Bring on the Madness!

Last update. Richmond stealing a bid knocked North Texas out. Davidson stays in the field and actually moves up to a 10-seed, being evaluated a little differently as an at-large. Richmond comes in on the 13 line and secures the play-in games being 11-seeds. This has almost always been the case, but it almost guarantees there will be some angst about Loyola-Chicago's placement again.

After further review, Michigan edged Xavier to get into the field. Despite Michigan's record, they are better in every metric the Selection Committee uses, have more top-tier wins, and fewer blemishes outside Quadrant 1. I may kick myself for that one, but it was always close between those two and I think Michigan has a little bit more.

Results of today's games won't have much impact. I think Tennessee was locked into a 3-seed yesterday because there's rarely movement this late in the process, which keeps Duke on the 2-line. The Big 10 and American results are similarly too late to matter.

It's been a stressful week with all the movement and meaningful late results that impacted the field from top to bottom. Bring on the Madness.

Here's the final S-Curve:

1-Seeds: 1-GONZAGA 2-ARIZONA 3-KANSAS 4-Baylor

2-Seeds: 8-Duke 7-VILLANOVA 6-Auburn 5-Kentucky

3-Seeds: 9-TENNESSEE 10-PURDUE 11-Texas Tech 12-Ucla

4-Seeds: 16-Providence 15-Arkansas 14-Wisconsin 13-Illinois

5-Seeds: 17-HOUSTON 18-Connecticut 19-Iowa 20-St. Mary's

6-Seeds: 24-Usc 23-Alabama 22-Texas 21-Lsu

7-Seeds: 25-Ohio State 26-Michigan State 27-BOISE STATE 28-Colorado State

8-Seeds: 32-North Carolina 31-MURRAY STATE 30-San Diego State 29-Seton Hall

9-Seeds: 33-Tcu 34-Memphis 35-Creighton 36-Marquette

10-Seeds: 40-Davidson 39-Iowa State 38-San Francisco 37-VIRGINIA TECH

11-Seeds: 41-Miami 42-Smu 43-Texas A&M 44-Indiana 45-Michigan 46-Wyoming

12-Seeds: 50-CHATTANOOGA 49-SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 48-UAB 47-LOYOLA CHICAGO

13-Seeds: 51-RICHMOND 52-VERMONT 53-NEW MEXICO STATE 54-AKRON

14-Seeds: 58-MONTANA STATE 57-LONGWOOD 56-COLGATE 55-ST. PETER'S

15-Seeds: 59-DELAWARE 60-YALE 61-JACKSONVILLE STATE 62-GEORGIA STATE

16-Seeds: 68-TEXAS A&M-CC 67-TEXAS SOUTHERN 66-BRYANT 65-WRIGHT STATE 64-CAL STATE FULLERTON 63-NORFOLK STATE

Last Four Byes: Iowa State, Davidson, Miami, SMU

Last Four In: Texas A&M, Indiana, Michigan, Wyoming

First Four Out: Xavier, North Texas, Notre Dame, Wake Forest