Just a couple weeks ago, I couldn't have imagined I'd spend my Selection Sunday tracking and analyzing COVID-19 data rather than NCAA resume data. Rather than being immersed in the Big Ten championship game and Selection show, I spent my afternoon following updates on emergency shutdown measures and making contingency plans for the upcoming days and weeks.
Following the announcement of tournament cancellation, there were hopes the committee would still release their bracket, however a decision was rightly made that more important matters needed those individuals' urgent attention. We'll never know how accurate these predictions are, but for the sake of posterity, here is my final bracket.
1 seeds: Kansas, Baylor, Dayton, Gonzaga
2 seeds: Creighton, Villanova, Duke, San Diego State
3 seeds: Maryland, Michigan State, Florida State, Louisville
4 seeds: Seton Hall, Oregon, Kentucky, Butler
5 seeds: Auburn, West Virginia, Ohio State, Arizona
6 seeds: BYU, Wisconsin, Houston, Michigan
7 seeds: LSU, Colorado, Iowa, Penn State
8 seeds: Illinois, Marquette, Florida, Virginia
9 seeds: Saint Mary's College, Rutgers, Texas Tech, Providence
10 seeds: Richmond, Wichita State, East Tennessee State, Utah State
11 seeds: USC, Oklahoma, Stanford, Arizona State, Xavier
12 seeds: Arkansas, Indiana, Stephen F. Austin, Akron, Yale
13 seeds: Liberty, Vermont, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State
14 seeds: Belmont, Bradley, Northern Colorado, Hofstra
15 seeds: Texas State, North Dakota State, UC Irvine, Winthrop
16 seeds: Siena, Northern Kentucky, Boston University, Prairie View A&M, Robert Morris, North Carolina Central
First four out: Mississippi State, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, North Carolina State
Next four out: Cincinnati, Purdue, Texas, Memphis
Following the announcement of tournament cancellation, there were hopes the committee would still release their bracket, however a decision was rightly made that more important matters needed those individuals' urgent attention. We'll never know how accurate these predictions are, but for the sake of posterity, here is my final bracket.
1 seeds: Kansas, Baylor, Dayton, Gonzaga
2 seeds: Creighton, Villanova, Duke, San Diego State
3 seeds: Maryland, Michigan State, Florida State, Louisville
4 seeds: Seton Hall, Oregon, Kentucky, Butler
5 seeds: Auburn, West Virginia, Ohio State, Arizona
6 seeds: BYU, Wisconsin, Houston, Michigan
7 seeds: LSU, Colorado, Iowa, Penn State
8 seeds: Illinois, Marquette, Florida, Virginia
9 seeds: Saint Mary's College, Rutgers, Texas Tech, Providence
10 seeds: Richmond, Wichita State, East Tennessee State, Utah State
11 seeds: USC, Oklahoma, Stanford, Arizona State, Xavier
12 seeds: Arkansas, Indiana, Stephen F. Austin, Akron, Yale
13 seeds: Liberty, Vermont, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State
14 seeds: Belmont, Bradley, Northern Colorado, Hofstra
15 seeds: Texas State, North Dakota State, UC Irvine, Winthrop
16 seeds: Siena, Northern Kentucky, Boston University, Prairie View A&M, Robert Morris, North Carolina Central
First four out: Mississippi State, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, North Carolina State
Next four out: Cincinnati, Purdue, Texas, Memphis
