Bracketology

Duke is certainly in the conversation, but really could use a victory over Syracuse or North Carolina this month.

There is an enormous bubble featuring 14 teams for seven spots.

The Buckeyes have won nine in a row, but an opening loss to Utah and some easy early games shroud the picture.

The Ivy League has legitimately seven of its eight members in spots to earn berths to the NCAA tournament this year.

Four of Hopkins' wins it hoped to lean on have come against Denver, Towson, Loyola and Virginia, which are having down years.

Three teams have lifted and separated: Boston College, North Carolina and Northwestern.

James Madison, Fairfield, Drexel and Colorado are our projected last four teams in the field.

In the final bracket projection, Denver, Maryland and Penn State are the final three teams in the field.

Results from the Big East and Big Ten likely pushed Ivy at-large teams out of the field.

Only a few potentially chaotic situations remain before Selection Sunday.