We’ve got just about 90 minutes until the selection committee releases the field for this year’s NCAA Tournament. After the action of yesterday and today, we’ve got a decent amount of movement in seeding. Here’s what’s been going on.
- Connecticut’s amazing run to the Big East championship nets the Huskies a No. 2 seed, which forces BYU to a No. 3 seed. Louisville remains a No. 2 seed.
- North Carolina’s ugly loss to Duke in the ACC championship caps an underwhelming conference tournament for the Tar Heels, and they slide to No. 4. In their place, Kentucky moves up to a No. 3 seed.
- If Penn State finds a way to beat Ohio State, the Nittany Lions would likely move out of the First Four and into a No. 11 seed. Because its late in Sunday, I’m guessing the selection committee’s contingency plan would be to put Michigan into that No. 12 spot.
Let’s get to the brackets. As always, please share your thoughts.
Here are links to the recent projected fields.
Projected Field 9.o
Projected Field 8.0
Projected Field 7.0
Projected Field 6.0
Projected Field 5.0
Projected Field 4.0
Projected Field 3.0
Projected Field 2.0
Projected Field 1.0
In addition, take a look at the bracket projections from a whole slew of different sources, updated daily by the good folks at the Bracket Project.
East(Newark)
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(1) Ohio State vs. (16) Alabama State (SWAC) vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Sun Belt) (Cleveland)
(8) Marquette vs. (9) Temple (Cleveland) (4) Syracuse vs. (13) Morehead State (OVC) (Tucson) (5) Vanderbilt vs. (12) Princeton (Ivy) (Tucson) (2) Louisville vs. (15) Akron (MAC) (Chicago) (7) UNLV vs. (10) Colorado (Chicago) (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Long Island (NEC) (Charlotte) (6) Arizona vs. (11) Florida State (Charlotte) |
West(Anaheim)
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(1) Pittsburgh vs. (16) Hampton (MEAC) (Cleveland)
(8) George Mason vs. (9) Michigan State (Cleveland) (4) San Diego State vs. (13) Memphis (Conference USA) (Tucson) (5) Texas A&M vs. (12) Gonzaga (West Coast) (Tucson) (2) Duke vs. (15) Wofford (Southern) (Charlotte) (7) Xavier vs. (10) Washington (Charlotte) (3) Florida vs. (14) St. Peter’s (Metro Atlantic) (Tampa) (6) Cincinnati vs. (11) Michigan (Tampa) |
Southwest(San Antonio) |
(1) Kansas vs. (16) UC Santa Barbara (Big West) vs. Texas-San Antonio (Southland) (Tulsa)
(8) Utah State (WAC) vs. (9) Villanova (Tulsa) (4) Wisconsin vs. (13) Oakland (Summit) (Denver) (5) West Virginia vs. (12) Georgia vs. Clemson (Denver) (2) Connecticut vs. (15) Boston University (America East) (Washington) (7) Old Dominion (CAA) vs. (10) Butler (Horizon) (Washington) (3) Purdue vs. (14) Bucknell (Patriot) (Washington) (6) Kansas State vs. (11) Richmond (Atlantic 10) (Washington) |
Southeast(New Orleans) |
(1) Notre Dame vs. (16) UNC-Asheville (Big South) (Chicago)
(8) Missouri vs. (9) Tennessee (Chicago) (4) North Carolina vs. (13) Belmont (Atlantic Sun) (Tampa) (5) St. John’s vs. (12) Penn State vs. USC (Tampa) (2) Texas vs. (15) Northern Colorado (Big Sky) (Tulsa) (7) UCLA vs. (10) Illinois (Tulsa) (3) BYU vs. (14) Indiana State (Missouri Valley) (Denver) (6) Georgetown vs. (11) Virginia Tech (Denver) |
Last Eight In: |
Illinois
Michigan Virginia Tech Florida State Penn State Georgia Clemson USC |
First Eight Out:
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Boston College
Marshall VCU UAB Oklahoma State Nebraska New Mexico Drexel |
Conference
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Big East: 11
Big Ten: 7 Big 12: 6 ACC: 5 SEC: 5 Pac-10: 4 Atlantic 10: 3 Mountain West: 3 CAA: 2 22 one-bid conferences |
