Virginia Basketball Bracketology Update: NCAA Tournament Projections - 2/1
Just 39 days remain until Selection Sunday for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Since our last bracketology update, No. 6 Virginia (17-3, 9-2 ACC) has picked up two more wins against Boston College and Syracuse, extending the team's active win streak to seven games.
For the second week in a row, there is a near consensus between bracket experts Joe Lunardi (ESPN), Jerry Palm (CBS), and Mike DeCourcy (Fox), who each have Virginia forecasted as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and facing No. 14 Furman in the first round, with some slight variance on the region. See a summary of each expert's latest bracketology forecast below:
Joe Lunardi - ESPN
Joe Lunardi has Virginia as the No. 3 seed in the East Region, facing No. 14 Furman in the first round. Lunardi lists UVA as the top No. 3 seed and the No. 9 overall team in the field of 68.
Lunardi has seven ACC teams currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament: No. 3 Virginia, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Miami, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 8 NC State, No. 9 Clemson, No. 11 Pittsburgh (Wake Forest and Virginia Tech considered, but on the outside of the bubble).
Click here to see Joe Lunardi's latest bracketology on ESPN.
Jerry Palm - CBS
Jerry Palm has Virginia as the No. 3 seed in the West Region, facing No. 14 Furman in the first round.
Palm has eight ACC teams currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament: No. 3 Virginia, No. 6 Miami, No. 7 Duke, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 8 NC State, No. 9 Clemson, No. 11 Pittsburgh, No. 11 Virginia Tech (last four in).
Click here to see Jerry Palm's latest bracketology on CBS.
Mike DeCourcy - Fox Sports
Mike DeCourcy has Virginia as the No. 3 seed in the East Region, facing No. 14 Furman in the first round.
DeCourcy has seven ACC teams currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament: No. 3 Virginia, No. 6 Miami, No. 6 Clemson, No. 7 North Carolina, No. 7 Duke, No. 8 NC State, No. 10 Pittsburgh (Wake Forest - first four out)
Click here to see Mike DeCourcy's latest bracket forecast on Fox Sports.
Here's a snapshot of Virginia's current NCAA Tournament resume:
Record: 17-3 overall, 9-2 ACC, 10-1 home, 5-2 away, 2-0 neutral
3-3 vs. Quad 1, 4-0 vs. Quad 2, 4-0 vs. Quad 3, 6-0 vs. Quad 4
NET ranking: 14th
Virginia will play at Virginia Tech on Saturday at 12pm in Blacksburg.
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