Wow. It has been quite a long time since I posted a Bracketology. Sort of funny since this was the initial purpose of the website. I already broke down the events of this past week, so I will keep this short and sweet. This season is as unpredictable as it gets. Last season we saw many upsets in the NCAA Tournament, and if this season is any indication of what will happen come March then we may see those same wild results yet again. Enjoy the bracket, the breakdown and all the bubble tidbits. There will be no arrivals and departures, because there has been no bracket since early December. This is also the first time I have not selected Duke to win the National Championship. Pittsburgh just seems like such a dominant team so far this season that it is hard to pick against them. If I could pick, they would be ranked as the #1 team in the country. I struggled to put Ohio State in over Brigham Young. I really think the Cougars compare greatly to the 2007-2008 Davidson team that almost made the Final Four. I won't go into many details, because I plan on writing an article comparing the two in the coming weeks.
The next post will be later in the week about bubble teams and their resumes. The catch? I won't reveal the teams names on each resume until the end of the post.
Who made the bracket:
American East - Vermont
Atlantic Coast - Boston College, Duke*, Florida State, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia Tech
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
Atlantic 10 - Temple*, Xavier
Big East - Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh*, St. John's, Syracuse, West Virginia, Villanova
Big Sky - Montana
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - , Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State*, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big XII - Colorado, Kansas State, Kansas*, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M
Big West - Long Beach State
Colonial - James Madison*, Old Dominion
Conference USA - Central Florida, Southern Miss*
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Harvard
Metro Atlantic - Fairfield
Mid-American - Kent State
Mid-Eastern - Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley - Missouri State*, Wichita State
Mountain West - Brigham Young, Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State*
Northeast - Long Island
Ohio Valley - Morehead State
Pacific-10 - Arizona, Washington*
Patriot - Bucknell
Southeastern - Florida, Georgia, Kentucky*, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Southern - Chattanooga
Southland - McNeese State
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Florida Atlantic
Souhtwestern - Texas Southern
Western (WAC) - Utah State
West Coast - Gonzaga, St. Mary's*
* - Automatic Bid
Conference Bids
Big East - 11
Big Ten - 6
Big XII - 6
Atlantic Coast - 6
Southeastern - 5
Mountain West - 3
Atlantic Ten - 2
Pacific-10 - 2
West Coast - 2
Colonial Athletic - 2
Conference USA - 2
Horizon League - 2
Missouri Valley - 2
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Bracket Notes
Last Four In
- Xavier
- Old Dominion
- Virginia Tech
- Wichita State
First Four Out
- Washington State
- Richmond
- Oklahoma State
- Baylor
Next Four Out
- Penn State
- Memphis
- Clemson
- Dayton
Also Considered
- Maryland
- Cleveland State
- Duquesne
- Colorado State
- Portland
- Northwestern
- New Mexico
- UCLA
1st Round Games
12 - Xavier vs. Old Dominion
12 - Virginia Tech vs. Wichita State
16 - Morgan State vs. McNeese State
16 - Montana vs. Jackson State
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NCAA Tournament Seeding
#1 Seeds -
- Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Duke, Kansas
#2 Seeds -
- Syracuse, Connecticut, San Diego State, Texas A&M
#3 Seeds -
- Villanova, Kentucky, Brigham Young, Texas
#4 Seeds -
- Missouri, Notre Dame, Purdue, West Virginia
#5 Seeds -
- Michigan State, Louisville, Wisconsin, Georgetown
#6 Seeds -
- Illinois, Temple, St. John's, Minnesota
#7 Seeds -
- Nevada-Las Vegas, Washington, Vanderbilt, Florida State
#8 Seeds -
- Central Florida, Florida, St. Mary's, Kansas State
#9 Seeds -
- Gonzaga, Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee
#10 Seeds -
- Georgia, Cincinnati, Boston College, Miami (FL)
#11 Seeds -
- Marquette, Utah State, Butler, Missouri State
#12 Seeds -
- Oakland, Colorado, Xavier vs. Old Dominion, Virginia Tech vs. Wichita State
#13 Seeds -
- Southern Miss, Harvard, Charleston, James Madison
#14 Seeds -
- Belmont, Kent State, Coastal Carolina, Vermont
#15 Seeds -
- Iona, Long Beach State, Morehead State, Florida Atlantic
#16 Seeds -
- Long Island, Bucknell, Morgan State vs. McNeese State, Montana vs. Jackson State
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The Bracket
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