 93.36% 4 West SMU AAC 29-4 92.87% 4 Midwest Cincinnati AAC 29-4 92.67% 4 East Iowa St. Big 12 23-10 92.28% 5 East St. Mary's (CA) West Coast 28-4 92.11% 5 Midwest Purdue Big Ten 25-7 91.63% 5 South Florida St. Atlantic Coast 25-8 91.03% 5 West Wichita St. Missouri Valley 30-4 90.52% 6 East Notre Dame Atlantic Coast 25-9 89.28% 6 South Butler Big East 23-8 89.03% 6 West Wisconsin Big Ten 25-8 87.83% 6 Midwest Minnesota Big Ten 24-9 86.24% 7 East Creighton Big East 25-9 86.19% 7 South Michigan Big Ten 23-11 86.17% 7 West Arkansas Southeastern 25-8 86.07% 7 Midwest VCU Atlantic 10 26-7 84.55% 8 South Oklahoma St. Big 12 20-12 83.98% 8 West Dayton Atlantic 10 24-7 82.27% 8 Midwest Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast 21-11 81.87% 8 East Xavier Big East 21-13 81.70% 9 South Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 19-13 81.67% 9 Midwest Maryland Big Ten 24-8 81.04% 9 West Vanderbilt Southeastern 19-15 81.01% 9 East Nevada Mountain West 28-6 80.89% 10 West South Carolina Southeastern 22-10 80.75% 10 South Illinois St. Missouri Valley 27-6 79.73% 10 Midwest UNCW Colonial 29-5 79.67% 10 East Middle
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In the AFC it is clear that the Patriots are the best team, and Bill Belichick will have his team ready to go for their Super Bowl run. The only contender to their AFC crown seems to be the Chiefs, who have shown that they are not just a great
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Raiders vs. Texans This game is surely the least appealing from a viewer’s standpoint, as both the Raiders and Texans will be playing with less than desirable players at the quarterback position. The Texans will start Brock Osweiler, who has been atrocious this year, and the Raiders will be
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The AFC is weaker than wet bread. If Tom Brady stays healthy, they beat everyone decisively. If Brady goes down, Jimmy G comes in and they win by fewer points. Anything can happen to this Patriots team, other than Edelman being taken out, and they will still make it to
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Let’s begin with the NFC. In the first wild card game, the Seattle Seahawks face the Detroit Lions. While Matthew Stafford has shown MVP calibre play, it usually only shows up in the fourth quarter. The Seahawks offense has been up and down, but their defense will hold the Lions
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As we turn the page on 2016 and the non-conference portion of the college basketball season, it’s time for bracketologists to turn up the heat. Each week from now through Selection Sunday, March 12, BracketBluster will present an updated bracket plus some thoughts and interesting statistical nuggets of the
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Welcome to First and Fan and BracketBluster! In this column, we have a simple premise: Use data to anticipate the bracket of the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Tournament. We take the emotion and the eye test out of the selection process, but as you will see, the results will
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