Bracketology
Welcome to Bracketville’s home for Bracketology. This is where you will find 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.
BRACKET Update: Monday, December 21 (scroll down for the full bracket). Weekly updates begin in January. Records reflect games against Division I teams only.
Next Update: Monday, January 4.
BRACKET PROJECTION …
| EAST – Syracuse | SOUTH – Houston | |
| Milwaukee | Oklahoma City | |
| 1) KENTUCKY (11-0) | 1) Texas (10-0) | |
| 16) Morgan St vs. Jackson St | 16) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (5-3) | |
| 8) UNLV (9-1) | 8) Wake Forest (8-2) | |
| 9) Temple (9-2) | 9) Minnesota (8-3) | |
| Spokane | San Jose | |
| 5) GONZAGA (7-3) | 5) NEW MEXICO (12-0) | |
| 12) VCU (7-2) | 12) St. Mary’s (8-1) | |
| 4) Kansas State (9-1) | 4) Georgetown (8-1) | |
| 13) UTAH STATE (6-4) | 13) CORNELL (8-2) | |
| Providence | Providence | |
| 6) Clemson (10-2) | 6) Florida State (10-2) | |
| 11) Washington State (8-2) | 11) Richmond (8-3) | |
| 3) Connecticut (7-2) | 3) Villanova (10-1) | |
| 14) AKRON (6-3) | 14) ARMY (7-2) | |
| Milwaukee | Buffalo | |
| 7) Texas Tech (9-1) | 7) BUTLER (8-3) | |
| 10) Mississippi State (9-2) | 10) Vanderbilt (6-3) | |
| 2) MICHIGAN STATE (9-2) | 2) Purdue (10-0) | |
| 15) VERMONT (7-5) | 15) OAKLAND (5-6) | |
| MIDWEST - St. Louis | WEST – Salt Lake City | |
| Oklahoma City | Buffalo | |
| 1) KANSAS (10-0) | 1) SYRACUSE (11-0) | |
| 16) WEBER STATE (3-5) | 16) ROBERT MORRIS (4-6) | |
| 8) TULSA (8-1) | 8) California (6-3) | |
| 9) St. John’s (9-1) | 9) Georgia Tech (8-2) | |
| New Orleans | New Orleans | |
| 5) Ohio State (9-2) | 5) Texas A&M (8-2) | |
| 12) WESTERN KENTUCKY (5-4) | 12) Xavier (6-4) | |
| 4) Florida (8-2) | 4) Mississippi (10-1) | |
| 13) Murray State (7-2) | 13) SIENA (6-4) | |
| San Jose | Spokane | |
| 6) DAYTON (8-2) | 6) Wisconsin (8-2) | |
| 11) Northwestern (9-1) | 11) WILLIAM & MARY (6-2) | |
| 3) West Virginia (8-0) | 3) Tennessee (8-2) | |
| 14) LONG BEACH (4-4) | 14) CHARLESTON (5-4) | |
| Jacksonville | Jacksonville | |
| 7) WASHINGTON (7-2) | 7) Cincinnati (7-3) | |
| 10) NORTHERN IOWA (8-1) | 10) Oklahoma State (9-1) | |
| 2) Duke (9-1) | 2) NORTH CAROLINA (8-3) | |
| 15) RADFORD (3-3) | 15) EAST TENNESSEE ST. (4-7) |
NOTES on the BRACKET: Kansas remains the No. 1 overall seed – followed by Texas, Kentucky and Syracuse. Kentucky hosts the play-in game because it’s a Friday-Sunday site. It would be Midwest vs. West | East vs. South.
Last Five teams in (at large): Washington State, Northwestern, St. Mary’s, VCU, Xavier
First Five teams out (at large): Illinois, Miami-FL, Missouri, BYU, UTEP
Also considered … Boston College, Pittsburgh, UAB, Maryland, Memphis, Missouri State, Marquette, Charlotte, Louisville, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wichita State, Portland
Bracket adjustments: Nothing significant in the preseason bracket.
Regional placement: Syracuse cannot be placed in the East (host).
Here is the team breakdown by Conference …
Big East (7): Syracuse, West Virginia, Villanova, Connecticut, Georgetown, Cincinnati, St. John’s
SEC (7): Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
ACC (6): North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Florida State, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech
Big Ten (6): Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northwestern
Big 12 (6): Kansas, Texas, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State
Atlantic 10 (4): Dayton, Temple, Richmond, Xavier
Pac 10 (3): Washington, California, Washington State
Mountain West (2): New Mexico, UNLV
West Coast (2): Gonzaga, St. Mary’s
Colonial (2): William & Mary, VCU
Conference USA (1): Tulsa
Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa
Horizon (1): Butler
Auto Bid conference champions … Siena (MAAC), Western Kentucky (SunBelt), Utah State (WAC), Akron (Mid American), Long Beach State (Big West), Charleston (Southern), Oakland (Summit), Murray State (Ohio Valley), Army (Patriot), Vermont (America East), Cornell (Ivy), Weber State (Big Sky), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun), Radford (Big South), Robert Morris (Northeast), Morgan State (MEAC), Jackson State (SWAC).
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