Happy February! It’s the penultimate month of the college basketball season, which means bracket watching goes into second gear. Starting next week, Sports Illustrated will update its projected field twice a week, giving you a weekend recap of how the biggest games impacted the field on Tuesdays and answering your questions on Fridays for a bracketology mailbag that includes an updated bracket projection heading into the weekend.
Here’s how the men’s field of 68 looks after one day of February.
On the Bubble
Last Four Byes:
Wyoming
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Florida
Last Four In:
San Diego State
Oklahoma
San Francisco
Creighton
First Four Out:
West Virginia
Mississippi State
VCU
Michigan
Next Four Out:
SMU
Belmont
Notre Dame
Texas A&M
Welcome to the field, Creighton!