2016 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT First Four First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship March 15-16 March 17-18 March 19-20 March 24-25 March 26-27 April 2 April 4 Channel Big 12, CC, RPI #1, SOS #9, 12-0, 15-3 Key: (LOCATED ABOVE TEAMS) 1 Kansas (30-4) Conference, Champ (CC) or At-large (AL), RPI Rank, Strength of Schedule Ohio Valley, CC, #188, #188, 9-3, 0-1 "The Bracket That Has Everything...Except Winners" Rank, Last 12 games, Record vs. Top 50 26 Thu 3/17 4:00 Thu3/17 16 Austin Peay (18-17) - Pac 12, AL, RPI #35, SOS #54, 6-6, 4-9 8 Colorado (22-11) AAC, CC, #37, #46, 8-4, 3-5 www.czabe.com Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery Hill / Raftery Bill / Nantz Jim + + 3 Thu 3/17 1:30 Thu3/17 2016 Wells Fargo Arena Fargo Wells (Des Moines, IA) Moines, (Des 9 Connecticut (24-10) Big Ten, AL, RPI #15, SOS #33, 7-5, 5-6 2016 National Champion 5 Maryland (25-8) Louisville, KY Louisville, Summit, CC, #31, #147, 10-2, 0-1 8 KFC YUM! Center YUM! KFC - Fri 3/18 4:20 3/18 Fri 12 South Dakota St. (26-7) Pac 12, AL, RPI #16, SOS #14, 9-3, 8-8 4 California (23-10) Big West, CC, #86, #279, 10-2, 0-2 6 Points Spero Dedes / Doug Gottlieb / Doug Dedes Spero Fri 3/18 2:00 3/18 Fri - (Spokane, WA) (Spokane, Veterans Memorial Arena Memorial Veterans 13 Hawai'i (27-5) Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas Pac 12, AL, RPI #26, SOS #101, 9-3, 5-7 SEC, AL, RPI #60, SOS #43, 7-5, 2-7 6 Arizona (25-8) 11 Vanderbilt (19-13) KY Louisville, KFC YUM! Center YUM! KFC Thu 3/17 9:20 Thu3/17 Miss Valley, AL, #51, #119, 9-3, 1-3 3 11 Vandy/Wichita St. - 11 Wichita St. (24-8) WS ACC, AL, RPI #8, SOS #20, 9-3, 8-3 University of Dayton Arena 3 Miami (25-7) Dayton, OH MAC, CC, RPI #91, SOS #83, 7-5, 1-7 14 Thu3/17 6:50 - Ian Eagle / Len Elmore / Webber Elmore / Len Eagle Ian Dunkin' Donuts Center Donuts Dunkin' Tue 3/15 9:10 RI) (Providence, 14 Buffalo (20-14) Nickname / Odds to Win Big Ten, AL, RPI #28, SOS #30, 5-7, 4-7 Kansas Jayhawks 5/1 7 Iowa (21-10) Louisville, KY Louisville, KFC YUM! Center YUM! KFC North Carolina Tarheels 5/1 AAC, AL, RPI #63, SOS #89, 5-7, 4-9 7 Fri 3/18 3:10 3/18 Fri - Michigan St. Spartans 5/1 10 Temple (21-11) Kentucky Wildcats 12/1 Big East, AL, RPI #4, SOS #21, 10-2, 7-5 Virginia Cavaliers 15/1 2 Villanova (29-5) Oregon Ducks 18/1 Big South, CC, #139, #253, 8-4, 0-1 16 Fri 3/18 12:40 3/18 Fri Verne Lundquist / Jim Spanarkel Jim / Lundquist Verne - (Brooklyn, NY) (Brooklyn, Villanova Wildcats 18/1 Center Barclays 15 UNC Asheville (22-11) Carter Blackburn / Mike Gminski Pac 12, CC, RPI #2, SOS #2, 10-2, 12-3 Patriot, CC, 249, 282, 5-7, 0-1 1 Oregon (28-6) Houston, TX Houston, 16 Holy Cross (14-19) Stadium NRG Fri 3/18 3/18 7:27Fri SWAC, CC, 186, 335, 7-5, 0-0 16 Holy Cross/Southern 3 - 16 Southern (22-12) S A-10, CC, RPI #23, SOS #65, 8-4, 3-4 University of Dayton Arena 8 Saint Joseph's (27-7) Dayton, OH AAC, AL, RPI #44, SOS #67, 5-7, 6-9 Houston, TX Spero Dedes Gottlieb Dedes Spero / Doug Fri 3/18 9:57 3/18 Fri + 2 Veterans Memorial Arena Memorial Veterans Wed 3/16 6:40 WA) (Spokane, 9 Cincinatti (22-10) NRG Stadium Oklahoma Sooners 20/1 Big 12, AL, RPI #25, SOS #3, 5-7, 5-11 Monday, April 4, 2016 Xavier Musketeers 25/1 5 Baylor (22-11) Anaheim, CA Anaheim, Duke Blue Devils 25/1 Ivy, CC, RPI #43, SOS #178, 11-1, 1-4 HondaCenter 5 Thu 3/17 Thu 3/17 12:15 West Virginia Mountaineers 25/1 12 Yale (22-6) - Indiana Hoosiers 30/1 ACC, AL, RPI #19, SOS #10, 8-4, 6-9 Maryland Terrapins 30/1 4 Duke (23-10) Miami Hurricanes 30/1 CAA, CC, RPI #47, SOS #159, 10-2, 0-0 10 Thu 3/17 2:45 Thu3/17 - Purdue Boilermakers 35/1 / Webber Elmore / Len Eagle Ian 13 UNC Wilmington (25-7) Dunkin Donuts Center Center Donuts Dunkin RI) (Providence, California Golden Bears 35/1 Big 12, AL, RPI #27, SOS #4, 7-5, 7-9 Texas A&M Aggies 40/1 6 Texas (20-12) 40/1 CA Anaheim, Arizona Wildcats Center Honda Miss Valley, CC, #73, #93, 11-1, 2-0 5 - Utah Utes 45/1 9:50 3/18 Fri 11 Northern Iowa (22-12) Official Sponsor of the 2016 Gargantubracket Baylor Bears 50/1 SEC, AL, RPI #18, SOS #77, 8-4, 5-0 Helpful websites: www.kenpom.com ; Iowa State Cyclones 60/1 3 Texas A&M (26-8) www.bracketscience.com ; www.poologic.com; Texas Longhorns 60/1 Horizon, CC, #102, #240, 9-3, 2-3 www.predictionmachine.com; Fri 3/18 7:20 3/18 Fri 13 Carter Blackburn / Mike Gminski / Mike Blackburn Carter Chesapeake Energy Arena Energy Chesapeake (Oklahoma City, OK) City, (Oklahoma Wichita St. Shockers 75/1 14 Green Bay (23-12) - The FBI estimates that more than $2.5 billion is illegally wagered annually on March Madness Wisconsin Badgers 75/1 Pac 12, AL, RPI #29, SOS #13, 7-5, 5-9 Odds of picking a perfect bracket? 9 QUINTILLION to 1. Seton Hall Pirates 75/1 7 Oregon St. (19-12) #12 seeds only lose 67 percent of the time, meaning they win Anaheim, CA Anaheim, one in three times. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75/1 A-10, AL, RPI #33, SOS #80, 8-4, 2-4 HondaCenter Fri 3/18 1:30 3/18 Fri #13 and #14 seeds lose 82% and 84% of the time Iowa Hawkeyes 75/1 10 VCU (24-10) + 4 Connecticut Huskies 100/1 Big 12, AL, RPI #6, SOS #15, 7-5, 10-6 All #9 seeds are favored over the #8 seeds this year Gonzaga Bulldogs 100/1 2 Oklahoma (25-7) All Times Eastern Providence Friars 100/1 WAC, CC, #124, #322, 10-2, 0-1 and Subject to change 13 Fri 3/18 3:50 3/18 Fri - Carter Blackburn / Mike Gminski / Mike Blackburn