2009/03/11

March Madness Bracket (3/11/09)

Championship week is just kicking into gear. Lots of teams have clinched automatic bids already, and we have seen teams like Cleveland State knock a team from off the bubble. It only looks to get more exciting this coming weekend when the major conferences start playing. Here are the updated seeds as of the morning of 03/11/09.

#1: Pittsburgh, UNC, UConn, Oklahoma
#2: Louisville, Memphis, Michigan State, Kansas
#3: Duke, Wake Forest, Villanova, Washington
#4: Gonzaga, UCLA, Missouri, Clemson
#5: Xavier, Purdue, Florida State, Illinois
#6: LSU, Arizona State, Butler, Syracuse
#7: Marquette, West Virginia, California, Utah
#8: Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma State, BYU
#9: Siena, Wisconsin, Boston College, Dayton
#10- Wisconsin, South Carolina, Ohio State, Texas A&M
#11- UNLV, VCU, Michigan, Utah State
#12- Saint Marys, Arizona, Western Kentucky, New Mexico
#13- North Dakota State, Cleveland State, Northern Iowa, East Tennessee State
#14- American, Binghamton, Morgan State, Robert Morris
#15- Cornell, Bowling Green, Portland State, Radford
#16- Morehead State, Stephen F. Austin, Alabama State
Play-in-Game: Cal State Northridge, Chattanooga

Last 4 In: Saint Marys, Arizona, New Mexico, Michigan
Last 4 Out: Florida, Penn State, Minnesota, Creighton

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

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what up fellas....

here are a few thoughts on teams who could lose early and teams who could pull upsets.

Teams ranked 1-8 who could be shocked:

wake
clemson
Illi
Butler

Teams raked 9-16 who could upset:

Sienna
S Carolina
VCU******** (will win a game maybe more)
St Mays
N Dakota St
Cleveland St
Portland State