Bracket Update- 3/15

***Final bracket after the 1PM games***

Duke will get my final 1 seed with an ACC tournament title, if they lose UConn becomes the fourth #1.

Picking the final at-large team was a tough choice between Florida, Auburn, Creighton, SDSU, and Penn St. but I went with Florida. I don't think either SEC team is worthy but SEC teams have strangely appeared a line or two higher in recent years with the SEC commissioner on the committee. There is no reason to believe that a third SEC team won't show up during the selection show.

If Mississippi St. wins then they will replace Florida.

St. Mary's gets bumped up to an 11 because they were a 10 seed last year and this year they have a nearly identical resume albeit slightly worse (2009: 25-6, RPI: 47, SOS: 156; 2008: 24-6, RPI: 36 SOS: 143)

1 seeds
UNC
Louisville (Big East)
Pitt
Duke (ACC)

2 seeds
UConn
Michigan St.
Oklahoma
Memphis (C-USA)

3 seeds
Missouri (Big 12)
Washington
Villanova
Kansas

4 seeds
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Florida St.
Illinois

5 seeds
Arizona St.
UCLA
Xavier
Purdue (Big Ten)

6 seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
West Virginia
Clemson
LSU

7 seeds
Utah (Mt. West)
Texas
Tennessee (SEC)
Ohio St.

8 seeds
Marquette
BYU
Oklahoma St.
Cal

9 seeds
Butler
BC
USC (Pac-10)
Minnesota

10 seeds
Siena (MAAC)
Texas A&M
Utah St. (WAC)
Wisconsin

11 seeds
Michigan
Dayton
Maryland
St. Mary’s

12 seeds
Temple (A-10)
Florida
VCU (CAA)
Northern Iowa (MVC)

13 seeds
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
Cleveland St. (Horizon)
American (Patriot)
Binghamton (Am East)

14 seed
SFA (Southland)
Akron(MAC)
North Dakota St. (Summit)
Robert Morris (NEC)

15 seeds
East Tennessee St. (A-Sun)
Portland St. (Big Sky)
Cornell (Ivy)
Radford (Big South)

16 seeds
Morgan St. (MEAC)
CSU Northridge (Big West)
Morehead St. (OVC)
Chattanooga (Southern)*
Alabama St. (SWAC)*

*- play-in game

ACC- 7
Big East- 7
Big Ten- 7
Big 12- 6
Pac-10- 5
A-10- 3
SEC-3
Horizon- 2
Mt. West- 2
WCC- 2

In
USC
Florida
Akron

Out
Auburn
SDSU
Buffalo

At-Large Locks (25)- 9 Bids Remaining
ACC- UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, Florida St.
Big East- Pitt, UConn, Villanova, Syracuse, Marquette, West Virginia
Big Ten- Michigan St., Purdue, Illinois, Ohio St.
Big 12- Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma St.
Pac-10- Washington, UCLA, Arizona St., Cal
SEC- LSU, Tennessee
Others- Xavier, Butler, BYU

Last Four In
Dayton, Maryland, St. Mary’s, Florida

First Four Out
Creighton, SDSU, Penn St., Auburn

Also Considered
South Carolina, Arizona, Providence, UNLV