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1/24 Kirby Bracketology

 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 

New Mexico State (55)

Towson (56)

Liberty (57)

Wagner (58)

15 SEEDS

Oakland (59)

Arkansas State (60)

Princeton (61)

UC Riverside (62)

16 SEEDS 

Weber State (63)

Navy (64)

Longwood (65)

Texas Southern (66)

Norfolk State (67)

Texas A&M CC (68)

FIRST 4 OUT

Oregon

Mississippi State 

Creighton

Texas A&M

NEXT 4 OUT 

Fresno State

Virginia Tech

Belmont

Michigan 

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