Sunday, March 11, 2007

NCAA Tournament Projections – Version 9.0
SELECTION SUNDAY SPECIAL

The field is set. More to come after the brackets are released.

For your information, the teams in bold represent automatic bids and the parentheses surrounding the regions indicate the overall seed of the top team in that region. The automatic bids are in bold italics. As always, if you have any comments or questions, drop a line in the comment box or e-mail me at phashemi@gmail.com.

Last Four In: Indiana, Drexel, Arkansas, Stanford
Last Four Out: Missouri St., Florida St., Purdue, Kansas St.
Next Four Out: Illinois, Air Force, Utah St., Appalachian St.

Seedings
1: Ohio State, Florida, UNC, Kansas
2: UCLA, Wisconsin, Georgetown, Memphis
3: Oregon, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Southern Illinois
4: Washington St., Maryland, UNLV, Texas
5: Louisville, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Nevada
6: Virginia Tech, USC, Marquette, BYU
7: Arizona, Creighton, Duke, Villanova
8: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Boston College
9: Winthrop, Michigan St., Georgia Tech, Butler
10: Old Dominion, Texas Tech, Xavier, Syracuse
11: VCU, Indiana, Gonzaga, Drexel
12: Arkansas, Davidson, Stanford, New Mexico St.
13: George Washington, Holy Cross, Wright St., Miami-Ohio
14: Oral Roberts, Albany, Pennsylvania, Long Beach St.
15: Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Belmont, Eastern Kentucky, Niagara
16: North Texas, Weber St., Central Connecticut St., Florida A&M (Play-in), Jackson St. (Play-in)

Summary
ACC: 7
Big East: 7
PAC-10: 6
SEC: 5
Big Ten: 4
Big 12: 4
Colonial: 3
A-10: 2
Horizon: 2
Missouri
Valley
: 2
Mountain West: 2
WAC: 2

Midwest v. South; East v. West (note: tournament grid is subject to a number of seed changes due to various conflicts)

Seed

East

South

Midwest

West

1

North Carolina

Florida

Ohio St.

Kansas

2

Wisconsin

Georgetown

Memphis

UCLA

3

Texas A&M

Oregon

Pittsburgh

Southern Illinois

4

Washington St.

Texas

Maryland

UNLV

5

Louisville

Nevada

Tennessee

Notre Dame

6

BYU

Virginia Tech

USC

Marquette

7

Arizona

Creighton

Duke

Vanderbilt

8

Michigan St.

Villanova

Winthrop

Kentucky

9

Butler

Virginia

Old Dominion

Boston College

10

Georgia Tech

VCU

Texas Tech

Xavier

11

Syracuse

Indiana

Gonzaga

Drexel

12

Arkansas

Davidson

Stanford

New Mexico St.

13

Holy Cross

George Washington

Wright St.

Miami-Ohio

14

Oral Roberts

Long Beach St.

Albany

Pennsylvania

15

Niagara

Belmont

Texas A&M – Corpus Christi

Eastern Kentucky

16

Central Connecticut St.

Jackson St./Florida A&M

North Texas

Weber St.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's no chance that Texas will be below UNLV.

Anonymous said...

If Texas wins, can they get up to a 3?