BracketTown Breakdown No. 2

The March 1st addition of the Breakdown features some minor changes. Most notably, I've moved the Lumberjacks of Stephen F. Austin to the "at-large" pool. I think if they win their last three games and advance to the final of the Southland Tournament (which is on Selection Sunday) they might have a hope of an at-large if they lose. The win over Oklahoma helps, they'd be 27-4 and their AD is on the Selection Committee (that's not supposed to matter, right?).

We've also added Western Kentucky to the at-large pool with hopes of a WKU and USA final in the Sun Belt.

The Dish
As we approach Championship Week and we continue to look at the bracket it's appropriate to put teams in three categories: The "Hamptons" (the high end teams, locked into the touranment), the "Town Square" teams (the middle of the bracket where everybody gathers) and separately the "One Bid Wonders" (leagues that have ZERO teams with at-large profiles). Currently, we have 78 teams on the board and we'll drop and add as teams get hot or cold. We'll update the automatic qualifiers with an underline when bids are secured.

The Breakdown

The Hamptons (17): Tennessee (SEC), Memphis (Conference USA), North Carolina (ACC), Texas (Big 12), UCLA (Pac-10), Duke (At-large), Kansas (At-large), Xavier (Atlantic 10), Georgetown (Big East), Stanford (At-large), Wisconsin (Big 10), Vanderbilt (At-large), Connecticut (At-large), Indiana (At-large), Louisville (At-large), Butler (Horizon) and Drake (Missouri Valley).

One Bid Wonders (14, current conference leader listed): Oral Roberts (Summit), Cornell (Ivy), Siena (Metro-Atlantic), Maryland-Baltimore County (Am. East), Belmont (Atlantic Sun), Boise State (WAC), American (Patriot), Austin Peay (Ohio Valley), Cal State-Northridge (Big West), Portland State (Big Sky), Winthrop (Big South), Robert Morris (Northeast), Morgan State (Mid-Eastern), Alabama State (SWAC).

Town Square Teams (47 teams for 34 spots, teams in parenthesis are current conference leaders): Michigan State, Notre Dame, Marquette, Purdue, Washington State, Kent State (Mid-American), St. Mary's (West Coast), Gonzaga, BYU (Mountain West), Arizona, Clemson, South Alabama (Sun Belt), Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, UNLV, Baylor, West Virginia, Arkansas, Umass, Kansas State, Southern California, Mississippi State, Saint Joseph's, Texas A&M, Syracuse, Rhode Island, Maryland, Arizona State, Va. Commonwealth (Colonial), Davidson (Southern), Florida, UAB, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, New Mexico, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Houston, Kentucky, Villanova, Oregon, Stephen F. Austin (Southland), Western Kentucky, Creighton, California, Mississippi.

Left for dead: George Mason (at-large hopes)