Posted March 14, 2013
Bracket Watch: Conference Conflict Plagues Seedings
Creighton’s conference conflict may have been ironed out, but others remain. (Nati Harnik/AP)
Saint Mary’s remains in the bracket for now, but drops into the First Four, which is not a great place to be this early in championship week, when a lot of teams below you can still pick up quality wins. The rematch between Creighton and Boise State was fixed, but there are still numerous conference conflicts in the same halves of regions that would require significant seed manipulation to try to avoid. Until Thursday’s update, when we start seeing things really re-shape, we’ll try to keep true to seed ordering to give the most representative picture.
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| 2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket |
| EAST (Washington, D.C.) |
MIDWEST (Indianapolis) |
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| Philadelphia |
Dayton |
| 1. Duke |
1. Indiana* (Big Ten) |
| 16. Liberty * (Big South)/LIU Brooklyn* (Northeast) |
16. Southern* (SWAC)/ Western Kentucky* (Sun Belt) |
| 8. Illinois |
8. Notre Dame |
| 9. Colorado |
9. California |
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| San Jose |
Austin |
| 5. Syracuse |
5. Saint Louis* (Atlantic 10) |
| 12. Belmont* (Ohio Valley) |
12. Saint Mary’s/Kentucky |
| 4. Oklahoma State |
4. Kansas State |
| 13. Davidson* (SoCon) |
13. Akron* (MAC) |
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| Dayton |
Austin |
| 6. VCU |
6. Creighton* (Missouri Valley) |
| 11. Boise State |
11. Cincinnati |
| 3. Marquette |
3. Florida |
| 14. Harvard* (Ivy) |
14. Iona* (MAAC) |
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| Auburn Hills |
Lexington |
| 7. UNLV |
7. North Carolina |
| 10. Wichita State |
10. San Diego State |
| 2. Michigan |
2. Louisville* (Big East) |
| 15. Vermont* (America East) |
15. Montana* (Big Sky) |
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| WEST (Los Angeles) |
SOUTH (Arlington, TX) |
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| Salt Lake City |
Kansas City |
| 1. Gonzaga* (West Coast) |
1. Kansas* (Big 12) |
| 16. James Madison* (Colonial) |
Norfolk State* (MEAC) |
| 8. Minnesota |
8. Missouri |
| 9. Oregon |
9. North Carolina State |
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| San Jose |
Kansas City |
| 5. Wisconsin |
5. UCLA* (Pac-12) |
| 12. Bucknell* (Patriot) |
12. La Salle/Tennessee |
| 4. Arizona |
4. Ohio State |
| 13. Valparaiso* (Horizon) |
13. South Dakota State* (Summit) |
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| Salt Lake City |
Auburn Hills |
| 6. Pittsburgh |
6. Colorado State |
| 11. Temple |
11. Iowa State |
| 3. New Mexico* (Mountain West) |
3. Michigan State |
| 14. Stephen F. Austin* (Southland) |
Louisiana Tech* (WAC) |
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| Lexington |
Philadelphia |
| 7. Butler |
7. Memphis* (Conference USA) |
| 10. Villanova |
10. Oklahoma |
| 2. Miami (Fla.)* (ACC) |
2. Georgetown |
| 15. Long Beach State* (Big West) |
15. Florida Gulf Coast* (Atlantic Sun) |
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*Designated auto-bid winners from each conference. Auto bids are determined by team with the best RPI of those with the fewest league losses.
Last four in: Saint Mary’s, La Salle, Tennessee, Kentucky
Last four out: Virginia, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi, Baylor
New at-large teams in: None
Old at-large teams out: None
Bids by conference: Big East (8); Big Ten (7); Pac-12, Mountain West, Big 12 and Atlantic 10 (5); ACC, SEC (4); Missouri Valley and West Coast (2)
Why would North Carolina be a #7 and ND a #8? NC hasn't been a ranked team all season. ND's beaten 2.
fifthperiodlunch.com has a better write up about the tournament!
Too many big 10 teams
Glockner, you're an idiot. This projection is a joke!
Can someone please explain why Cincinnati gets treated like a step child every year? And no, I'm not a fan so skip that comeback. They get roasted last year for playing nobody in their out of conference schedule, this year they play 3 possibly 4 tournament teams beating 3 of them and losing by 1 to the other. They have the 16th SOS, play in the brutal big east yet have 21 wins and they're the last 4 in going to a play in game? Sports Illustrated is on the bottom notch of bracketology...might as well just give it up. I would love to have you clowns in my bracket pool. Every year I see yours I piss my pants with laughter.
In the last week Ohio State beat Michigan State (2 seed by you), Indiana on the road (1 seed by you) and Illinois (8 seed by you) and you have them as a number 4? What color is the sky in your world?
I don't see where all the love for TN comes from. Most of the Bracket gurus think Kentucky is one of the last 4 in, but seem to readily admit TN belongs in over AL, Ole Miss and KY. While I agree the SEC was down this year, who has TN beaten beside FLA ?
@g1818miller ,,, florida, kentucky, wichita st., mizzou, alabama, and you could argue xavier was a decent win as well
what's with the idiot media? since feb 1, here is the score:
ohio state 7-3 (projected 4 seed)
michigan state 6-3 (projected 3 seed)
michigan 5-5 (projected 2 seed)
good grief, glockner, do you even follow college ball?
Way to many teams from the Big 10. That conference is way over rated.
Glockner is lost. This bracket is nonsense!
Cincinnati's resume is far superior to Iowa State's. And they won head to head. Cincinnati has 1 more top 100 win, 1 more top 50 win. Iowa State has 2 losses outside top 100. Cincinnati has zero. Their RPIs are a wash. Iowa State is 5-9 away from home, Cincinnati is 8-5.
Also Iowa State has just one top-100 win away from home. Cincinnati has four. But maybe he's using best overall win to put Iowa State higher? Well whoops, Cincinnati has that too with a win over #11 Marquette where ISU's best is over #20 Kansas State. Just baffling.
As an ND fan, if we got stuck in a region with Indiana AND Louisville, I might cry.
@aboehm15 Joe Lunardi has us as a #7 seed in the East. We would play #2 Ohio State in the 2nd round. I like his projection a lot better!