Kirby CBB and Bracketology

Here is my projected bracket as of 6pm on 2/1. Fixed to include Davidson, slightly updated to include results of 1/31 games. Auto Bids are listed in ITALICS . Last 4 in are HIGHLIGHTED . 1 SEEDS Auburn Gonzaga Baylor Purdue 2 SEEDS Kentucky Kansas Duke Houston 3 SEEDS Villanova Arizona UCLA Texas Tech 4 SEEDS LSU Michigan State Providence Wisconsin 5 SEEDS Texas Tennessee Illinois Connecticut 6 SEEDS Ohio State USC Alabama Xavier 7 SEEDS Saint Marys Iowa State Boise State Marquette 8 SEEDS Iowa   Indiana BYU TCU 9 SEEDS Arkansas Miami (FL) Davidson Loyola Chicago 10 SEEDS North Carolina Wake Forest San Diego State Wyoming 11 SEEDS Colorado State San Francisco Seton Hall Murray State 12 SEEDS Oklahoma Belmont Florida Fresno State UAB Iona 13 SEEDS Chattanooga Toledo South Dakota State Vermont 14 SEEDS New Mexico State Towson Wagner Jacksonville State 15 SEEDS Oakland

Here is my projected bracket as of 1/27: Auto Bids are in Italics Last 4 In are highlighted 1 SEEDS Auburn Gonzaga Baylor Kansas 2 SEEDS Arizona Purdue Houston Villanova 3 SEEDS Kentucky Duke UCLA LSU 4 SEEDS Texas Tech Tennessee Wisconsin Providence 5 SEEDS Texas Connecticut Illinois Michigan State  6 SEEDS USC BYU Marquette Iowa State 7 SEEDS Wake Forest Ohio State Xavier  Loyola Chicago 8 SEEDS Colorado State  Alabama Iowa Indiana 9 SEEDS Davidson North Carolina Saint Mary's Miami (FL) 10 SEEDS Boise State Arkansas San Diego State San Francisco 11 SEEDS Oklahoma Seton Hall West Virginia Murray State 12 SEEDS TCU Oregon Michigan Wyoming UAB Iona 13 SEEDS Toledo Chattanooga Vermont South Dakota State  14 SEEDS Towson New Mexico State Wagner Liberty 15 SEEDS Oakland Princeton Navy Arkansas State 16 SEEDS Weber State  Longwood UC Riverside Norfolk State Southern Texas A&M CC  FIRST 4 OUT Mississippi State Florida Creighton Texas A&M NEXT 4 OUT Fresno State Florida State SMU

  Here is my projected bracket as of January 24th, 2022. AUTO BID LAST 4 IN   1 SEEDS Auburn (1) Gonzaga (2) Arizona (3) Baylor (4) 2 SEEDS Purdue (5) Houston (6) Kansas (7) Villanova (8) 3 SEEDS Duke (9) Kentucky (10) LSU (11) UCLA (12) 4 SEEDS   Tennessee (13) Texas Tech (14) Wisconsin (15)   USC (16) 5 SEEDS   Michigan State (17) Connecticut (18) Illinois (19) Alabama (20) 6 SEEDS   Texas (21) BYU (22) Xavier (23) Ohio State (24) 7 SEEDS Iowa (25) Saint Mary's (26) Providence (27) San Francisco (28) 8 SEEDS   Loyola Chicago (29) Marquette (30) Iowa State (31) Davidson (32) 9 SEEDS   Colorado State (33) Wake Forest (34) San Diego State (35) Seton Hall (36) 10 SEEDS   Indiana (37) Florida (38) West Virginia (39) Oklahoma (40) 11 SEEDS   North Carolina (41) Arkansas (42) TCU (43) Murray State (44) 12 SEEDS   Boise State (45) Miami (FL) (46) Wyoming (47) Florida State (48) UAB (49) Iona (50) 13 SEEDS   Toledo (51) Chattanooga (52) South Dakota State (53) Vermont (54) 14 SEEDS  Ne

 These rankings are based on team statistics, NET rankings, KenPom rankings, and quadrant based wins and losses . They are combined and graded on a scale to 100.   Here are the rankings as of 1-24-2022: 1. Gonzaga (99.6) 2. Arizona (95.7) 3. Baylor (93.5) 4. Houston (89.2) 5. Auburn (87.3) 6. Kentucky (84.7) 7. Purdue (84.4) 8. Kansas (84.4) 9. Villanova (79.3) 10. Duke (78.8) 11. LSU (75.6) 12. UCLA (72.6) 13. Texas Tech (72.0) 14. Illinois (69.6) 15. Tennessee (69.3) 16. Connecticut (67.7) 17. Michigan State (66.8) 18. Texas (65.3) 19. USC (64.0) 20. BYU (62.0) 21. Alabama (61.8) 22. Iowa (60.5) 23. Xavier (60.3) 24. Saint Mary's (59.8) 25. Loyola Chicago (59.2) The next 5 up are Ohio State, Colorado State, Wisconsin, Iowa State, and San Francisco.