It is kind of hard to believe that Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is only two weeks away and conference tournaments begin this week. It is becoming time when college basketball teams are separating themselves as either tourney contenders or pretenders. Here is The Sports Bank‘s latest 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.
UPDATED: 2/27/12
SOUTH REGIONAL-Atlanta
AT LOUISVILLE
1. Kentucky 28-1 (SEC)
16. Savannah State 19-10 (MEAC)/Mississippi Valley State 17-11 (SWAC)
8. New Mexico 22-6 (MWC)
9. Kansas State 19-9 (B12)
AT NASHVILLE
5. Louisville 22-7 (BE)
12. Miami FL 17-10 (ACC)
4. Indiana 22-7 (B10)
13. Middle Tennessee 25-5 (Sun Belt)
AT ALBUQUERQUE
6. Gonzaga 23-5 (WCC)
11. Long Beach State 21-7 (Big West)
3. Baylor 24-5 (B12)
14. Nevada 23-5 (WAC)
AT LOUISVILLE
7. Florida State 19-9 (ACC)
10. Seton Hall 19-10 (BE)
2. Ohio State 23-6 (B10)
15. Bucknell 22-8 (Patriot)
WEST REGIONAL-Phoenix
AT GREENSBORO
1. Duke 25-4 (ACC)
16. UT-Arlington 22-6 (Southland)
8. St. Louis 22-6 (A10)
9. Purdue 19-10 (B10)
AT ALBUQUERQUE
5. Florida 22-7 (SEC)
12. West Virginia 17-12 (BE)
4. UNLV 24-6 (MWC)
13. Texas 18-11 (B12)/Arizona 21-9 (P12)
AT COLUMBUS
6. Vanderbilt 20-9 (SEC)
11. BYU 24-7 (WCC)
3. Marquette 24-5 (BE)
14. Weber State 23-4 (Big Sky)
AT OMAHA
7. San Diego State 22-6 (MWC)
10. Washington 20-8 (P12)
2. Kansas 24-5 (B12)
15. Akron 20-9 (MAC)
EAST REGIONAL-Boston
AT PITTSBURGH
1. Syracuse 29-1 (BE)
16. Long Island 22-8 (NEC)
8. Alabama 19-9 (SEC)
9. Southern Miss 23-6 (CUSA)
AT PORTLAND
5. Murray State 28-1 (OVC)
12. Cincinnati 20-9 (BE)
4. Wisconsin 21-8 (B10)
13. Iona 24-6 (MAAC)
AT PITTSBURGH
6. Temple 22-6 (A10)
11. Harvard 24-4 (Ivy)
3. Michigan 21-8 (B10)
14. Drexel 25-5 (CAA)
AT GREENSBORO
7. Memphis 21-8 (CUSA)
10. UConn 17-11 (BE)
2. North Carolina 25-4 (ACC)
15. Davidson 22-7 (Southern)
MIDWEST REGIONAL- St.Louis
AT COLUMBUS
1. Michigan State 24-5 (B10)
16. Stony Brook 20-8 (AEC)/UNC-Asheville 22-9 (Big South)
8. Iowa State 21-8 (B12)
9. California 23-7 (P12)
AT PORTLAND
5. Notre Dame 20-9 (BE)
12. Xavier 18-10 (A10)/Northwestern 17-11 (B10)
4. Wichita State 26-4 (MVC)
13. Oral Roberts 26-5 (Summit)
AT NASHVILLE
6. Creighton 25-5 (MVC)
11. Mississippi State 19-10 (SEC)
3. Georgetown 21-6 (BE)
14. Belmont 24-7 (A-Sun)
AT OMAHA
7. St. Mary’s 25-5 (WCC)
10. Virginia 21-7 (ACC)
2. Missouri 25-4 (B12)
15. Valparaiso 21-10 (Horizon)
Wrong Side of the Bubble:
Colorado State 17-10 (MWC)
Oregon 20-8 (P12)
VCU 25-6 (CAA)
South Florida 18-11 (BE)
Central Florida 20-8 (CUSA)
N.C. State 18-11 (ACC)
Dayton 18-10 (A10)
St. Joseph’s 19-11 (A10)
Multiple Bid Conferences:
Big East (9)
Big Ten (7)
Big 12 (6)
ACC (5)
SEC (5)
A10 (3)
MWC (3)
WCC (3)
Pac-12 (3)
CUSA (2)
MVC (2)
Click here for a list of RPI and SOS
This Bracketology appears on the Bracket Matrix
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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