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With a lot of automatic bids starting to pour in, the NCAA Tournament picture is becoming more clear each night. While the smaller conferences are starting to, for the most part, wrap up, the power conferences like the Big East and Big XII have their tournaments starting to get underway. Villanova lost to South Florida in a shocker yesterday, and much more craziness is on the horizon. Read the last blog post for a break down and preview of conference tournaments, and keep an eye out for more bracketologies as the teams begin to shift around the brackets more and more.
Who made the bracket:
American East - Boston
Atlantic Coast - Boston College, Duke*, Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
Atlantic 10 - Temple, Richmond, Xavier*
Big East - Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh*, St. John's, Syracuse, West Virginia, Villanova
Big Sky - Northern Colorado
Big South - UNC-Asheville
Big Ten - Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State*, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big XII - Colorado, Kansas*, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas*, Texas A&M
Big West - Long Beach State
Colonial - George Mason, Old Dominion
Conference USA - Alabama-Birmingham
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Harvard
Metro Atlantic - Saint Peter's
Mid-American - Kent State
Mid-Eastern - Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley - Indiana State
Mountain West - Brigham Young, Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State*
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Morehead State
Pacific-10 - Arizona*, Washington, UCLA
Patriot - Bucknell
Southeastern - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky*, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Southern - Wofford
Southland - McNeese State
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Arkansas-Little Rock
Souhtwestern - Texas Southern
Western (WAC) - Utah State
West Coast - Gonzaga, St. Mary's
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Conference Bids
Big East - 11
Big Ten - 6
Southeastern - 6
Big XII - 6
Atlantic Coast - 5
Mountain West - 3
Atlantic Ten - 3
Pacific-10 - 3
West Coast - 2
Colonial Athletic - 2
Horizon League - 1
Missouri Valley - 1
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Bracket Notes
Last Four In
- Virginia Tech
- Boston College
- Colorado
- Alabama
First Four Out
- Missouri State
- Clemson
- Penn State
- Southern Cal
Next Four Out
- Washington State
- Colorado State
- Nebraska
- Baylor
Also Considered
- Texas-El Paso
- Virginia Commonwealth
- Baylor
- Princeton
- Fairfield
- Minnesota
- Memphis
1st Round Games
12 - Penn State vs. Wichita State
12 - Duquesne vs. Gonzaga
16 - Texas Southern vs. McNeese State
16 - Long Beach State vs. Montana
New Additions (Power Conferences)
- None
Dropped Out (Power Conferences)
- None
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NCAA Tournament Seeding
#1 Seeds -
- Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Notre Dame
#2 Seeds -
- Brigham Young, Duke, Texas, San Diego State
#3 Seeds -
- North Carolina, Purdue, Syracuse, Florida
#4 Seeds -
- St. John's, Louisville, Kentucky, Wisconsin
#5 Seeds -
- West Virginia, Connecticut, Xavier, Arizona
#6 Seeds -
- Kansas State, Cincinnati, Texas A&M, Georgetown
#7 Seeds -
- Temple, Vanderbilt, Old Dominion, California-L.A.
#8 Seeds -
- Missouri, Nevada-Las Vegas, Villanova, George Mason
#9 Seeds -
- Utah State, Illinois, Florida State, Tennessee
#10 Seeds -
- Washington, Butler, Gonzaga, Richmond
#11 Seeds -
- Marquette, Michigan, St. Mary's, Alabama-Birmingham
#12 Seeds -
- Georgia, Michigan State, Boston College vs. Colorado, Virginia Tech vs. Alabama
#13 Seeds -
- Belmont, Harvard, Oakland, Indiana State
#14 Seeds -
- Wofford, Saint Peter's, Bucknell, Kent State
#15 Seeds -
- Morehead State, Long Island, Long Beach State, Northern Colorado
#16 Seeds -
- Boston University, UNC Asheville, Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Bethune Cookman, Texas Southern vs, McNeese State
Procedural Bumps (Seeding Adjustments) -
- None
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The Bracket
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Any thing to say to @JeffDLowe about the brackets?
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So, theoretically, if one of your last four in loses in rd. 1 of their conference tournament, one (or more) of the first four out would move up and in? I always assumed this is how it would work, but would MoState be the first to move in, or are the first four out all even odds to move up?
ReplyDeleteI would have a REALLY hard time picking between Missouri State or Clemson. They are virtually even in my eyes, but I do think Missouri State should get the nod. I'd still break it down.
ReplyDeleteYou're spot on though with it. If Colorado had lost today they would have dropped out not just for right now, but for good. Luckily for them they are alive. In order for them to stay in they must win one more game. So if one of those First Four loses their next game then they will be out and one of the First Four out (barring they win, so really Missouri State is in weird shape cause they are locked out unlike Clemson or PSU) doesn't lose then they will be in.
Thanks for the read and the comment!