Final NCAA Bracket Projection

By Nate Noy

Final Bracket below.

Note the changes from earlier today occur in the Southwest region. With UK’s win, they swap with Purdue, moving them to the 4 line. To accommodate the conference restrictions, UCLA on the 10 and Illinois on the 9 switch places as well.

Also note that of Palm, Lunardi and myself, I’m the only one with UAB and Harvard in; Palm is the only one with VCU in and Lunadri is the only one with USC and Colorado in. Lunardi only has 6 at large bids for the schools outside of the BCS (I have 8 and Palm has 7). Last year there were 8, and the field expanded by three teams this year, as we noted earlier in the week, FDH will be shocked if the number of bids for the mid-majors and small schools is REDUCED while the field was expanded. Stay tuned for more on this topic.

Last four in:
Michigan
Va Tech
UAB
St. Mary's

First four out:
Marquette
Colorado
Alabama
Missouri State

Next out:
USC
VCU
Boston College

Bracket:
OSU (East) v Pitt (West)
Kansas (Southwest) v Duke (Southeast)

East (Newark)
Cleveland
1 Ohio St.
16 Tex SA / ARLR
8 Cincinnati
9 Tennessee
Washington, DC
5 Texas A&M
12 Harvard
4 Syracuse
13 Akron
Tampa
6 Temple
11 Michigan St.
3 Florida
14 Indiana St.
Washington, DC
7 Old Dominion
10 Butler
2 Connecticut
15 Wofford

West (Anaheim)
Cleveland
1 Pittsburgh
16 Boston U.
8 Missouri
9 Florida St.
Denver
5 Arizona
12 Memphis
4 Wisconsin
13 Belmont
Tampa
6 Vanderbilt
11 Gonzaga
3 Louisville
14 Morehead St.
Tucson
7 Kansas St.
10 Richmond
2 San Diego St.
15 Northern Colorado


Southwest (San Antonio)
Tulsa
1 Kansas
16 Hampton / Alabama St.
8 UNLV
9 UCLA
Chicago
5 St. John's
12 Virginia Tech / UAB
4 Purdue
13 Oakland
Tucson
6 Georgetown
11 Georgia
3 Kentucky
14 Long Island
Charlotte
7 Xavier
10 Illinois
2 North Carolina
15 St. Peter's

Southeast (New Orleans)
Charlotte
1 Duke
16 N.C. Asheville
8 George Mason
9 Villanova
Denver
5 West Virginia
12 Michigan / St. Mary's
4 Brigham Young
13 Princeton
Tulsa
6 Utah St.
11 Clemson
3 Texas
14 Bucknell
Chicago
7 Washington
10 Penn State
2 Notre Dame
15 UCSB