2018 SIMULATED NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET 9.24.2018

Here is this week's simulated NCAA tournament bracket based on the actual results of games played through Sunday, September 23, and simulated results of games not yet played.  As indicated in this week's preceding posts, the new simulated NCAA tournament bracket is after using teams' current actual ARPI ratings to simulate the results of games not yet played, conference standings, and conference tournaments.  As a result of this, there are significant differences between this week's simulation and prior ones.

1 = #1 seed
2 = #2 seed
3 = #3 seed
4 = #4 seed
5 = unseeded Automatic Qualifier
6 = at large selection
7 = Top 60 team not getting an at large selection
8 = Top 60 team not eligible for at large selection due to record below 0.500
9 = Top 80 team that might compete for an at large selection if in the Top 60

NCAA Seed or Selection	Automatic Qualifier	ARPI Rank for Formation	Team for Formation
1	AQ	1	MississippiState
1	AQ	2	TexasU
1	0	3	TexasA&M
1	0	6	NorthCarolinaU
2	AQ	4	NCState
2	AQ	5	Stanford
2	0	9	FloridaState
2	0	11	OklahomaState
3	AQ	7	Georgetown
3	AQ	8	Memphis
3	AQ	10	SantaClara
3	0	12	SouthCarolinaU
4	0	13	Baylor
4	0	16	TennesseeU
4	0	18	NebraskaU
4	0	19	Auburn
5	AQ	14	Princeton
5	AQ	21	UNCWilmington
5	AQ	24	FloridaGulfCoast
5	AQ	28	NorthTexas
5	AQ	34	UCRiverside
5	AQ	38	CentralArkansas
5	AQ	40	GeorgeMason
5	AQ	41	ColoradoCollege
5	AQ	42	UNCGreensboro
5	AQ	43	TennesseeMartin
5	AQ	45	WesternMichigan
5	AQ	48	NorthwesternU
5	AQ	49	ArkansasState
5	AQ	51	NorthernKentucky
5	AQ	61	Monmouth
5	AQ	69	Colgate
5	AQ	75	Denver
5	AQ	80	LoyolaChicago
5	AQ	86	Hartford
5	AQ	97	NorthernColorado
5	AQ	103	TexasRGV
5	AQ	105	GardnerWebb
5	AQ	109	CentralConnecticut
5	AQ	188	UNOmaha
6	0	15	OregonU
6	0	17	SouthernCalifornia
6	0	20	WashingtonState
6	0	22	KansasU
6	0	23	Providence
6	0	25	VirginiaU
6	0	26	SouthFlorida
6	0	27	WestVirginiaU
6	0	29	Duke
6	0	30	ArizonaU
6	0	31	WakeForest
6	0	32	BostonCollege
6	0	33	UCLA
6	0	35	Cincinnati
6	0	36	LongBeachState
6	0	37	WisconsinU
6	0	39	ArkansasU
6	0	44	Purdue
6	0	46	MiddleTennessee
6	0	47	Rutgers
6	0	50	VCU
6	0	53	Vanderbilt
6	0	56	Drexel
6	0	57	Louisville
7	0	52	TCU
7	0	54	Lamar
7	0	55	Rice
7	0	59	Butler
7	0	60	AlabamaU
8	0	58	NotreDame
9	0	62	PennState
9	0	63	SanFrancisco
9	0	64	SMU
9	0	65	OhioState
9	0	68	VirginiaTech
9	0	77	ColoradoU