North Carolina still out, Arizona State joins field in this week’s NCAA Tournament Bracketology

North Carolina stays simply on the skin of our up to date bracketology with solely Saturday’s key recreation towards rival Duke left on the schedule earlier than the ACC event, needing at the very least a win towards the Blue Devils and maybe yet one more victory within the convention event to make the 68-team area.

Now as much as 19-11 total and 11-8 within the ACC, good for seventh within the convention, the Tar Heels have gained three in a row, together with a vital victory at house towards Virginia. That’s been sufficient to make UNC the primary group out of our bracket.

The Tar Heels nonetheless have work to do with a purpose to keep away from changing into the primary nationwide runner-up since Butler in 2011-12 to overlook the event the next season. UNC is a pitiful 1-8 in Quad 1 video games, although it has averted any unhealthy losses towards Quad 3 or Quad 4 competitors.

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There’s a newcomer to the sector in Arizona State regardless of Thursday’s loss to UCLA. The 20-10 Solar Devils substitute 16-14 Oklahoma State, which has dropped 5 in a row heading into Saturday’s regular-season finale towards Texas Tech.

Final 4 in

Southern California, Wisconsin, Auburn, Arizona State.

First 4 out

North Carolina, Michigan, Penn State, Oklahoma State.

Subsequent 4 out

Utah State, Texas Tech, Clemson, New Mexico.

Convention breakdown

Multi-bid leagues: Large Ten (9), SEC (8), Large 12 (7), ACC (5), Large East (5), Pac-12 (4), Mountain West (3), American Athletic (2).