Posted: Sunday March 14, 2010 3:58AM; Updated: Sunday March 14, 2010 4:13PM
| 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* (Big 12) |
| 16 |
East Tennessee State* (Atlantic Sun) |
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| 8 |
Northern Iowa* (Missouri Valley) |
| 9 |
Louisville |
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| 5 |
Richmond |
| 12 |
Illinois |
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| 4 |
Vanderbilt |
| 13 |
Houston* (Conference USA) |
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| 6 |
Butler* (Horizon) |
| 11 |
St. Mary's (West Coast) |
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| 3 |
Pittsburgh |
| 14 |
Sam Houston State* (Southland) |
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| 7 |
Texas |
| 10 |
Washington* (Pac-10) |
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| 2 |
Duke* (ACC) |
| 15 |
UC Santa Barbara* (Big West) |
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| SOUTH - Houston |
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| 1 |
Syracuse |
| 16 |
UA Pine Bluff (SWAC)/Winthrop* (Big South) |
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| 8 |
UNLV |
| 9 |
Florida State |
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| 5 |
Tennessee |
| 12 |
Minnesota |
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| 4 |
Baylor |
| 13 |
New Mexico State* (WAC) |
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| 6 |
Xavier |
| 11 |
Cornell* (Ivy) |
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| 3 |
Villanova |
| 14 |
Ohio* (MAC) |
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| 7 |
Missouri |
| 10 |
Wake Forest |
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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* (Big East) |
| 16 |
Lehigh* (Patriot) |
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| 8 |
Oklahoma State |
| 9 |
San Diego State* (Mountain West) |
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| 5 |
Maryland |
| 12 |
California |
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| 4 |
Purdue |
| 13 |
Murray State* (Ohio Valley) |
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| 6 |
Michigan State |
| 11 |
Utah State |
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| 3 |
New Mexico |
| 14 |
Montana* (Big Sky) |
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| 7 |
Marquette |
| 10 |
Old Dominion* (Colonial) |
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| 2 |
Kansas State |
| 15 |
Vermont* (America East) |
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| EAST- Syracuse |
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| 1 |
Kentucky* (SEC) |
| 16 |
Robert Morris* (Northeast) |
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| 8 |
Notre Dame |
| 9 |
Clemson |
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| 5 |
Texas A&M |
| 12 |
Siena* (MAAC) |
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| 4 |
Wisconsin |
| 13 |
Oakland* (Summit) |
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| 6 |
BYU |
| 11 |
Georgia Tech |
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| 3 |
Temple* (Atlantic 10) |
| 14 |
Wofford* (SoCon) |
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| 7 |
Gonzaga |
| 10 |
UTEP |
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| 2 |
Georgetown |
| 15 |
North Texas* (Sun Belt) |
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New multi-bid conference teams in: New Mexico State (auto), Houston (auto)
Multi-bid conference teams out: Florida, Virginia Tech
Also considered: Florida, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Seton Hall, William & Mary
**Midwest plays West and South plays East in the national semifinals.
**League winners are listed with their conference for clarity. Teams can be moved a seed line up or down to conform to bracketing rules.
Bids by conference: Big East (8); Big 12 (7); ACC and Big Ten (6), Mountain West (4); SEC and Atlantic 10 (3); West Coast, WAC, Conference USA and Pac-10 (2)
SEEDING NOTES
**This is the bracket as of 3 a.m. Sunday, although I?m still sifting through the last few teams in and out. It?s possible one or more teams could change, even if Kentucky and Ohio State win their finals.
**Louisville was a 10/11 border team that was pushed to a 9 instead of a 12 due to bracket conflicts.
**Marquette was a natural 8 that moved to a 7 because of bracket/venue conflicts.
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