March Madness (3/03/10)

Here is the first installment of our Bracketology version.

March Madness Seeds (3/03/10)
#1: Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke
#2: Purdue, Villanova, West Virginia, Kansas State
#3: Vanderbilt, New Mexico, Ohio State, Pittsburgh
#4: Tennessee, Michigan State, Gonzaga, BYU
#5: Temple, Wisconsin, Maryland, Georgetown
#6: Butler, Xavier, Texas, Missouri
#7: Texas A&M, UNLV, Baylor, Richmond
#8: Northern Iowa, California, UTEP, Wake Forest
#9: Marquette, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Florida State
#10- Georgia Tech, Louisville, Oklahoma State, Florida
#11- UConn, Old Dominion, Siena, Illinois
#12- Dayton, Cornell, UAB, St. Mary’s
#13- Kent State, San Diego State, Murray State, Utah State
#14- Sam Houston, Weber State, Charleston, Oakland
#15- Morgan State, Coastal Carolina, UC Santa Barbara, North Texas
#16- Campbell, Robert Morris, Bucknell
Play-in-Game: Jackson State, Stony Brook

Last 4 In: UAB, St. Mary’s, Dayton, San Diego State

Last 4 Out: Mississippi State, Rhode Island, Notre Dame, Minnesota

Conference Breakdown (Multiple Bids)

Big East (8) – Syracuse (1), Villanova (2), West Virginia (2), Pittsburgh (3), Georgetown (5), Marquette (9), Louisville (10), UConn (11)

Big 12 (7) – Kansas (1), Kansas State (2), Texas (6), Missouri (6), Texas A&M (7), Baylor (7), Oklahoma State (10)

ACC (7) – Duke (1), Maryland (5), Wake Forest (8), Florida State (9), Virginia Tech (9), Clemson (9), Georgia Tech (10)

Big Ten (5) – Purdue (2), Ohio State (3), Michigan State (4), Wisconsin (5), Illinois (11)

Atlantic 10 (4) – Temple (5), Xavier (6), Richmond (7), Dayton (12)

Mountain West (4) – New Mexico (3), BYU (4), UNLV (7), San Diego State (13)

SEC (3) – Kentucky (1), Vanderbilt (3), Tennessee (4)

West Coast Conference (2) – Gonzaga (4), St. Mary’s (12)

Conference USA (2) – UTEP (8), UAB (12)

March Madness Bracket (3/12/09)

Not much new in the bracket today. Robert Morris and Portland State both were two points winners, and locked up automatic bids, and Providence played themselves back to being close to being in the tournament by beating DePaul. A little shuffling around for today's bracket, there should be many more changes coming as the major conferences get into the bulk of their conference tourneys.

#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, Marquette, Syracuse
#7: Butler, 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- New Mexico, VCU, Michigan, Arizona
#12- Creighton, Utah State, Western Kentucky, UNLV
#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: Creghton, UNLV, New Mexico, Michigan
Last 4 Out: Penn State, Florida, Saint Marys, San Diego State

Conference Breakdown (Multiple Bids)
Big East (7) – Pittsburgh (1), UConn (1), Louisville (2), Villanova (3), Syracuse (6), Marquette (6), West Virginia (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 (11)
Mountain West (4) – Utah (7), BYU (8), New Mexico (11), UNLV (12)
SEC (3) – LSU (6), Tennessee (8), South Carolina (10)
Atlantic 10 (2) – Xavier (5), Dayton (9)
Horizon (2) – Butler (7), Cleveland State (13)
Missouri Valley (2) – Creighton (12), Northern Iowa (13)

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)

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)