2009/03/04

March Madness Bracket (3/04/09)

With March Madness quickly approaching, I wanted to give our version of bracketology. Below you will find the 65 teams we are projecting to make the tournament, and their projected seeds.

#1: UConn, Pittsburgh, UNC, Oklahoma
#2: Louisville, Memphis, Kansas, Duke
#3: Michigan State, Wake Forest, LSU, Missouri
#4: Villanova, Washington, Gonzaga, Marquette
#5: UCLA, Xavier, Clemson, Purdue
#6: Arizona State, Illinois, Butler, Syracuse
#7: West Virginia, Tennessee, Utah, Florida State
#8: Texas, Dayton, BYU, California
#9: Saint Marys, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Boston College
#10- Ohio State, Kentucky, Utah State, Creighton
#11- Davidson, Siena, Virginia Tech, UNLV
#12- Providence, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma State
#13- North Dakota State, Western Kentucky, VCU, Rhode Island
#14- American, Vermont, Morgan State, Weber State
#15- Cornell, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Robert Morris
#16- UT Martin, Radford, Stephen F. Austin
Play-in-Game: Cal State Northridge, Alabama State

Last 4 In: Providence, Rhode Island, Florida, Arizona
Last 4 Out: Penn State, Minnesota, San Diego State, Cincinnati

Conference Breakdown (Multiple Bids)
Big East (8) – UConn (1), Pittsburgh (1), Louisville (2), Villanova (4), Marquette (4), Syracuse (6), West Virginia (7), Providence (12)
ACC (7) – UNC (1), Duke (2), Wake Forest (3), Clemson (5), Florida State (7), Boston College (9), Virginia Tech (11)
Big 12 (5) – Oklahoma (1), Kansas (2), Missouri (3), Texas (8), Oklahoma State (12)
Big Ten (5) – Michigan State (3), Purdue (5), Illinois (6), Wisconsin (9), Ohio State (10)
SEC (5) – LSU (3), Tennessee (7), South Carolina (9), Kentucky (10), Florida (12)
Pac-10 (5) – Washington (4), UCLA (5), Arizona State (6), California (8), Arizona (12)
Atlantic 10 (3) – Xavier (5), Dayton (8), Rhode Island (13)
Mountain West (3) – Utah (7), BYU (8), UNLV (11)
West Coast (2) – Gonzaga (4), Saint Marys (9)

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