2017 NCAA Tournament Bracket Simulation 8.22.2017

Here is this week's NCAA Tournament Bracket Simulation, following adding into the system the actual results of games through Monday, August 22.  Following the table, I've indicated the most likely other potential candidates for the different seed levels and at large selections.

NCAA Seed or Selection	Automatic Qualifier	ARPI Rank for Formation	Team for Formation
1	0	2	FloridaState
1	AQ	1	NorthCarolinaU
1	0	4	VirginiaU
1	AQ	6	Stanford
2	AQ	5	FloridaU
2	AQ	3	WestVirginiaU
2	0	8	NotreDame
2	0	7	UCLA
3	AQ	9	PennState
3	0	10	SouthCarolinaU
3	0	14	TexasA&M
3	0	13	Rutgers
4	AQ	11	UCF
4	AQ	12	Marquette
4	0	15	BostonCollege
4	0	18	SouthernCalifornia
5	AQ	25	SouthAlabama
5	AQ	22	Northeastern
5	AQ	24	SantaClara
5	AQ	35	BostonU
5	AQ	33	Harvard
5	AQ	37	SanDiegoState
5	AQ	39	LaSalle
5	AQ	43	MurrayState
5	AQ	40	LongBeachState
5	AQ	47	Samford
5	AQ	45	Rice
5	AQ	54	FloridaGulfCoast
5	AQ	56	Liberty
5	AQ	51	Buffalo
5	AQ	79	WrightState
5	AQ	106	FairleighDickinson
5	AQ	117	Denver
5	AQ	127	Seattle
5	AQ	62	Monmouth
5	AQ	76	IllinoisState
5	AQ	60	StephenFAustin
5	AQ	118	Albany
5	AQ	133	EasternWashington
6	0	23	Duke
6	0	17	CaliforniaU
6	0	20	VirginiaTech
6	0	26	Georgetown
6	0	19	OhioState
6	0	27	WisconsinU
6	0	16	ConnecticutU
6	0	32	OklahomaState
6	0	29	TexasTech
6	0	21	Auburn
6	0	38	WakeForest
6	0	30	Memphis
6	0	49	Pepperdine
6	0	50	Clemson
6	0	28	Baylor
6	0	42	BYU
6	0	36	TennesseeU
6	0	31	Princeton
6	0	34	William&Mary
6	0	46	SouthFlorida
6	0	41	WashingtonState
6	0	44	Troy
6	0	59	WashingtonU
6	0	53	MinnesotaU
7	0	48	NorthTexas
7	0	57	MichiganU
7	0	55	MissouriU
7	0	58	KentuckyU
7	0	52	Hofstra
	0	78	Syracuse
	0	68	VCU
	0	69	PortlandU
	0	85	Furman
	0	61	Dayton
	0	77	LSU
	0	112	NCState
	0	129	Colgate
	0	63	IllinoisU
	0	65	KansasU
	0	70	Louisville
	0	71	NebraskaU
	0	66	TexasU
	0	67	Providence
	0	74	WesternKentucky
	0	73	WesternMichigan
	0	72	MississippiU
	0	80	JamesMadison
	0	83	UtahU
	0	87	Dartmouth
	0	89	Brown
	0	75	UNLV
	0	90	CalStateFullerton
	0	93	TexasState
	0	94	StJohns
	0	64	MiamiOH
	0	96	UNCGreensboro
	0	103	ArizonaU
	0	110	UNCWilmington
	0	88	UtahState
	0	101	Tulsa
	0	108	OregonState
	0	113	SanDiegoU
	0	114	EastCarolina
	0	82	CentralMichigan
	0	84	HighPoint
	0	105	Cincinnati
	0	107	GeorgiaU
	0	111	Mercer
	0	115	AlabamaU
	0	138	MichiganState
	0	91	TennesseeMartin
	0	102	OklahomaU
	0	104	Charlotte
	0	116	ColoradoU
	0	136	SoutheastMissouriState
	0	139	UtahValley
	0	92	StLouis
	0	98	Bucknell
	0	119	SMU
	0	81	ColoradoCollege
	0	95	ArkansasU
	0	97	AbileneChristian
	0	120	Vanderbilt
	0	121	CalStateNorthridge
	0	145	ArizonaState
	0	148	UALR
	0	131	IdahoU
	0	86	MiamiFL
	0	99	UCIrvine
	0	150	SanJoseState
	0	122	Marshall
	0	126	GeorgeMason
	0	100	UTEP
	0	109	DePaul
	0	147	Columbia
	0	123	Navy
	0	128	JacksonvilleU
	0	144	MiddleTennessee
	0	135	NorthwesternU
	0	137	TCU
	0	141	SELouisiana
	0	142	OldDominion
	0	143	EastTennesseeState
	0	149	Campbell
	0	124	AppalachianState
	0	146	Richmond
	0	132	Hartford
	0	134	BallState
	0	125	Milwaukee
	0	130	Siena
	0	140	Longwood

Most likely other candidates:

• #1 seed:  West Virginia, Florida

• #2 seed:  Penn State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Rutgers

• #3 seed:  Marquette, Boston College, UCF, Southern California

• #4 seed:  Virginia Tech, Duke, Ohio State, Connecticut

• At large selection, from the Top 60:  North Texas, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Hofstra

• At large selection, from outside the Top 60:  Portland, Syracuse, Dayton, LSU, Furman, Colgate, North Carolina State, VCU