Posted: Saturday March 13, 2010 12:01PM; Updated: Saturday March 13, 2010 1:54PM
| 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 |
UNLV |
| 9 |
Old Dominion* (Colonial) |
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| 5 |
Maryland |
| 12 |
Florida |
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| 4 |
Pittsburgh |
| 13 |
Washington |
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| 6 |
Xavier |
| 11 |
Georgia Tech |
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| 3 |
Georgetown |
| 14 |
San Houston State (Southland) |
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| 7 |
Gonzaga |
| 10 |
Oklahoma State |
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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 |
UA Pine Bluff (SWAC)/Lehigh* (Patriot) |
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| 8 |
Northern Iowa* (Missouri Valley) |
| 9 |
Florida State |
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| 5 |
Vanderbilt |
| 12 |
San Diego State |
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| 4 |
Baylor |
| 13 |
Minnesota |
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| 6 |
Richmond |
| 11 |
Cornell* (Ivy) |
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| 3 |
Villanova |
| 14 |
Akron (MAC) |
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| 7 |
Missouri |
| 10 |
UTEP (C-USA) |
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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 |
Clemson |
| 9 |
California (Pac-10) |
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| 5 |
Texas A&M |
| 12 |
Siena* (MAAC) |
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| 4 |
Tennessee |
| 13 |
Murray State* (Ohio Valley) |
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| 6 |
Michigan State |
| 11 |
Saint Mary's (West Coast) |
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| 3 |
New Mexico |
| 14 |
Montana* (Big Sky) |
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| 7 |
Texas |
| 10 |
Louisville |
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| 2 |
Duke |
| 15 |
Vermont (America East) |
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| EAST- Syracuse |
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| 1 |
Kentucky |
| 16 |
Robert Morris* (Northeast) |
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| 8 |
Notre Dame |
| 9 |
Utah State (WAC) |
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| 5 |
Butler* (Horizon) |
| 12 |
Virginia Tech |
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| 4 |
Wisconsin |
| 13 |
Oakland* (Summit) |
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| 6 |
BYU |
| 11 |
Illinois |
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| 3 |
Temple |
| 14 |
Wofford* (SoCon) |
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| 7 |
Marquette |
| 10 |
Wake Forest |
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| 2 |
Kansas State |
| 15 |
North Texas* (Sun Belt) |
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New multibid conference teams in: Minnesota.
Multibid conference teams out: Mississippi.
Also considered: Rhode Island, Seton Hall, William & Mary, Mississippi State.
Big East (8), ACC and Big 12 (7); Big Ten (6), SEC and Mountain West (4); Atlantic 10 (3); West Coast and Pac-10 (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.
SEEDING NOTES
-- UTEP was moved to a 10-seed, displacing Saint Mary's, which was a natural 10 bumped down to an 11.
-- Temple moved ahead of Wisconsin and into the 3-seed line.
-- Butler moves ahead of BYU into the 5-seed line.
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