#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