Two Weeks Till Tip-off

A March Madness Prediction

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By Val Hill 
Sports Editor

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With March Madness only a few days away and the AP Poll coming out with new rankings, the brackets are being dusted off and the bracketology has begun. Interestingly, this season was filled with teams moving all over the board. With conference championships around the corner for a lot of teams, anything can happen.

For starters Kansas University, who was tied with Purdue, dropped from their reigning spot at number one all the way down to seventh place. Now the current number one is the University of Houston, who stole the spot from University of Connecticut in the last week. This means that the bracket placement has the potential to be a powerhouse in some areas and others to have one team absolutely dominate. According to the NCAA 2024 Bracket Predictions, it has predicted that Houston (1) will go up against either South Dakoda or Norfolk State. The Gaels (17) are expected to go up against Boise State (10) in the first round as well. 

However everything is completely subject to changes since this was the last week of the West Coast Conference regular season games and then championships in Vegas starting. So for the Gaels moving up from their beginning spot of 23 to be placed at 17 has to be a huge boost coming into their game against Gonzaga on March 2nd. Considering that Gonzaga started in 11th place and have dropped dramatically down to 23, there is a lot on the line for both teams.