Bracket Brief for March 1, 2014

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	South (2) Memphis (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Weber St./UT Val. Gonzaga Kansas State	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Kansas Robert Morris Arizona State Geo. Wash.	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Davidson Texas Oregon	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State High Pt./Ala. St. Oklahoma Harvard
Site 5 12 4 13	San Diego (Fr/Su) North Carolina Memphis Saint Louis Iona	Spokane (Th/Sa) San Diego State Louisiana Tech Michigan State Toledo	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Cincinnati Fla. St./So. Miss Michigan Stephen F. Austin	Spokane (Th/Sa) UCLA Green Bay Kentucky North Dakota State
Site 3 14 6 11	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa State Belmont Iowa St. Joseph's	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Virginia Georgia State Massachusetts Tenn./Minn.	Orlando (Th/Sa) Louisville Vermont Ohio State Xavier	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Wisconsin Delaware New Mexico Baylor
Site 7 10 2 15	Raleigh (Fr/Su) SMU Colorado Duke Mercer	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Connecticut Oklahoma State Villanova Boston U	Buffalo (Th/Sa) VCU BYU Syracuse NC Central	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Pittsburgh Stanford Creighton UC Irvine

Note: Through games of February 28, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

Locks and Outs are Filling Up

Welcome back to the Bracket Briefer's regular Friday feature: Lock, Probably, Prayer, and Out. We increased in quite a few locks this week, and quite a few more teams move to the out lines.

Upset Thursday: Now That's What I Call College Basketball

Whoa, what a day for college basketball. Overtimes, upsets, buzzer beaters, court stormings, Bill Freaking Walton, bracket locks, bubbles burst, and more gave college basketball an amazing 7 hours on Thursday night.

Bracket Brief for February 27, 2014

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	South (2) Memphis (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Weber St./High Pt. Oklahoma Geo. Wash.	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Kansas Davidson/Southern Arizona State Memphis	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Boston U SMU Stanford	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Robert Morris Pittsburgh Oklahoma State
Site 5 12 4 13	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Cincinnati Fla. St./So. Miss. Kentucky Toledo	Spokane (Th/Sa) San Diego State Green Bay Michigan Iona	Spokane (Th/Sa) Ohio State BYU Iowa State North Dakota State	San Diego (Fr/Su) UCLA Stephen F. Austin Michigan State Louisiana Tech
Site 3 14 6 11	Orlando (Th/Sa) Louisville Mercer New Mexico Baylor	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Saint Louis New Mexico State Iowa Xavier	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Wisconsin UC Santa Barbara North Carolina Saint Joseph's	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Virginia Delaware Massachusetts Tenn./Minn.
Site 7 10 2 15	Raleigh (Fr/Su) VCU Harvard Duke Belmont	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Connecticut Kansas State Syracuse NC Central	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Gonzaga Oregon Creighton Georgia State	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Texas Colorado Villanova Vermont

Note: Through games of February 26, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

An "As Expected" Wednesday Night

Nothing Earth shattering happened on Wednesday night despite a high number of games involving bubble and bracket teams. The biggest surprise might have been the bubble teams that lost. Richmond, Toledo, and Indiana State all saw their chances of making the tournament dwindle down to their conference tournament championships. West Virginia may not be dead but it is awful close after losing at Iowa State. And Baylor's resume took another hit with another loss, though like WVU, they lost on the road against a good team, Texas.

The Bracket Is Starting to Close...Bubble Teams, Watch Out!

Teams like Missouri, Dayton, and St. John's who are sitting on the bubble can't afford losses this close to Selection Sunday. But there they were on Tuesday night, losing games they could have won to help solidify a bracket spot.

Bracket Brief for February 25, 2014

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	Midwest (2) Memphis (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Rob. Mor./Weber St. Gonzaga Memphis	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse Boston U Geo. Wash. Arizona State	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Davidson Texas BYU	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Southern/High Pt. SMU Stanford
Site 5 12 4 13	Spokane (Th/Sa) Ohio State Mizzou/St. Joe's Iowa State New Mexico State	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Cincinnati Kansas State Michigan Toledo	Spokane (Th/Sa) UCLA Green Bay Michigan State North Dakota State	San Diego (Fr/Su) Iowa Stephen F. Austin Kentucky Louisiana Tech
Site 3 14 6 11	Orlando (Th/Sa) Virginia Delaware Massachusetts Tennessee	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Louisville UC Santa Barbara San Diego State Colorado	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Saint Louis Mercer North Carolina Cal/Xavier	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Wisconsin Iona New Mexico St. John's
Site 7 10 2 15	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Oklahoma Oregon Creighton NC Central	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Pittsburgh Oklahoma State Villanova Vermont	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Connecticut Harvard Kansas Georgia State	Raleigh (Fr/Su) VCU Baylor Duke Belmont

Note: Through games of February 24, 2014. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

Syracuse and Kansas Survive a Slow Monday Night

Needed a break after all that great weekend college basketball action? Then Monday was the night for you, which had a couple of close calls but nothing that would actually change the bracket happened.

An Important College Basketball Sunday For Major Conferences

Sunday's college basketball slate included only a handful of games, but several, at least four, had a major impact on the bracket and bubble landscape. From the East Coast to the West Coast, it was a Sunday worth mentioning, especially since Selection Sunday is now a mere 3 weeks away.

Twenty-Two Days from Selection Sunday, College Basketball Heats Up

What a day! We knew that there were a lot of terrific matches coming on Saturday, but the action exceeded expectations. Many games had a major effect on the bracket from top to bottom.