The Breakdown
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 BracketOhio State, Arizona State, Stephen F. Austin, UC-Santa Barbara, Alabama State
In This BracketSt. Joseph's, Oregon, Texas-Arlington, CS-Fullerton, Mississippi Valley State
Last Four InArizona, St. Joseph's, Villanova, Oregon
Last Four OutVirginia Tech, Arizona State, VCU, Ohio State
Next Four OutMassachusetts, Syracuse, New Mexico, Stephen F. Austin
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Conference BreakdownBig 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 MasonC-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 - DavidsonSouthland - 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 1sNorth Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, UCLA
The 2sKansas, Texas, Georgetown, Duke
The 3sWisconsin, Stanford, Louisville, Xavier
The 4sMichigan State, Notre Dame,
Drake, Pittsburgh
The 5s
Purdue, Indiana, Connecticut,
Butler The 6sMarquette, Washington State, USC, Vanderbilt
The 7sBYU, Gonzaga, Clemson, West Virginia
The 8s
Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, UNLV
The 9sKansas State, Miami-FL, Arkansas,
DavidsonThe 10s
Kent State, St. Mary's, Kentucky, Baylor
The 11sIllinois State, South Alabama, Temple, Arizona
The 12sSt. Joseph's, Villanova, Oregon,
Western KentuckyThe 13s
George Mason, Oral Roberts, San Diego, Siena
The 14s
New Mexico State,
Cornell, CS-Fullerton,
WinthropThe 15s
Portland State, Belmont, Austin Peay, Texas-Arlington
The 16sUMBC,
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
The Bracket Matrix has posted his final results matrix for all 53 brackets he monitors on his Bracket Matrix blog. He has ranked the top brackets by category (number of exact seeds, etc.) and also lists overall results based on two bracket scoring systems. One of them, proposed by Gary Parrish at CBS Sportsline, gives bracketologists one point for every team, exact seed, and seed with one line correct. A better and fairer system, proposed by our buddy Paymon at PHSports, gives brackets three points for each correct team, two points for each exact seed, and one point for each team within one seed line.
