Bradford’s Bracket Breakdown

Story posted March 11, 2015 in CommRadio, Sports by Bradford Conners

Notes:

1) The following is how I would seed the NCAA Tournament field after the conclusion of games on Tuesday, March 10th. The seeds are based off of what teams have done to this point, not projections of how I think they will end up.

2) For conferences that have not yet completed their conference tournament, I chose the highest remaining seed.

#1 Seeds: Kentucky, Virginia, Duke, Villanova

#2 Seeds: Arizona, Wisconsin, Gonzaga, Kansas

#3 Seeds: Maryland, Notre Dame, Iowa State, Baylor

#4 Seeds: Louisville, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Northern Iowa

#5 Seeds: North Carolina, Georgetown, Utah, Arkansas

#6 Seeds: SMU, Butler, Wichita State, Providence

#7 Seeds: VCU, Cincinnati, San Diego State, Michigan State

#8 Seeds: LSU, Iowa, NC State, Ohio State

#9 Seeds: St. John’s, Oregon, Georgia, Davidson

#10 Seeds: Dayton, Purdue, Oklahoma State, Texas

#11 Seeds: Indiana, Ole Miss, Xavier/Illinois, BYU/Miami (FL)

#12 Seeds: Boise State, Wofford, Stephen F. Austin, Valparaiso

#13 Seeds: Central Michigan, UC Davis, Louisiana Tech, Harvard

#14 Seeds: Northeastern, Georgia State, Texas Southern, North Dakota State

#15 Seeds: Albany, Belmont, New Mexico State, Coastal Carolina

#16 Seeds: North Florida, NC Central, Lafayette/Robert Morris, Montana/Manhattan

On the Bubble

Last 4 In: Xavier, BYU, Miami (FL), Illinois

First 6 Out: UCLA, Texas A&M, Old Dominion, Temple, Colorado State, Tulsa

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 8

ACC: 7

Big 12: 7

Big East: 6

SEC: 5

Atlantic 10: 3

Pac-12: 3

American: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Mountain West: 2

West Coast: 2

All Others: 1