JeffDBracket's Bracketology - Version 14.0 (FINAL) - 3/13/11

Will Alabama overcome a tough ending to enter the NCAA Tournament?

FINAL: This is the final bracketology of the year. Notice that I have two SEC teams in? Well that is truly how I feel about Georgia and Alabama. Georgia has no bad losses all year, and has been more than competitive throughout. If not for a slow start, Alabama would have been a lock for the last few weeks. By putting Georgia in, I must put Alabama in due to the fact they have knocked off the Bulldogs  twice in the last two weeks. Clemson had a huge lack of Top 50 RP wins, well, they actually didn't have any. Southern Cal had a bit of a different problem, as they had a basket full of bad losses to teams ranked worse than 100 in the RPI.

Things are heating up right now in March, and I will be doing a live blog over at Nittany White Out throughout the weekend! I will update this blog along the way, but for live up to the minute updates and previews of the action today and throughout the weekend, head on over by clicking this link: Jeff D Lowe's live conference tournament week updates.

Who made the bracket:

American East - Boston

Atlantic Coast - 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, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

Big XII - Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M

Big West - California-Santa Barbara

Colonial - George Mason, Old Dominion

Conference USA - Memphis

Horizon - Butler

Ivy - Princeton

Metro Atlantic - Saint Peter's

Mid-American - Akron

Mid-Eastern - Hampton

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 - Texas-San Antonio

Summit - Oakland

Sun Belt - Arkansas-Little Rock

Souhtwestern - Alabama State

Western (WAC) - Utah State

West Coast - Gonzaga, St. Mary's

* - Automatic Bid

Italic - New Addition

Read more after the jump

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Conference Bids

Big East - 11

Big Ten -7

Southeastern - 6

Big XII - 6

Atlantic Coast -4

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

Next Four In (Avoid Play-In-Game)

 - Michigan State

 - Illinois

 - Colorado

 - Penn State

Last Four In

 - St. Mary's

 - Virginia Tech

 - Georgia

 - Alabama

First Four Out

 - Southern Cal

 - Clemson

 - Boston College

 - Alabama-Birmingham

Next Four Out

 - Harvard

 - Missouri State

 - New Mexico
 - Virginia Commonwealth

1st Round Games

 12 - St. Mary's vs. Georgia

 12 - Alabama vs. Virginia Tech

 16 - Hampton vs. Texas-San Antonio

 16 - Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Alabama State

New Additions (Power Conferences)

 - Penn State
 - Memphis

Dropped Out (Power Conferences)

 - Boston College
 - Texas-El Paso

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NCAA Tournament Seeding

#1 Seeds -

- Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Duke

#2 Seeds -

- Notre Dame, San Diego State, North Carolina, Connecticut

#3 Seeds -

- Texas, Kentucky, Brigham Young, Louisville

#4 Seeds -

- Florida, Purdue, Syracuse, Wisconsin

#5 Seeds -

- St. John's, Arizona, West Virginia, Texas A&M

#6 Seeds -

- Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Temple

#7 Seeds -

- Georgetown, Old Dominion, Nevada-Las Vegas, Xavier

#8 Seeds -

- George Mason, Washington, Utah State, Tennessee

#9 Seeds -

- Richmond, UCLA, Missouri, Villanova

#10 Seeds -

- Marquette, Butler, Gonzaga, Florida State

#11 Seeds -

- Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Colorado

#12 Seeds -

- Memphis, Penn State, Alabama vs. Virginia Tech, St. Mary's vs. Georgia

#13 Seeds -

- Belmont, Harvard, Oakland, Long Island

#14 Seeds -

- Indiana State, Wofford, Morehead State, Bucknell

#15 Seeds -

- Saint Peter's, Akron, California-Santa Barbara, Northern Colorado

#16 Seeds -

- Boston University, UNC Asheville, Hampton vs. Texas-San Antonio, Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Alabama State

Procedural Bumps (Seeding Adjustments) -

- None

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The Bracket

(Coming Soon)

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