Bracket Brief for January 27, 2014

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	Midwest (4) Indy (Fr/Su)	East (2) NYC (Fr/Su)	South (3) Memphis (Th/Sa)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona N. Colorado Ohio State George Washington	Spokane (Th/Sa) San Diego State Southern/UNC Ashe. Connecticut Kansas State	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse NC Central Saint Louis Providence	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State R. Morris/Chatt. SMU California
Site 5 12 4 13	San Diego (Fr/Su) Memphis Louisiana Tech Duke Stephen F. Austin	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Kentucky UNC/Richmond Creighton Mercer	Orlando (Th/Sa) Cincinnati Arizona State Iowa State Toledo	Spokane (Th/Sa) Texas Harvard Wisconsin North Dakota State
Site 3 14 6 11	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Oklahoma State New Mexico State Florida State New Mexico	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Pittsburgh Delaware Xavier Southern Miss	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Iowa Manhattan Virginia Baylor/Colorado	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Kansas Belmont Louisville Oregon
Site 7 10 2 15	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) UCLA Gonzaga Michigan State UC Irvine	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Oklahoma Stanford Michigan Stony Brook	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Massachusetts Green Bay Villanova American	Orlando (Th/Sa) Minnesota VCU Florida Georgia State

Note: Through games of January 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.

Lincoln Can Be a Scary Place for an Upper-Tier Big Ten Team

Sunday came with a number of bubble teams jockeying for position within their conferences and for bracket spots. Some shone brightly, and some folded yet again, as so many bubble teams do around this time of the year. And the upset of the night came out of the Big Ten.

Michigan Taking Control of Big Ten

College basketball fans were treated to a terrific match between Michigan State and Michigan on Saturday. The two teams waged a shifting war, but in the end, Michigan left East Lansing with a big-time win, a signature victory, one that we'll look at on Selection Sunday and point to if UM wins the Big Ten season championship. We will look at that game and all of Saturday's major action.

The Friday Appraisal: Mid Majors and the #1 Seed

Welcome to the Friday Appraisal, where the Bracket Briefer covers several important college basketball questions. We'll also preview Saturday's most important games. First up, who do you got? Wichita State or San Diego State?

Lots of Extra Basketball in Portland, and Bad Losses for Pac-12 Bubble Teams

Despite a huge number of games on Thursday night, not many of them did much to change the landscape. For the vast majority of the games, heavily favored teams won as expected. A couple games were worth noting, however.

Bracket Brief for January 23, 2014

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	South (4) Memphis (Th/Sa)	East (2) NYC (Fr/Su)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona N. Colorado Texas Gonzaga	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Elon/UNC Ashe. Providence Colorado	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse NC Central George Washington SMU	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Michigan State R. Morris/Southern Oklahoma UCLA
Site 5 12 4 13	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Florida State Green Bay Wisconsin North Dakota State	San Diego (Fr/Su) Oklahoma State Harvard Pittsburgh Delaware	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Minnesota Louisiana Tech Iowa State Manhattan	Orlando (Th/Sa) Virginia Richmond/Arkansas Xavier Toledo
Site 3 14 6 11	Spokane (Th/Sa) Creighton New Mexico State Louisville New Mexico	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Iowa Mercer Kentucky Clemson/Oregon	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Michigan Stephen F. Austin Memphis Tennessee	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Cincinnati UC Irvine Massachusetts Baylor
Site 7 10 2 15	Spokane (Th/Sa) Ohio State California San Diego State American	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Connecticut VCU Kansas Georgia State	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Saint Louis Kansas State Villanova Vermont	Orlando (Th/Sa) Duke Stanford Florida Belmont

Note: Through games of January 22, 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.

The Big Ten Is Becoming Easier to Figure Out

The Big Ten found itself sorted out a bit more after Wednesday night's game as Michigan began flexing its muscles and Wisconsin worked on its Ohio State impression. That and more in Tuesday night's recap.