After winning a HUGE game at home against Michigan last week, the Illini dropped a tough game in Madison on Sunday. While this loss puts a temporary hold on our overall NCAA Tournament seeding, our B1G standing remained the same (thanks to the Cats for beating Iowa). Let's take a closer look:
(1) Midwest Bracket
Cleveland, OH
(2)West Bracket
Los Angeles, CA
(3) East Bracket
Syracuse, NY
(4) South Bracket
Houston, TX
Louisville, KY
Seattle, WA
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
#1 Kentucky Wildcats
#1 Arizona Wildcats
#1 Virginia Cavaliers
#1 Duke Blue Devils
#16 St. Francis / UC Irvine Anteaters
#16 Toledo Rockets
#16 Coastal Carolina / Texas Southern
#16 Colgate Raiders
#8 West Virginia Mountaineers
#8 San Diego State Aztecs
#8 Harvard Crimson
#8 Michigan State Spartans
#9 Indiana Hoosiers
#9 Temple Owls
#9 Xavier Cavaliers
#9 Georgia Bulldogs
Seattle, WA
Columbus, OH
Louisville, KY
Jacksonville, FL
#5 Northern Iowa Panthers
#5 Maryland Terrapins
#5 Baylor Bears
#5 Arkansas Razorbacks
#12 Wisconsin Green-Bay
#12 North Carolina State Wolfpack /Texas A&M Aggies
#12 Iona Gales
#12 Illinois Fighting Illini /Colorado State Rams
#4 Wichita State Shockers
#4 North Carolina Tar Heels
#4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
#4 VCU Rams
#13 S.F. Austin Lumberjacks
#13 Georgia State Panthers
#13 Wofford Terriers
#13 Murray State Racers
Columbus, OH
Jacksonville, FL
Portland, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
#6 Butler Bulldogs
#6 SMU Mustangs
#6 Ohio State Buckeyes
#6 Providence Friars
#11 St. Johns Red Storm
#11 UCLA Bruins
#11 Dayton Flyers
#11 Stanford Cardinal
#3 Iowa State Cyclones
#3 Oklahoma Sooners
#3 Utah Utes
#3 Louisville Cardinals
#14 Albany Great Danes
#14 Texas-El Paso Miners
#14 Eastern Washington
#14 William&Mary Tribe
Omaha, NE
Portland, OR
Omaha, NE
Pittsburgh, PA
#7 Ole Miss Rebels
#7 Oklahoma State Cowboys
#7 Cincinnati Bearcats
#7 Georgetown Hoyas
#10 Tulsa Golden Hurricane
#10 Iowa Hawkeyes
#10 Texas Longhorns
#10 LSU Tigers
#2 Wisconsin Badgers
#2 Gonzaga Bulldogs
#2 Kansas Jayhawks
#2 Villanova Wildcats
#15 South Dakota St.
#15 Florida Gulf Coast
#15 New Mexico State
#15 NC Central
Here's the breakdown by conference:
B1G, B12
7
SEC, Big East, ACC
6
AAC, PAC12
4
A10, MVC, Mtn West
2
All Others
1
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Last 4 In: Texas A&M, NC State, LSU, and Illinois
First 4 Out: Purdue, Yale Bulldogs , Valparaiso, Connecticut Huskies
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And with the current conference standings, here's what the B1G Tournament would look like:
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