NCAA Tournament Projections – Version 1.0

First off, I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. A new year signifies the dawning of a new age and resolutions made for self-improvement. In the lexicon of this blog, it means beginning the tendencies of basketball teams seeking the most grand college basketball prize: the national championship.

Projecting the NCAA field is a very inexact science. As we slowly reach Selection Sunday, the process becomes more scientific as the evidence builds. In past years, the initial projection has taken place on the Monday (as of Sunday’s results) closest to the New Year. Then, the field is projected once every two weeks in January and once per week in February and beyond. Overall, I have found this method to be most useful, and hope that you do as well.

So, without further adieu, enjoy a very early and partially-informed NCAA tournament projection as we enter the conference season.

Seed	East	South	Midwest	West
1	UNC	Florida	Arizona	UCLA
2	Wisconsin	Ohio State	Kansas	Oklahoma State
3	Pittsburgh	Duke	Alabama	Butler
4	Tennessee	Oregon	Notre Dame	Air Force
5	Texas A&M	UNLV	Clemson	Nevada
6	Gonzaga	Wichita State	Michigan State	Marquette
7	Drexel	Winthrop	Memphis	Southern Illinois
8	Washington	West Virginia	Northern Iowa	LSU
9	Appalachian St.	Georgia Tech	Kentucky	FSU
10	Missouri State	Texas	Georgetown	Washington State
11	Maryland	Arkansas	USC	Indiana
12	Illinois	DePaul	Missouri	Syracuse
13	St. Louis	W.Kentucky	Ohio	Kansas State
14	Marist	Vermont	Texas A&M-CC	UC-Santa Barbara
15	Bucknell	Lipscomb	Samford	Southern Utah
16	Sacred Heart	Princeton	Jackson St./Howard	Weber State

Last Four In: Syracuse, Illinois, DePaul, Kansas State
Last Four Out: Creighton, Villanova, UConn, Boston College
Next Four Out: Xavier, Purdue, San Diego State, Hawaii

Summary
Big East: 7
ACC: 6
Big 12: 6
PAC-10: 6
SEC: 6
Big Ten: 5
MVC: 4
MWC: 2