Carter 15 CSU Bakersfield (24-8) Chesapeake Energy Arena Energy Chesapeake Dayton Flyers 100/1 OK) City, (Oklahoma 2016 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Final Four Elite 8 Sweet 16 Second Round First Round First Four (Raleigh, NC) (Raleigh, Arena PNC April 2 March 26-27 March 24-25 March 19-20 March 17-18 Webber Bonner/ Harlan/Dan Kevin March 15-16 Thu 3/17 7:20 3/17 Thu Point Spreads: ACC, CC, RPI #5, SOS #29, 9-3, 7-5 Higher Seed Spread displayed (a spread of -4 North Carolina (28-6) 1 Atlantic Sun, CC, RPI #217, SOS #298, 7-5, 0-2 means higher seed favored by 4). Spreads "The Bracket That Has Everything...Except Winners" captured on sportsbook.com 3/14/16 Florida Gulf Coast (20-13) 16 6 FGCU/Fair. Dickenson 16 - Northeast, CC, #208, #299, 8-4, 0-2 Thu 3/17 9:50 3/17 Thu @czabe Pac 12, AL, RPI #47, SOS #37, 5-7, 4-8 FGC Fairleigh Dickenson (18-14) 16 USC (21-12) 8 University of Dayton Arena www.czabe.com +2 Wells Fargo Center Fargo Wells Big East, AL, #38, #59, 6-6, 2-7 Dayton, OH Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Providence (23-10) 9 Tue 3/15 6:40 (Des Moines, IA) Moines, (Des Fargo Arena Wells Thu 3/17 7:10 3/17 Thu Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas Big Ten, AL, RPI #24, SOS #99, 8-4, 3-4 / Hill Bill Raftery / Nantz Jim Indiana (25-7) 5 "THE LOST LYRICS" Come on and watch some basketball, you'll - 11 Southern, CC, #53, #248, 10-2, 1-1 watch it all... day… long...Come on and watch some basketball, til.. your... pool sheet is done! Chattanooga (29-5) 12 ..Come on and watch some basketball, it's got it Thu 3/17 9:40 3/17 Thu all…Tour-na-ment Madness … Throw in a few SEC, CC, RPI #12, SOS #35, 9-3, 2-2 parlays, Gambling is fun!... Walton and Wooden Kentucky (26-8) 4 own the court, don't try them out... - you'll....lose... Packer and Nantz call all the 14 Wells Fargo Center Wells Amer. East, CC, #64, #228, 10-2, 1-1 ganmes, just watch... Billy be wrong... Come on Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Stony Brook (26-6) 13 and watch some basketball, your wife is mad... Verne Lundquiest / Jim Spanarkel / Jim Lundquiest Verne (Brooklyn, NY) (Brooklyn, Barclays Center Barclays send..her out shopping...Coach K is gay... Duke ACC, AL, RPI #32, SOS #26, 7-5, 5-6 9:40 3/18 Fri really sucks Notre Dame (21-11) 6 Big Ten, AL, RPI #58, SOS #44, 5-7, 4-11 Michigan (22-12) 11 Michigan/Tulsa 11 3 American, AL, RPI #61, SOS #61, 7-5, 3-5 - Fri 3/18 7:10 3/18 Fri Big 12, AL, RPI #10, SOS #24, 8-4, 9-7 M Tulsa (20-11) 11 West Virginia (26-8) 3 University of Dayton Arena - Southland, CC, #69, #260, 12-0, 0-1 Dayton, OH 8 Wells Fargo Center Wells Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Stephen F.