Here's how we see things through Friday's games. A lot can (and probably will) change on Saturday, and those changes will be reflected in our final bracket when it's released on Sunday.
Our final Field of 65 will be released in stages throughout the day tomorrow and our final complete bracket will be posted sometime around 4:30 p.m. ET. We plan on having our fourth annual Selection Sunday live chat at 4:45 p.m. ET to discuss the bracket.
Enjoy the last 28 hours of craziness...
Out This Bracket
Ohio State, Arizona State, Stephen F. Austin, UC-Santa Barbara, Alabama State
In This Bracket
St. Joseph's, Oregon, Texas-Arlington, CS-Fullerton, Mississippi Valley State
Last Four In
Arizona, St. Joseph's, Villanova, Oregon
Last Four Out
Virginia Tech, Arizona State, VCU, Ohio State
Next Four Out
Massachusetts, Syracuse, New Mexico, Stephen F. Austin
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Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), Big XII (6), Pac-10 (6), SEC (5), ACC (4), Big Ten (4), WCC (3), A-10 (3), MVC (2), MWC (2), Sun Belt (2)
America East - UMBC
ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Miami-FL
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
A-10 - Xavier, Temple, St. Joseph's
Big East - Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Marquette, West Virginia, Villanova
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana,
Big 12 - Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Baylor
Big West - CS-Fullerton
Colonial - George Mason
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Kent State
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Drake, Illinois State
MWC - UNLV, BYU
Northeast - Mount St. Mary’s
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, USC, Arizona, Oregon
Patriot - American
SEC - Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Kentucky
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Texas-Arlington
Summit - Oral Roberts
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky, South Alabama
SWAC - Mississippi Valley State
WAC - New Mexico State
WCC - San Diego, Gonzaga, St. Mary’s
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The Seeds
The 1s
North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, UCLA
The 2s
Kansas, Texas, Georgetown, Duke
The 3s
Wisconsin, Stanford, Louisville, Xavier
The 4s
Michigan State, Notre Dame, Drake, Pittsburgh
The 5s
Purdue, Indiana, Connecticut, Butler
The 6s
Marquette, Washington State, USC, Vanderbilt
The 7s
BYU, Gonzaga, Clemson, West Virginia
The 8s
Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, UNLV
The 9s
Kansas State, Miami-FL, Arkansas, Davidson
The 10s
Kent State, St. Mary's, Kentucky, Baylor
The 11s
Illinois State, South Alabama, Temple, Arizona
The 12s
St. Joseph's, Villanova, Oregon, Western Kentucky
The 13s
George Mason, Oral Roberts, San Diego, Siena
The 14s
New Mexico State, Cornell, CS-Fullerton, Winthrop
The 15s
Portland State, Belmont, Austin Peay, Texas-Arlington
The 16s
UMBC, American, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary’s (Play-In Game), Mississippi Valley State (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
(Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves)
Questions? Comments? E-mail Bracketology 101 at bracketologyblog@yahoo.com
14 comments:
To say VCU is out of the NCAA tourney is insane! The logic of the NCAA is insane!
Where else in all of sports does a regular season champion get told they have qualified for the playoffs. If VCU is out, the NCAA is as political as those running for President of the USA.
Saying VCU's RPI is not good enough is BS. Why doesn't the big boys play VCU in Richmond. None of the teams that are "in" will play VCU at the Altell Pavillion because they know they'll lose - they are not good enough. But politics being politics a 26-7 record is not good enough if you're not in a BCS Conference.
Leaving VCU out say your regular season is a joke. Just win 4 at the end of the year - lose the rest if you want and your good enough to compete against 63 other teams for the "National Championship". What a joke!!
If you're VCU/VT/Oregon/ASU, you better be rooting your butt off for Wisconsin, Kent State, St.Joe's, and for someone to beat Georgia. Those are your bids slipping away if they don't.
I'm wondering if Wisconsin and Georgetown win their respective tourneys, can Duke hold on to a 2 seed?
Looking at the numbers, I'm just not sure that they do...
I think Georgetown is a lock 2. If Wisconsin beats Illinois, they and Duke are probably 50/50 for the last 2.
If Georgia holds on to its lead tonight and beats Arkansas tomorrow, where the heck do you seed them?
Put Georgia in the play-in game!
Georgia or Illinois should be 13/14 if they win. It's not really fair to a 1 or 2 seed to give them a big conference team like that when there are quite a few dud lower conference winners out there.
The big question is if the NCAA will finally match up a MEAC and SWAC team in the play-in game? Coppin St and Miss Valley St are both 200+ in the RPI and by far the worst 2 teams in the dance.
Play in game is Mississippi Valley State vs Coppin State. Coppin State beat Morgan State and is the first automatic bid team with a losing record in a while.
Looks like Temple has Villanova looking for the NIT. Georgia or Illinois could definately punch their ticket.
Anyone see Lunardi put Nova in over Illinois St in his latest bracket for no good reason? But he doesn't have an inside source...sure.
It will be UT-Arlington and Coppin State in the play-in game. UT-Arlington won there game.
It will be UT-Arlington and Coppin State in the play-in game. UT-Arlington won there game.
UNC will be the no. 1 overall they are the ACC Champs
UT-Arlington is in the 140's in RPI and won 20 games in a Southland conference that was actually ranked decently for the first time ever. Mt. St. Mary's is a better bet for the play-in if the committee doesn't want to match up teams from the historically black conferences.
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