Happy Selection Sunday! Get your brackets ready because the NCAA Tournament field will be announced today. 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. (An * represents a team that has already clinched an automatic bid.)
UPDATED: 3/11/12 4:30 PM
SOUTH REGIONAL-Atlanta
AT LOUISVILLE
1. Kentucky 32-2 (SEC)
16. *Mississippi Valley State 21-12 (SWAC)/*Western Kentucky 15-18 (Sun Belt)
8. Cincinnati 24-10 (BE)
9. Kansas State 21-10 (B12)
AT PORTLAND
5. Temple 24-7 (A10)
12. Colorado State 20-11 (MWC)/South Florida 20-13 (BE)
4. Wisconsin 24-9 (B10)
13. *Colorado 23-11 (P12)
AT ALBUQUERQUE
6. UNLV 26-8 (MWC)
11. Xavier 21-12 (A10)
3. Baylor 27-6 (B12)
14. *Montana 25-6 (Big Sky)
AT GREENSBORO
7. *Creighton 28-5 (MVC)
10. Southern Miss 25-8 (CUSA)
2. Duke 27-6 (ACC)
15. *Lehigh 26-7 (Patriot)
WEST REGIONAL-Phoenix
AT COLUMBUS
1. *Michigan State 27-7 (B10)
16. *UNC-Asheville 24-9 (Big South)
8. St. Louis 25-7 (A10)
9. UConn 20-13 (BE)
AT NASHVILLE
5. Florida 23-10 (SEC)
12. Drexel 27-6 (CAA)/N.C. State 22-12 (ACC)
4. *Louisville 26-9 (BE)
13. *St. Bonaventure 20-11 (A10)
AT PITTSBURGH
6. *Memphis 26-8 (CUSA)
11. West Virginia 19-13 (BE)
3. Michigan 24-8 (B10)
14. *Belmont 27-7 (A-Sun)
AT OMAHA
7. *St. Mary’s 27-5 (WCC)
10. *Long Beach State 25-8 (Big West)
2. *Missouri 30-4 (B12)
15. *Loyola MD 24-8 (MAAC)
EAST REGIONAL-Boston
AT PITTSBURGH
1. Syracuse 31-1 (BE)
16. *Norfolk State 25-9 (MEAC)/*Vermont 23-11 (AEC)
8. Iowa State 22-10 (B12)
9. Purdue 21-12 (B10)
AT ALBUQUERQUE
5. Wichita State 27-5 (MVC)
12. BYU 25-8 (WCC)
4. *Florida State 24-9 (ACC)
13. *Ohio 26-7 (MAC)
AT NASHVILLE
6. *New Mexico 27-6 (MWC)
11. Virginia 22-9 (ACC)
3. Georgetown 23-8 (BE)
14. *Davidson 24-7 (Southern)
AT LOUISVILLE
7. Gonzaga 25-6 (WCC)
10. *VCU 28-6 (CAA)
2. Ohio State 26-7 (B10)
15. *Long Island 25-8 (NEC)
MIDWEST REGIONAL- St.Louis
AT GREENSBORO
1. *North Carolina 29-4 (ACC)
16. *Lamar 23-11 (Southland)
8. Notre Dame 22-11 (BE)
9. Alabama 20-11 (SEC)
AT PORTLAND
5. Indiana 25-8 (B10)
12. Texas 20-13 (B12)
4. *Vanderbilt 24-10 (SEC)
13. *South Dakota State 27-7 (Summit)
AT COLUMBUS
6. *Murray State 28-1 (OVC)
11. California 24-9 (P12)
3. Marquette 25-7 (BE)
14. *New Mexico State 26-9 (WAC)
AT OMAHA
7. San Diego State 26-7 (MWC)
10. Harvard 26-4 (Ivy)
2. Kansas 27-6 (B12)
15. *Detroit 22-13 (Horizon)
Wrong Side of the Bubble:
Mississippi State 21-11 (SEC)
Seton Hall 20-12 (BE)
Iona 25-7 (MAAC)
Nevada 26-6 (WAC)
Washington 21-10 (P12)
Arizona 23-11 (P12)
Miami FL 19-12 (ACC)
Northwestern 18-13 (B10)
Multiple Bid Conferences:
Big East (9)
Big Ten (6)
Big 12 (6)
SEC (5)
ACC (5)
MWC (4)
A10 (3)
WCC (3)
Pac-12 (2)
CUSA (2)
MVC (2)
CAA (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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