2018 SIMULATED NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET 9.10.2018

Here is this week's simulated NCAA Tournament bracket, using actual game results for all games played through Sunday, September 9, and simulated results for games not yet played including conference tournaments.  As mentioned last week, the simulation shows Mississippi State ending up as a Top 60 team but with a losing record, 7-8-2 for this week's simulation, which includes going 0-8-2 in the SEC regular season competition.  With a losing record, they could not get an at large selection.  If they do any better than that in the SEC regular season competition, they will be a strong competitor for an at large selection.

1 = #1 seed
2 = #2 seed3 = #3 seed4 = #4 seed5 = unseeded Automatic Qualifier6 = at large selection7 = Top 60 team not getting an at large selection8 = Top 60 team not eligible for at large selection due to record below 0.5009 = 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	Stanford
1	0	2	UCLA
1	AQ	4	SouthCarolinaU
1	0	5	FloridaState
2	0	8	VirginiaU
2	AQ	9	NorthCarolinaU
2	AQ	10	WestVirginiaU
2	0	14	Duke
3	AQ	3	Princeton
3	0	6	Auburn
3	0	7	TexasA&M
3	0	22	NCState
4	0	11	SouthernCalifornia
4	AQ	12	Rutgers
4	AQ	13	Georgetown
4	0	15	TexasU
5	AQ	20	SouthFlorida
5	AQ	24	StJosephs
5	AQ	25	LongBeachState
5	AQ	28	FloridaGulfCoast
5	AQ	32	Hofstra
5	AQ	34	Pepperdine
5	AQ	38	MurrayState
5	AQ	43	Monmouth
5	AQ	54	StephenFAustin
5	AQ	59	NorthTexas
5	AQ	60	Bucknell
5	AQ	63	NorthernKentucky
5	AQ	69	Samford
5	AQ	73	KentState
5	AQ	74	UNLV
5	AQ	84	HighPoint
5	AQ	88	NewHampshireU
5	AQ	90	SouthAlabama
5	AQ	92	Drake
5	AQ	96	EasternWashington
5	AQ	103	Seattle
5	AQ	105	SouthDakotaState
5	AQ	112	FairleighDickinson
5	AQ	197	AlabamaState
6	0	16	SantaClara
6	0	17	KansasU
6	0	18	PennState
6	0	19	FloridaU
6	0	21	ArkansasU
6	0	23	NotreDame
6	0	26	ArizonaU
6	0	27	TCU
6	0	29	UCF
6	0	30	NorthwesternU
6	0	35	CaliforniaU
6	0	36	WashingtonState
6	0	37	OhioState
6	0	39	BostonCollege
6	0	40	TexasTech
6	0	41	BYU
6	0	42	Clemson
6	0	44	MississippiU
6	0	45	Butler
6	0	46	MinnesotaU
6	0	47	OklahomaState
6	0	48	Marquette
6	0	49	TennesseeU
6	0	57	LaSalle
7	0	33	Cincinnati
7	0	50	Baylor
7	0	51	Northeastern
7	0	52	AlabamaU
7	0	53	WisconsinU
7	0	55	ConnecticutU
7	0	56	Drexel
7	0	58	WakeForest
8	0	31	MississippiState
9	0	62	Memphis
9	0	65	ColoradoU
9	0	66	NebraskaU
9	0	67	UNCWilmington
9	0	68	VirginiaTech
9	0	79	MichiganU