Posted: Monday February 28, 2011 11:02AM ; Updated: Monday February 28, 2011 4:09PM
BYU snags a No. 1 seed |
Story Highlights
Last four out: Penn State, Alabama, Boston College, Colorado StateNew at-large teams in: Virginia Tech, Baylor, Colorado, MichiganBids by conference: Big East (11); Big 12 (7); Big Ten (6); SEC (5); ACC (4) |
Tumblr
StumbleUpon
Reddit
Digg
Del.i.cious
| 2011 NCAA Tournament Projection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
In this bracket, the East matches up with the West, the Southeast with the Southwest in the national semifinals. This week's notable moves: • Ohio State is the new No. 1 overall seed. • BYU is a new 1-seed. • Florida got squeezed and dropped from the last No. 3 seed to the first 5 because of the good work of teams just behind it. • The Southwest features a rematch between Xavier and Butler -- something the committee attempts to avoid -- but that was the best solution to a bunch of seeding, conference and other rematch conflicts. • Coastal Carolina was moved from a 15 to a 16 because of personnel losses. With the addition of three at-large spots (increasing the field to 68 teams), there are now four play-in games, dubbed the "First Four." Two games will match the tournament's lowest seeds, Nos. 65 through 68, with the winners claiming a No. 16 seed. The other two games will feature the last four teams of the 37 at-large qualifiers, with the winners likely receiving No. 11 or 12 seeds. 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. League winners (automatic qualifiers) are listed with their conference for clarity. Auto-bid winners in traditional one-bid leagues are determined by the best RPI from the team(s) with the fewest league losses. Teams can be moved a seed line up or down to conform to bracketing rules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Last four out: Penn State, Alabama, Boston College, Colorado State. New at-large teams in: Virginia Tech, Baylor, Colorado, Michigan. At-large teams out: VCU, Boston College, Minnesota, Memphis. Bids by conference: Big East (11); Big 12 (7); Big Ten (6); SEC (5); ACC (4); Mountain West, Pac-10 and Atlantic 10 (3); Colonial, Horizon and West Coast (2). Seed changes: To ease bracket conflicts, both West Virginia/Missouri and Vanderbilt/Xavier swapped 5 and 6 seeds. Butler and the Baylor/Michigan play-in game swapped 11 and 12. For more in-depth analysis, check out the Bubble Watch. Got a bone to pick with the Bracket Watch? Send feedback to bubblewatch@gmail.com. | ||||
More College Basketball
Latest College Basketball News
College Basketball Truth & Rumors
College Basketball Video
 Top recruits sound off
|
 College hoops teams to watch in 2013-14
|
Latest News
SI Writers
- SUBSCRIBE TO SI
- DIGITAL EDITION
- SI MOBILE
- JOBS
- SITE MAP
- GIVE THE GIFT OF SI
- SI PICTURE SALES
- PICTURES OF THE DAY
- ABOUT US
- SI MEDIA KITS
- SI COVER COLLECTION
- SI CUSTOMER SERVICE
- SI BOOKS
- CONTACT US
- ADD RSS HEADLINE
TM & © 2013 Time Inc. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines, your California privacy rights, and ad choices
.
Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines, your California privacy rights, and ad choices
.
