Bracketology
Welcome to Bracketville’s home for Bracketology. This is where you will find actual bracket projections and seedings for the 2010 NCAA Tournament. We use current data, key wins and losses, power data, strength of schedule, and overall evaluation along with team expectations and future projections to develop the weekly bracket. It’s not strictly based on if the season ended today.
PRESEASON BRACKET: November 10 (scroll down for the full bracket). As with any preseason bracket, it’s as much about fun as anything. Please send a rebound if you have thoughts. I would expect our in-season and final projection to be much more accurate. Let’s enjoy the ride.
Notes: Found below the bracket on this page (scroll down). Records are against Division I teams. Next Update: Monday, December 7.
PRESEASON 2010 BRACKET …
| EAST – Syracuse | SOUTH – Houston | |
| Milwaukee | New Orleans | |
| 1) MICHIGAN STATE (0-0) | 1) Texas (0-0) | |
| 16) Morgan State / Jackson State | 16) WINTHROP (0-0) | |
| 8) Xavier (0-0) | 8) TULSA (0-0) | |
| 9) Mississippi (0-0) | 9) Georgia Tech (0-0) | |
| Providence | Spokane | |
| 5) Oklahoma (0-0) | 5) Georgetown (0-0) | |
| 12) NIAGARA (0-0) | 12) San Diego State (0-0) | |
| 4) Connecticut (0-0) | 4) BUTLER (0-0) | |
| 13) NORTHEASTERN (0-0) | 13) UTAH STATE (0-0) | |
| San Jose | Jacksonville | |
| 6) Maryland (0-0) | 6) Minnesota (0-0) | |
| 11) Pittsburgh (0-0) | 11) Missouri (0-0) | |
| 3) California (0-0) | 3) Duke (0-0) | |
| 14) OAKLAND (0-0) | 14) MURRAY STATE (0-0) | |
| Milwaukee | Providence | |
| 7) Illinois (0-0) | 7) Siena (0-0) | |
| 10) Creighton (0-0) | 10) Florida (0-0) | |
| 2) KENTUCKY (0-0) | 2) VILLANOVA (0-0) | |
| 15) S.F. AUSTIN (0-0) | 15) CORNELL (0-0) | |
| MIDWEST - St. Louis | WEST – Salt Lake City | |
| Oklahoma City | Jacksonville | |
| 1) KANSAS (0-0) | 1) NORTH CAROLINA (0-0) | |
| 16) ROBERT MORRIS (0-0) | 16) E. TENNESSEE STATE (0-0) | |
| 8) Cincinnati (0-0) | 8) Syracuse (0-0) | |
| 9) UCLA (0-0) | 9) Memphis (0-0) | |
| Oklahoma City | Spokane | |
| 5) Ohio State (0-0) | 5) Mississippi State (0-0) | |
| 12) WESTERN KENTUCKY (0-0) | 12) Oregon State (0-0) | |
| 4) Clemson (0-0) | 4) Michigan (0-0) | |
| 13) AKRON (0-0) | 13) LONG BEACH ST (0-0) | |
| Buffalo | New Orleans | |
| 6) Oklahoma State (0-0) | 6) Louisville (0-0) | |
| 11) Vanderbilt (0-0) | 11) NORTHERN IOWA (0-0) | |
| 3) West Virginia (0-0) | 3) Tennessee (0-0) | |
| 14) HOLY CROSS (0-0) | 14) CHARLESTON (0-0) | |
| Buffalo | San Jose | |
| 7) DAYTON (0-0) | 7) GONZAGA (0-0) | |
| 10) Wake Forest (0-0) | 10) BYU (0-0) | |
| 2) Purdue (0-0) | 2) WASHINGTON (0-0) | |
| 15) VERMONT (0-0) | 15) WEBER STATE (0-0) |
NOTES on the BRACKET: In our preseason bracket, Kansas is the No. 1 overall seed – followed by Texas, Michigan State and North Carolina. Michigan State hosts the play-in winner as it’s at a Friday-Sunday site. It would be Midwest vs. West | East vs. South.
Last Five teams in (at large): Pittsburgh, Missouri, Vanderbilt, San Diego State, Oregon State
First Five teams out (at large): Texas A&M, Northwestern, Florida State, Arizona, Kansas State
Bracket adjustments: Nothing significant in the preseason bracket – Siena switches with Syracuse to avoid a conference conflict.
Regional placement: BYU has to be placed in the East or West. Syracuse cannot be placed in the East (host).
Here is the team breakdown by Conference …
Big East (8): Villanova, West Virginia, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
Big Ten (6): Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois
ACC (6): North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
SEC (6): Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Mississippi, Florida, Vanderbilt
Big 12 (5): Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri
Pac 10 (4): Washington, California, UCLA, Oregon State
Atlantic 10 (2): Dayton, Xavier
Mountain West (2): BYU, San Diego State
Missouri Valley (2): Creighton, Northern Iowa
Conference USA (2): Tulsa, Memphis
Metro-Atlantic (2): Siena, Niagara
Horizon (1): Butler
West Coast (1): Gonzaga
Auto Bid conference champions … Western Kentucky (SunBelt), Utah State (WAC), Akron (Mid American), Northeastern (Colonial), Long Beach State (Big West), Charleston (Southern), Oakland (Summit), Murray State (Ohio Valley), Holy Cross (Patriot), Vermont (America East), Cornell (Ivy), Weber State (Big Sky), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun), Winthrop (Big South), Robert Morris (Northeast), Morgan State (MEAC), Jackson State (SWAC).
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