#3 (12/05/10)

Well, the last bracket was late, not this one being early. My goal at this early point in the year is for a bracket in the middle of the week, and then a bracket during my football watching on Sunday. As the season goes on, the number of updates will increase leading up to Selection Sunday.

Any changes in seed are represented in parentheses: Ex: (+1)(-1) FFO= First Four Out, NFO= Next Four Out, NS=Not mentioned anywhere

The seeds:

1's: Ohio State, Duke, UCONN, Pittsburgh

2's: Notre Dame, San Diego State, Georgetown, UNLV (+1)

3's: Kansas, Texas, Kansas State (+1), Michigan State

4's: Tennessee (-2), Illinois (+2), BYU, Central Florida (+1)

5's: Wisconsin, Louisville, Kentucky (-2), Florida (+2)

6's: Baylor, Cleveland State (+1), Vanderbilt (+2), St. Marys

7's: Wichita State (-2), Syracuse (+4), Maryland (+2), West Virginia

8's: Memphis (FFO), Washington (-1), California (NS), Purdue (+2)

9's: Arizona (+2), Boston College (+4), Minnesota, Villanova (-1)

10's: St. Johns (-1), Vermont (-4), Texas A&M (+3), Cincinnati (NS)

11's: Missouri, Northwestern (+1), South Carolina (+1), North Carolina (NFO)

12's: Washington State (-4), Massachusetts(-2), (New Mexico vs. Oklahoma State (NS)), ( Air Force (+1) vs. Florida State (FFO))

13's: Belmont (-3), Drexel (NS), Utah State (+1), Kent State (+1)

14's: Nicholls State (NS), Oakland (NS), Robert Morris, Morehead State (+2)

15's: College of Charleston, Yale, North Texas, Northern Arizona

16's: Iona (NS), Hampton, (American (NS) vs. Jackson State), (California Santa-Barbara(NS) vs. Coastal Carolina)

Last Four In: Air Force, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Florida State

First Four Out: Miami (FL), Southern Mississippi, Virginia Tech, NC State

Next Four Out: Richmond, Indiana, Old Dominion, Marquette

New Friends:

Memphis, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Drexel, Nicholls State, Oakland, Iona, American, California Santa-Barabara

On Vacation:

Southern Mississippi, Old Dominion, Sam Houston State, South Dakota State, Gonzaga, Butler, VCU, Richmond, Siena, Lehigh, Pacific

Bids Per Conference:

Big East: 10

Big 12: 7 (+1)

Big 10: 7

ACC: 5 (+2)

SEC: 5

Mountain West: 5

Pac-10: 4 (+1)

C-USA: 2

A10, CAA, Horizon, WCC all lost 1 bid to lose all their previous at-large bids

2nd Bracket (12/03/10)

Well, it has been five days since the last update and we've had a lot happen since then. We've had the ACC/Big 10 challenge, the pre-season tournaments are good to go, and so now we're getting a good idea of what to expect from each team.

If a team changed spots the change will be represented in parentheses. Ex: (+1) (-1) NS= Not Seeded in prior bracket, FFO (First Four Out), NFO (Next Four Out),

The Seeds:

1's: Ohio State (+1) , UCONN, Duke, Pittsburgh (+1)

2's: Georgetown (-1), San Diego State (+2), Notre Dame, Tennessee (+1)

3's: UNLV, Kentucky (+1), Michigan State, Texas (+1)

4's: Southern Mississippi (+2), BYU, Kansas (-3), Kansas State (+1)

5's: Louisville, Central Florida (+6), Wisconsin (+3), Wichita State (+4)

6's: Illinois (+2), Vermont (-1), Baylor (+2), St. Marys (+1)

7's: Florida (NS), West Virginia (-4), Cleveland State (+3), Washington (+5)

8's: Villanova (+1), ODU (-2), Vanderbilt (-2), Washington State (+3)

9's: Sam Houston State (+4), St. Johns, Maryland (NS), Minnesota (-7)

