Last Eight In: Oklahoma State, Houston, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Rhode Island, Indiana, California, Arkansas
First Eight Out: Utah, Wake Forest, Michigan, Illinois State, Georgia, Clemson, Texas Tech, Marquette
The top teams fared much better this week compared to last week. There may not have been many big upsets, but there were plenty of big games. Most notable were UCLA’s 82-79 win over Oregon and Duke’s 86-78 victory over North Carolina. The Bruins are still two games behind Arizona in the Pac-12 standings, but the win over the Ducks helped boost what was a relatively bad RPI for a 22-3 team. The Blue Devils have now won five games in a row after their upset home loss to North Carolina State. Duke has another huge game on Wednesday when they take on Virginia on the road. Another win there and Duke could continue to see their seed move higher and higher.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
American: Cincinnati, Houston, SMU
Big East: Butler, Creighton, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia
Big Ten: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Pac-12: California, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC
SEC: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina
A-10: Dayton, Rhode Island, VCU
CAA: UNC Wilmington
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: Valparaiso
MAC: Akron
MVC: Wichita State
MWC: Nevada
WCC: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Eastern Washington
Big South: UNC-Asheville
Big West: UC Irvine
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Monmouth
MEAC: North Carolina Central
NEC: Mt. St. Mary’s
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas-Arlington
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
