Bracketology's Birth: Filling In the Blanks, Running on Caffeine

The only bubble team in action on Monday night took care of business. Back East, William & Mary's wait for a first-ever tourney bid will last for at least another season.

The Villanova Wildcats, owner of a 9-1 record against the RPI Top 50 and 14-2 mark against the Top 100, takes over top spot in the South region in Friday's projection. Tuesday's top two seeds, Kentucky and Virginia, still lead 

Couriers in Cedar Falls, Iowa may deliver many fruit baskets to Ben Jacobson's office this week, following the Panthers' win over Illinois State in Sunday's Missouri Valley final.

In a span of about five minutes just after 5:30 p.m. ET, teams like BYU, Colorado State, Indiana, Temple, Texas, and Tulsa were able to exhale a bit, as two potential dangerous teams sitting on the outside of my Thursday 

No longer considered for at-large bid: Rutgers, Georgia Tech, California, Loyola (Chicago), UTEP, Marquette, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Colorado, Evansville, Syracuse, New Mexico, Louisiana Tech, Nebraska, UNLV, Memphis, Florida, Washington, Oregon