Projecting the NCAA Tournament Bracket: Consensus is Virginia Tech, Florida and Mississippi State Are Out

Here’s our projections of the field of 65, with the last few teams remaining unchanged from this morning. (no S-curve; in order) 1 Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, West Virginia 2 Duke, Ohio State, Kansas State, Georgetown 3 Villanova, Baylor, Tennessee, Temple 4 New Mexico, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, WisconsinLast five in: California, Utah State, UTEP, Minnesota and Illinois First three out: Florida, Virginia Tech, Mississippi StateAfter the jump, the media pundits, featuring Joe Lunardi’s curious mid-day swap:Joe Lunardi, ESPN Last three in: Minnesota, Utah State, Illinois Last three out: Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Florida* Note: Until about 3 pm, Lunardi mysteriously had Virginia Tech in and Illinois out. Then, for a reason that never became clear, he made the switch after the ACC title game was complete. His wording was something like this [paraphrased], “a Georgia Tech win in the ACC title game would have helped the Hokies.” Question: How? Georgia Te...