January 24, 2014

Without even taking the floor, the Golden Gophers moved up two spots in the RPI last night thanks to a 6-1 performance by their prior opponents.  Montana, Wofford, New Orleans, Texas A&M CC, Michigan, and Ohio State all won; Nebraska-Omaha lost.

Aside from that, there weren't any surprising or impactful results amongst the projected tournament field, and therefore only a few minor changes to the bracket:

• The top 16 remained unchanged,
• Zaga, Xavier, Virginia and Minnesota moved up one seed line,
• Duke, Colorado, and UConn moved down a line each,
• Memphis' home win over Houtson moved them up two lines,
• Oregon's loss (#5 in a row) at home to Washington moved them down 3 seed lines from 8 to 11,
• and, Arizona State moved into the field, bumping Stanford onto the outside of the bubble.

1 seeds: Arizona, Syracuse, Wichita State, Michigan State

2 seeds: Kansas, Villanova, Massachusetts, Florida

3 seeds: Wisconsin, San Diego State, Pittsburgh, Creighton

4 seeds: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Saint Louis

5 seeds: Ohio State, Louisville, Kentucky, Gonzaga

6 seeds: Oklahoma, Duke, George Washington, Xavier

7 seeds: UCLA, Michigan, Iowa, Colorado

8 seeds: Southern Miss, Texas, Minnesota, Virginia

9 seeds: Connecticut, VCU, New Mexico, Memphis

10 seeds: Florida State, Green Bay, SMU, Kansas State

11 seeds: Oregon, California, Missouri, Providence

12 seeds: Indiana State, Saint Mary's, Arizona State, Baylor, Ole Miss, North Dakota State

13 seeds: New Mexico State, Toledo, Harvard, Stephen F Austin

14 seeds: Manhattan, Mercer, Belmont, UC Santa Barbara

15 seeds: Delaware, Georgia State, Boston University, Northern Colorado

16 seeds: North Carolina Central, Stony Brook, Saint Francis (NY), Elon, Radford, Alabama State

First Four Out: LSU, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Stanford
Next Four Out: Wake Forest, Dayton, Tennessee, Boise State