Bracketology March 1st

Jacob's first issue of Bracketology for the 2009-2010 season, Selection Sunday 13 days away!

1's
Syracuse
Kansas
Kentucky
Duke

2's
Kansas State
Villanova
Purdue
New Mexico

3's
Ohio State
West Virginia
Temple
Michigan State

4's
Vanderbilt
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
BYU

5's
Butler
Gonzaga
Texas A&M
Georgetown

6's
Xavier
Baylor
Tennessee
Maryland

7's
Richmond
Northern Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma State

8's
Missouri
UTEP
UNLV
Wake Forest

9's
California
Marquette
Georgia Tech
Florida State

10's
Clemson
UAB
Virginia Tech
Illinois

11's
Old Dominion
Florida
Cornell
Utah State

12's
Siena
Mississippi State
Louisville
St. Marys

13's
UCONN
Notre Dame
Kent State
Murray State

14's
Oakland
Wofford
Weber State
Sam Houston

15's
Morgan State
Coastal Carolina
Troy
UC Santa Barbara

16's
Lehigh
Jacksonville
Stony Brook
Jackson State/Quinnipiac

First Four Trying to Scrap in
1. Minnesota
2. Rhode Island
3. Charlotte
4. San Diego State

Last Four Breathing
1. Dayton
2. Ole Miss
3. Washington
4. Memphis

Tomorrow

I may not be able to post another bracket, so here are all my "what-ifs"

If Duke beats Florida State, nothing changes.

If Florida State beats Duke, FSU rises to the 3 line knocking Wake Forest down to a 4.

If SFA beats UTSA, no change.

If UTSA beats SFA, UTSA moves into the field as a 16 seed. They would be in play-in game versus Chatanooga. Northridge would move up to a 15, Robert Morris would move up to a 14, and S.F.A. would be out.

If Purdue beats Ohio State, Purdue moves up to a 4 seed and Gonzaga moves down to a 5. Ohio State remains idle.

If Ohio State beats Purdue, Ohio State moves up to a 6 seed and Clemson falls to a 7. Purdue remains idle.

If Tennessee beats Miss. St., Tennessee moves up to a 6 and Clemson falls to a 7.

If Mississippi State beats Tennessee, Mississippi State moves into the field as a 13 seed, Northern Iowa moves up to a 12, and St. Mary's is removed from the field. Tennessee remains idle.

Tourney Field, March 14th

On this edition, I have added Geographic Locations. Although I tried my best to obey the committee's guidelines, I pretty much disregarded the guideline that states that teams that played earlier this year shouldn't be placed in the same mini-pod. The reason is because I don't have every teams schedule memorized, and it would be quite painstaking to look it up.

Projected Tournament Field, March 14th, 1:00 AM CT
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Dayton 1 Louisville 16 CS-N'ridge 8 Cal 9 . Okla St. Miami 4 Florida St 13 American 5 Arizona St. 12 St. Mary's Boise 3 Missouri 14 . Akron 6 Utah 11 Boston C. Minneapolis 7 Marquette 10 Creighton 2 Mich St. 15 Cornell

Kansas City 1 Memphis 16 Morehead St. 8 Texas 9 USC Philadelphia 4 Syracuse 13 ND St 5 Purdue 12 VCU Miami 3 Wake Forest 14 S.F. Austin 6 Xavier 11 Siena Philadelphia 7 Ohio State 10 Tex A&M 2 UCONN 15 Radford

Greensboro 1 UNC 16 Morgan St. 8 BYU 9 Minnesota Portland 4 Gonzaga 13 West. Ky 5 UCLA 12 Cleve. St Minneaplis 3 Villanova 14 ETSU 6 Clemson 11 Dayton Kansas City 7 Tennessee 10 Michigan 2 Oklahoma 15 Portland St

Dayton 1 Pittsburgh 16 ASU/Chat 8 Butler 9 S.D. State Boise 4 Kansas 13 N. Iowa 5 Illinois 12 Temple Portland 3 Washington 14 Binghamton 6 WVU 11 Utah St Greensboro 7 LSU 10 Wisconsin 2 Duke 15 Rob. Mor.

Notes: Due to the many seeding issues that arise when trying to place teams into actual geographic locations, I took the liberty of using the committee's "One Seed Rule". The following teams were moved, and their true seed is noted:

Creighton (11)
Utah State (10)
Temple (11)
Siena (12)




The ever-shrinking Bubble:

1. Penn St.
2. So. Car
3. Maryland
4. Arizona


All Done, and It Doesn't Look Good:

1. Florida
2. New Mexico
3. Providence
4. Davidson
5. UNLV


Bids by Conference - Big 10 (7), Big East (7), ACC (6), Big 12 (6), Pac 10 (5), MWC (3), Atlantic 10 (3), SEC (2), MVC (2), WCC (2), Horizon (2)

Moving Up - Ohio State, Utah, , USC, Florida St


Moving Down - Florida, So. Car, Dayton, Wisconsin

New Additions - Akron
Happy Trails - Buffalo

And for your consideration, an NIT bracket:

1 seeds - Penn State, South Carolina, Maryland, Arizona
2 seeds - Florida, Providence, Davidson, Auburn
3 seeds - New Mexico,Virginia Tech, Illinois St., Kansas St.
4 seeds - Mississippi St., Miami Fl, Baylor, Northwestern
5 seeds - Niagara, Kentucky, Tulsa, Notre Dame
6 seeds - UAB, Georgetown, Washington St., Nebrask
7 seeds - Cincinnati, Rhode Island, Nevada, Weber St.
8 seeds - Duquesne, UT-Martin, Bowling Green, Jacksonville

And why not, how about a CBI:

1 seeds - UWGB, Wyoming, UTEP, Northeastern
2 seeds - Houston, Charleston, Miami Oh, Boise St.
3 seeds - St. Joe's, Bradley, Old Dominion, Wright St.
4 seeds - UALR, Oakland, Hofstra, Portland


Due to Virginia's experience last year in the CBI, and the thought that major conference schools are unlikely to draw their dissappointed fanbase to the arena to make up for the entry cost of the tournament ($60,000), I have omitted the following teams:

Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, N.C. State