| 2010 NCAA Tournament Projection |
In this bracket, the Midwest matches
up with the West, the South with the East in the national semifinals.
Note: The top-four
seeds in each region, starting with the No. 1 seeds, receive geographic preference when possible. An imbalance in
high seeds between regions (e.g. if more
than two top-four seeds are closest to the same subregional location) may force a protected seed into a secondary
location. Thus, in the next couple weeks, shifts
in seeding will alter which subregions fall into which regions.
* -- automatic qualifier |
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| MIDWEST - Saint Louis |
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| 1 |
Kansas |
| 16 |
East Tennessee State* (Atlantic Sun) |
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| 8 |
Louisville |
| 9 |
Old Dominion (Colonial) |
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| 5 |
Tennessee |
| 12 |
Georgia Tech |
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| 4 |
Georgetown |
| 13 |
Murray State* (Ohio Valley) |
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| 6 |
Xavier |
| 11 |
San Diego State |
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| 3 |
Pittsburgh |
| 14 |
Sam Houston State (Southland) |
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| 7 |
Texas |
| 10 |
Virginia Tech |
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| 2 |
Purdue |
| 15 |
UC Santa Barbara (Big West) |
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| SOUTH - Houston |
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| 1 |
Syracuse |
| 16 |
Jackson State (SWAC)/Lehigh (Patriot) |
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| 8 |
UNLV |
| 9 |
Utah State (WAC) |
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| 5 |
Maryland |
| 12 |
Illinois |
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| 4 |
Baylor |
| 13 |
Siena (MAAC) |
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| 6 |
Vanderbilt |
| 11 |
UTEP (Conference USA) |
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| 3 |
Temple |
| 14 |
Oakland (Summit) |
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| 7 |
Gonzaga (West Coast) |
| 10 |
Marquette |
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| 2 |
Ohio State |
| 15 |
Morgan State (MEAC) |
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| WEST - Salt Lake City |
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| 1 |
West Virginia |
| 16 |
Winthrop* (Big South) |
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| 8 |
Florida State |
| 9 |
California |
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| 5 |
Texas A&M |
| 12 |
Saint Mary's |
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| 4 |
Michigan State |
| 13 |
Mississippi |
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| 6 |
Butler (Horizon) |
| 11 |
Notre Dame |
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| 3 |
New Mexico (Mountain West) |
| 14 |
Weber State (Big Sky) |
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| 7 |
Northern Iowa* (Missouri Valley) |
| 10 |
Oklahoma State |
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| 2 |
Duke |
| 15 |
Vermont (America East) |
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| EAST- Syracuse |
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| 1 |
Kentucky |
| 16 |
Quinnipiac (Northeast) |
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| 8 |
Missouri |
| 9 |
Wake Forest |
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| 5 |
Richmond |
| 12 |
Seton Hall |
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| 4 |
Wisconsin |
| 13 |
Kent State (MAC) |
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BYU |
| 11 |
Florida |
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| 3 |
Villanova |
| 14 |
Wofford (SoCon) |
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Clemson |
| 10 |
Cornell* (Ivy) |
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Kansas State |
| 15 |
North Texas (Sun Belt) |
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New multibid conference teams in: San Diego State, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Mississippi.
Multibid conference teams out: Connecticut, UAB,
Dayton, Mississippi State.
Also considered: Memphis, Arizona State, Washington, Rhode Island, Mississippi State, UAB, South Florida,
Dayton.
Bids by conference: Big East (9), ACC and Big 12 (7), Big Ten and SEC (5), Mountain West (4), Atlantic 10 (3), West Coast
(2).
One-bid league winners and select other auto-bid teams are listed with their conference for clarity. Teams can be moved a seed line up or down
to conform to bracketing rules.
Why West Virginia received the final No. 1:
Depending on what you value, you can make arguments for
West Virginia, Duke and Ohio State as the final 1 seed today.
I thought the quality of WVU's best wins -- at Villanova, vs. Texas A&M, Ohio State
(with Evan Turner), plus Pitt, Georgetown and Louisville -- was superior to what Duke had to offer. The Blue Devils only have one RPI top-25 win; WVU
has four in the top 15, with very comparable overall computer numbers, top-50 and top-100 marks. When it comes to a 1 seed, I want to know you can beat the
best, and the Mountaineers have provided more evidence of that this season.
Ohio State, if you completely discount the six games Turner missed, is
21-4 (14-2 Big Ten) with a 5-2 mark vs. the top 50 and wins at Purdue and Michigan State. If the committee does that, it's a very compelling 1-seed profile,
but WVU holds the head-to-head victory, which gives the 'Eers the leg up. Yes, the game was in Morgantown and Ohio State led for much of the eventual
six-point loss, but when you're talking 1 seeds, those are the (tie)breaks.
This will be settled during the conference tournaments, with whichever
team goes the farthest likely to land the final 1 seed. Given the depth of competition at the top of the Big East, though, the spot now could be West
Virginia's to lose.
Why they made it:
-- Georgia Tech: Four top-50 wins, including Duke. 7-9 overall vs. top 100, despite
sub-.500 ACC mark.
-- Illinois: Four quality wins, including at Wisconsin and Vandy and at Clemson out of conference.
-- Seton
Hall: Quality wins over Pitt, Louisville and at Cornell. No bad losses, and seven of 11 overall are to RPI top-15 teams. By far the lowest RPI loss
average of bubble contenders.
-- Mississippi: Solid nonconference neutral-site wins over Kansas State and UTEP, 9-5 road/neutral record, five
losses in RPI top 22, only one outside of top 70.
Why they didn't make it:
-- Memphis: Best selling point is sweep of UAB, which
is looking at the NIT itself. Second in CUSA not enough right now.
-- Arizona State: Only two wins in top 85 of RPI, 4-7 overall vs. top
100.
-- Washington: Only 2-2 vs. RPI top-50, finished behind Arizona State, but has two wins better than any the Sun Devils hold.
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Rhode Island: Only one win vs. NCAA team, two very suspect losses late in season.
-- Mississippi State: Only 1-4 vs. top 50 and four
100+ losses makes profile worse than Ole Miss' despite sweep of Rebels.
-- UAB: Beat Butler, but swept by two teams ahead of it in C-USA, only
1-4 vs. top 50.
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