West Virginia has New Field in Latest Bracketology Projection

In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projections, that were released on Friday morning, the ESPN analyst has West Virginia in a new field.

1. Duke

16. Texas Southern / Nicholls

8. Loyola Chicago

9. Michigan

5. Providence

12. Iona

4. Iowa State

13. Toledo

6. UConn

11. UAB

3. USC

14. Grand Canyon

7. West Virginia

10. Saint Mary’s / Mississippi State

2. Michigan State

15. Princeton

For WVU, there’s not much to take away from this projection. The Mountaineers stay at the 7-seed but see a potential interesting second-round matchup against Michigan State. West Virginia is projected to play the winner of the play-in game, but I don’t think that’s ever happened to the 10-seed, so that’s unlikely.

The most interesting point in this bracket is the projected matchup between UConn and UAB, who WVU both defeated in December. The 7-seed ranking for West Virginia at this point in the season is fair.

Big 12 Projected Seeds

Baylor – 1 Seed

Kansas – 2 Seed

Iowa State – 4 Seed

Texas – 6 Seed

Texas Tech – 7 Seed

West Virginia – 7 Seed

Oklahoma – 8 Seed

TCU – Next Four Out

(Top Photo: Kelsie LeRose / WVSN)