Bracket Update- 12/18

1 seeds
UNC (ACC)
Kansas (Big 12)
Memphis (C-USA)
UCLA (Pac-10)

2 seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Texas
Georgetown (Big East)
Washington St.

3 seeds
Michigan St. (Big Ten)
Indiana
Duke
Texas A&M

4 seeds
Marquette
Pitt
Gonzaga (WCC)
USC

5 seeds
Butler (Horizon)
Oregon
Villanova
Arizona

6 seeds
Kansas St.
Stanford
Arkansas
Clemson

7 seeds
Miami Fl.
Vandy
Providence
Wisconsin

8 seeds
Virginia
BYU (Mt. West)
Rhode Island (A-10)
Xavier

9 seeds
NC State
Ohio St.
UConn
Southern Illinois (MVC)

10 seeds
George Mason (CAA)
Missouri
St. Mary’s
California

11 seeds
New Mexico
West Virginia
UMass
Florida

12 seeds
Boston College
Dayton
Purdue
Sam Houston St. (Southland)

13 seeds
Kent St. (MAC)
UCSB (Big West)
Holy Cross (Patriot)
South Alabama (Sun Belt)

14 seed
Davidson (Southern)
Utah St. (WAC)
IUPUI (Summit)
Montana (Big South)

15 seeds
Loyola (MD) (MAAC)
High Point (Big South)
Mercer (A-Sun)
Austin Peay (OVC)

16 seeds
Robert Morris (NEC)
Hampton (MEAC)
Boston U (Am East)
Columbia (Ivy)
Arkansas Pine-Bluff (SWAC)

ACC- 7
Big East- 7
Pac 10- 7
Big 12- 5
Big Ten- 5
A-10- 4
SEC- 4
Mt. West- 2
WCC- 2

In
Sam Houston St.
UMass
Dayton
Purdue

Out
Louisville
Baylor
Illinois
McNeese St.

First Four Out
Florida St., Illinois, Baylor, Syracuse

Also Considered
Louisville, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Arizona St., South Florida, Seton Hall, Charlotte, UAB, Ole Miss, VCU, Houston, Oklahoma, New Orleans, Creighton, San Diego St., Minnesota, UNLV, Ohio, Valpo, Akron, Wright St., Drake


There wasn't a lot of movement since the last bracket update as most teams took some time off for finals and there is a little lull between preconference tournaments and the start of conference play.

Some big news is that Syracuse lost Eric Devendorf for the season with a torn ACL. They were 7-3 with a road win against Virginia on their resume but now they will have to prove themselves all over again and they will have plenty of chances in during Big East play. It will be interesting to see how the Orange do since they don't have much depth and Devendorf was the only upperclassmen in the rotation.

Bracket Update- 12/3

1 seeds
UNC (ACC)
Kansas (Big 12)
Memphis (C-USA)
UCLA (Pac-10)

2 seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Texas
Georgetown (Big East)
Washington St.

3 seeds
Oregon
Michigan St. (Big Ten)
Indiana
Duke

4 seeds
Texas A&M
Marquette
Gonzaga (WCC)
Butler (Horizon)

5 seeds
Kansas St.
Arkansas
USC
Providence

6 seeds
Pitt
NC State
Villanova
Southern Illinois (MVC)

7 seeds
Louisville
Stanford
Clemson
Arizona

8 seeds
Wisconsin
Virginia
Miami Fl.
BYU (Mt. West)

9 seeds
Ohio St.
UConn
Xavier (A-10)
Rhode Island

10 seeds
George Mason (CAA)
St. Mary’s
California
Vandy

11 seeds
New Mexico
Florida
Missouri
Illinois

12 seeds
West Virginia
Davidson (Southern)
Boston College
Baylor

13 seeds
Kent St. (MAC)
Holy Cross (Patriot)
South Alabama (Sun Belt)
Utah St. (WAC)

14 seeds
Montana (Big South)
UC Santa Barbara (Big West)
IUPUI (Summit)
Loyola (MD) (MAAC)

15 seeds
High Point (Big South)
McNeese St. (Southland)
Austin Peay (OVC)
Robert Morris (NEC)

16 seeds
Hampton (MEAC)
Mercer (A-Sun)
Boston U (Am East)
Columbia (Ivy)
Arkansas Pine-Bluff (SWAC)

Big East- 8
ACC- 7
Pac 10- 7
Big 12- 6
Big Ten- 5
SEC- 4
A-10- 2
Mt. West- 2
WCC- 2

In
Miami Fl., BYU, Xavier, St. Mary’s, California, Vandy, Illinois, West Virginia, Boston College, Baylor

Out
Notre Dame, Kentucky, Purdue, Alabama, Washington, Fordham, UAB, VCU, Utah, New Mexico St.

First Four Out
Florida St., Creighton, Maryland, Dayton

Also Considered
Seton Hall, UMass, Syracuse, Houston, WF, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Purdue, Kentucky, N Iowa, Ole Miss, New Orleans, Oklahoma St., St. Joe’s, San Diego St., Akron, UAB, Nebraska, Duquesne, UW-Milwaukee, Bradley, Washington, Georgia Southern, Minnesota, Arizona St., LSU, Alabama


Projections are a mixture of results as well as my future projections

Tennessee falls from the top spot after a less-than-stellar performance against West Virginia and a blowout loss to Texas. The loss won’t really hurt them as Texas might have the best resume. To date Tennessee hasn’t really beaten anyone of note but that should change with games against Xavier and Gonzaga before conference play kicks off.

Louisville drops from a 2-seed and a potential Final Four team to a 7-seed with the probably season-ending injury of David Padgett who was their main inside threat and senior leader. This in addition to the injury to Juan Palacios who is still out for a few more weeks leaves a void in leadership. Louisville still has a lot of young talent but without Padgett and Palacios it might be the NIT for Louisville.