With conference play underway, we begin to get a better feel for how college basketball teams stack up in our Bracketology? I have more than held my own the past couple of years against ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and with my extreme college hoops nerdom, plan to do so again this year. Check back every week for an update.
UPDATED: 1/16/12
EAST REGIONAL-Boston
AT PITTSBURGH
1. Syracuse 20-0 (BE)
16. Long Island 12-6 (NEC)/Stony Brook 10-7 (AEC)
8. Harvard 15-2 (Ivy)
9. Wisconsin 14-5 (B10)
AT ALBUQUERQUE
5. Murray State 18-0 (OVC)
12. Dayton 13-5 (A10)
4. Vanderbilt 13-4 (SEC)
13. Long Beach State 12-6 (Big West)
AT PITTSBURGH
6. Florida 14-4 (SEC)
11. Marshall 13-4 (CUSA)
3. UConn 14-3 (BE)
14. Belmont 12-6 (ASun)
AT COLUMBUS
7. Kansas State 12-4 (B12)
10. Temple 11-5 (A10)
2. Michigan State 15-3 (B10)
15. Akron 11-6 (MAC)
WEST REGIONAL-Phoenix
AT ALBUQUERQUE
1. Baylor 17-0 (B12)
16. UT-Arlington 11-5 (Southland)
8. California 15-4 (P12)
9. Louisville 14-5 (BE)
AT PORTLAND
5. UNLV 16-3 (MWC)
12. Iona 14-4 (MAAC)
4. Gonzaga 14-3 (WCC)
13. Davidson 12-4 (Southern)
AT NASHVILLE
6. Creighton 15-2 (MVC)
11. Southern Mississippi 16-3 (CUSA)
3. Georgetown 14-3 (BE)
14. Middle Tennessee 17-2 (Sun Belt)
AT LOUISVILLE
7. Alabama 13-4 (SEC)
10. BYU 15-4 (WCC)
2. Ohio State 16-3 (B10)
15. George Mason 13-5 (CAA)
SOUTH REGIONAL-Atlanta
AT LOUISVILLE
1. Kentucky 17-1 (SEC)
16. UNC-Asheville 12-6 (Big South)/Texas Southern 5-11 (SWAC)
8. San Diego State 15-2 (MWC)
9. Memphis 12-5 (CUSA)
AT NASHVILLE
5. Seton Hall 15-3 (BE)
12. Florida State 11-6 (ACC)
4. Indiana 15-3 (B10)
13. St. Louis 14-4 (A10)/Oregon 13-5 (P12)
AT OMAHA
6. Michigan 14-4 (B10)
11. Cincinnati 14-4 (BE)
3. Kansas 14-3 (BE)
14. Weber State 14-3 (Big Sky)
AT GREENSBORO
7. West Virginia 13-5 (BE)
10. Purdue 13-5 (B10)
2. North Carolina 15-3 (ACC)
15. Bucknell 13-6 (Patriot)
MIDWEST REGIONAL- St.Louis
AT GREENSBORO
1. Duke 15-2 (ACC)
16. Norfolk State 13-5 (MEAC)
8. Xavier 12-5 (A10)
9. New Mexico 15-2 (MWC)
AT PORTLAND
5. Mississippi State 15-3 (SEC)
12. Northwestern 12-5 (B10)/Iowa State 12-5 (B12)
4. Marquette 15-4 (BE)
13. Nevada 14-3 (WAC)
AT COLUMBUS
6. Virginia 14-2 (ACC)
11. Stanford 15-3 (P12)
3. Illinois 15-3 (B10)
14. Oral Roberts 16-4 (Summit)
AT OMAHA
7. St. Mary’s 17-2 (WCC)
10. Wichita State 15-3 (MVC)
2. Missouri 17-1 (B12)
15. Milwaukee 13-6 (Horizon)
Wrong Side of the Bubble:
Central Florida 13-4 (CUSA)
Minnesota 12-5 (B10)
Texas 12-5 (B12)
Colorado State 12-4 (MWC)
N.C. State 13-5 (ACC)
Arizona 12-6 (P12)
Notre Dame 11-7 (BE)
Northern Iowa 13-6 (MVC)
Multiple Bid Conferences:
Big East (9)
Big Ten (8)
Big 12 (5)
SEC (5)
ACC (4)
A10 (4)
Pac-12 (3)
MWC (3)
CUSA(3)
WCC (3)
MVC (2)
Click here for a list of RPI and SOS
David Kay is a senior feature NBA Draft, NBA, and college basketball writer for the Sports Bank. He also heads up the NBA and college basketball material at Walter Football.com and is a former contributor at The Washington Times Communities. David has appeared on numerous national radio programs spanning from Cleveland to New Orleans to Honolulu. He also had the most accurate 2011 NBA Mock Draft on the web.
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