NCAA tournament bracket projection: Time for the bubble to start boiling
Torin Dorn, left, and N.C. State enter a crucial matchup against Clemson on Wednesday. By Patrick Stevens March 13 at 8:00 AM We’re just four days from Selection Sunday. The 68-team field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unveiled on CBS starting at 6 p.m. Eastern time March 17. Read on for the key games to watch Wednesday as well as our latest projected March Madness bracket.Clemson vs. N.C. State : It’s arguably the most interesting game of the ACC tournament.
Butler vs. Providence : The Bulldogs and Friars meet for the third time in 16 days. Providence won the first two, including Saturday’s regular season finale. Bracket impact: The lone conference title game of the night comes in a one-bid league. Best-case scenario is there’s enough carnage elsewhere to elevate the winner to the No. 14 line, but this one is most likely to yield a No. 15 seed.
DePaul vs. St. John’s : Whether you believe St. John’s is a massive underachiever or simply a mercurial bunch with limited size, modest depth and no consistency, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: The Red Storm would have made its life much easier by winning any one of its final three regular season games. Okay, there’s another point of unanimity: Losing a third time to DePaul, even this year’s better version of the Blue Demons, wouldn’t be a great look.
Bracket impact: It takes a lot of creativity to find a way to leave the Orange out of the field, even with four losses in their last five games. Win this, and the possibility of leaving out Syracuse most likely vanishes.
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