10's: Belmont (+2), UMASS (FFO), Purdue (+4), South Dakota State (-3)

11's: Arizona (-1), Syracuse (NFO), Missouri (-4), Gonzaga (NFO)

12's: Butler (-1), Northwestern (FFO), South Carolina, VCU (-1)

13's: Air Force (-5), Cinncinati (-6), (Boston College(NS) vs. New Mexico), (Richmond(FFO) vs. Texas A&M(NS)

14's: Kent State, Robert Morris (NS), Utah State, Siena (-1)

15's: College of Charleston (NS), Yale (+1), Northern Arizona (NS), North Texas

16's: Morehead State (NS), Hampton (NS), (Lehigh (NS) vs. Coastal Carolina), (Pacific vs. Jackson State)

Last 4 in: Boston College, New Mexico, Richmond, Texas A&M

First Four Out: Cal, South Florida, Florida State, Memphis

Next Four Out: Marquette, NC State, UNC, Missouri State

New Friends (15) (9 At-Large, 6 Auto):

Florida, Maryland, UMASS, Syracuse, Gonzaga, Northwestern, Boston College, Richmond, Texas A&M, Robert Morris, College of Charleston, Northern Arizona, Morehead State, Hampton, Lehigh

Off on Vacation:

Florida State, Iowa State, Loyola-Chicago, Clemson, Appalachian State, Temple, Indiana, Xavier, NC State, Quinnipac, Montana State, Murray State, American, Morgan State

Bids Per Conference (Conferences not mentioned are assumed to have 1):

Big East: 10 (+1)

Big 10: 7

Big 12: 6

Mountain West: 5

SEC: 5 (+1)

ACC: 3 (-1)

Pac-10: 3 (-1)

A10: 2

CAA: 2

C-USA: 2

Horizon League: 2 (-1)

WCC: 2 (+1)

First Bracket of the 2010-2011 Season (11/28/10)

I have decided to move the bracket to this new website, so hopefully people will be able to see more of it!

We're a few weeks into the season, and while I fully expect this to not be the final bracket, this is probably a good guess if the tournament were to start tomorrow.

Here we go!

The Seeds:

• 1's: UCONN, Duke, Georgetown, Kansas
• 2's: Ohio State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Minnesota
• 3's: Tennessee, UNLV, Michigan State, West Virginia
• 4's: BYU, Kentucky, San Diego State, Texas
• 5's: Vermont, Louisville, California, Kansas State
• 6's: Florida State, Old Dominion, Vanderbilt, Southern Mississippi
• 7's: South Dakota State, St. Marys, Cincinnati, Missouri
• 8's: Illinois, Baylor, Air Force, Wisconsin
• 9's: St. Johns, Iowa State, Wichita State, Villanova
• 10's: Cleveland State, Loyola-Chicago, Arizona, Clemson
• 11's: Butler, Virginia Commonwealth, Central Florida, Washington State
• 12's: Appalachian State, Washington, South Carolina, Belmont
• 13's: New Mexico, Siena, Temple, Sam Houston State
• 14's: Utah State, Kent State, (Indiana vs. Xavier), (Purdue vs. NC State)
• 15's: Quinnipac, Montana State, Murray State, North Texas
• 16's: Yale, American, (Pacific vs. Morgan State), (Coastal Carolina vs. Jackson State)

• First Four: Indiana vs. Xavier, Purdue vs. NC State, Pacific vs. Morgan State, Coastal Carolina vs. Jackson State

Last Four In: Indiana, Xavier, Purdue, NC State

First Four Out: Northwestern, Richmond, Massachusetts, UNC

Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Dayton, Syracuse, Gonzaga

Bids Per Conference (Conferences not mentioned understood to have 1 bid):

Big East: 9

Big 10: 7

Big 12: 6

Mountain West: 5

ACC: 4

Pac-10: 4

SEC: 4

Horizon League: 3

A10: 2

CAA: 2

CUSA: 2