How I Did

I think the committee did a pretty good job in seeding the bracket overall.  There were no shocking inclusions, and none of the seeds were that ridiculous.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with how I did in my first year of doing a mock bracket.  I correctly placed 35 out of 37 at-large teams, incorrectly predicting Drexel and Seton Hall. I seeded 34 teams on the correct seed line and 62 within one seed line.  My other four picks were all within 2 seed lines.  I couldn't have asked for a much better first bracket.  We'll see how I stacked up with everyone tomorrow when the Bracket Project releases its rankings board.

I'll write up a post tomorrow for The Basketball Post about Selection Sunday and some intriguing match-ups.  I'll also post my bracket picks here later in the week.

Kyle

Final Bracket for 3-11-12

Here's my final bracket update before Selection Sunday (in about an hour and a half).  I'm really excited to see how my bracket stacks up with everyone else.  My bracket will be a  part of the Bracket Project, which ranks every bracketologist, so we'll see how I did.  So, without further ado, here's what I think the bracket will be for the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Note: Bracket goes in snake order:
1: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
2: 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th
and so on.

1: Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, Michigan State

2: Duke, Missouri, Ohio State, Kansas

3: Marquette, Baylor, Michigan, Louisville

4: Vanderbilt, Indiana, Wisconsin, Georgetown

5: Florida State, Murray State, Wichita State, UNLV

6: New Mexico, St. Mary’s, Temple, Florida

7: Creighton, San Diego State, Memphis, Cincinnati

8: Kansas State, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Notre Dame

9: Alabama, Purdue, Connecticut, St. Louis

10: Virginia, West Virginia, Harvard, Southern Miss

11: California, VCU, Colorado State, Xavier

12: Long Beach State, Drexel/BYU, NC State/Seton Hall, Texas

13: Colorado, Belmont, Davidson, Ohio

14: St. Bonaventure, Montana, New Mexico State, South Dakota State

15: Lehigh, LIU- Brooklyn, Loyola- Maryland, Detroit

16: Western Kentucky/Lamar, Vermont/Miss Valley State, UNC- Asheville, Norfolk State

Last Four In: Drexel, NC State, Seton Hall, BYU

First Four Out: USF, Iona, Marshall, Miami (FL)

Next Four Out: Mississippi State, Northwestern, Washington, Oral Roberts

It's finally time for the best week of the year, so sit back and enjoy the games!  I'll be posting a couple of different bracket analysis pieces this week to help you make your picks.  Happy March Madness!

Seedings for 3-2-12

This is my bracket up to the end of Thursday night's games.  This is to compenate for not having an update next week, as I'll be away from March 3rd-March 10th in Haiti.  Unfortunately, this will give me one day to put together my final product for bracketology, as Selection Sunday is the next day.  But, I'll make due, and I'll have it posted sometime that Sunday.  Thanks for reading!

Note: Bracket goes in snake order:
1: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
2: 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th
and so on.

1 Seeds: Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke, Kansas

2 Seeds: Missouri, Ohio State, North Carolina, Michigan State

3 Seeds: Marquette, Indiana, Baylor, Georgetown

4 Seeds: Wichita State, Michigan, Louisville, Wisconsin

5 Seeds: UNLV, Murray State, Florida State, St. Mary’s

6 Seeds: Vanderbilt, Temple, Florida, San Diego State

7 Seeds: New Mexico, Creighton, Notre Dame, Purdue

8 Seeds: Iowa State, Kansas State Memphis, Gonzaga

9 Seeds: Harvard, Southern Miss, Alabama, California

10 Seeds: BYU, West Virginia, St. Louis, Virginia

11 Seeds: Seton Hall, Mississippi State, Connecticut, Washington

12 Seeds: Northwestern, VCU, South Florida, Texas, Cincinnati, Colorado State

13 Seeds: Long Beach State, Drexel, Iona, Oral Roberts

14 Seeds: Weber State, Davidson, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State

15 Seeds: Nevada, Bucknell, Valparaiso, Akron

16 Seeds: Savannah State, Miss. Valley State, Stony Brook, UNC- Asheville, LIU- Brooklyn,  UT- Arlington

Last Four In: Northwestern,VCU, South Florida, Texas

First Four Out: Xavier, Miami, Oregon, Arizona