First Round: WEST (Salt Lake City) RegionInsider Story

Bracketology
Note: Teams in CAPS indicate conference leader at time
of most recent bracket projection.

1 Villanova vs. 16 STONY BROOK
Providence
TeamRecord (Conf.)RPISOSLast 12
Villanova21-2 (10-1)33411-1
STONY BROOK15-7 (8-2)1533079-3
Villanova
Not that they would admit it, but the Wildcats have to be pleased with a snowy split of stops at Georgetown and West Virginia. Scottie Reynolds put Villanova on his back yet again in Morgantown.

Seed Report:
S-Curve history: 6 (Nov. 9), 9 (Dec. 15), 8 (Jan. 4), 7 (Jan. 11), 5 (Jan. 18), 4 (Jan. 25), 3 (Feb. 1), 4 (Feb. 8).

Bracket Bytes:
Odds for No. 1 seed: 40 percent.

Good Wins
RPI 1-25: Georgetown, @West Virginia
RPI 26-50: N-Dayton, N-Ole Miss, N-Maryland, @Louisville

Bad Losses
RPI 101-200: none
RPI 201+: none
STONY BROOK
Stony Brook (8-2) has a half-game lead on Vermont in America East. The Seawolves also own a regular-season victory over the Catamounts.

Best win (RPI): @Boston U. (No. 161)
Worst loss (RPI): @Fordham (No. 297)


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Bracket | Region: MIDWEST (St. Louis) | SOUTH (Houston) | EAST (Syracuse) | WEST (Salt Lake City)

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