Bring On The Cats, a Kansas State Wildcats community

We're looking at the wasteland outside the top 25, and the current status of the mid-majors may surprise you.

Every 12 hours, BracketCat will preview an NCAA Tournament region, leading up to the second-round games Thursday. This entry previews the Southeast Region.

BracketCat examines K-State's options in the upcoming realignment scramble: Bad, Slightly Worse and Majorly Worse. But even in all possibilities, silver linings remain.

In which Colorado falls to Alabama and Wichita State crushes Washington State.

In which Kansas chokes again.

In which Butler does it again.

In which all the dominoes fall to pave an easy road for Kansas.

In which Duke and Wisconsin fall, but Florida survives — barely.

In which the Crimson Tide repels the Hurricanes, Wichita State nearly finds itself Shocked at home and the Pacific Northwestern Cougars outlast the Northwestern Wildcats.

In which Colorado reaches the Final Four ... of the NIT.