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Bracketology: Predicting the 2012 NCAA Tournament Field

By Jamal Murphy

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If you think preseason Top 25 polls are pointless and impossible to predict, then wait until you try to predict the NCAA Tournament field.

Pointless or not, the college basketball nerd in me has forced me to have at it. Below are my 2011-12 field and seed predictions.

P.S.: Don’t hold me to these…

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

Big East – 9
Big Ten – 6
Big 12 – 6
ACC – 6
SEC – 5
Pac 12 – 4
CUSA – 2
MWC – 2
WCC – 3
A-10 – 3
CAA – 2

THE SEEDS

  • 1 SEEDS: North Carolina; Kentucky; Ohio State; Connecticut
  • 2 SEEDS: Pittsburgh; Vanderbilt; Syracuse; Duke
  • 3 SEEDS: Florida; Louisville; Xavier; Arizona
  • 4 SEEDS: UCLA; Memphis; Kansas; California
  • 5 SEEDS: Baylor; Gonzaga; Michigan State; Villanova
  • 6 SEEDS: Michigan; Florida State; Marquette; Temple
  • 7 SEEDS: Wisconsin; Alabama; Washington; New Mexico
  • 8 SEEDS: Cincinnati; Missouri; Virginia; Miami
  • 9 SEEDS: Georgetown; UNLV; Belmont; Purdue
  • 10 SEEDS: St. Mary’s; West Virginia; Illinois; Clemson
  • 11 SEEDS: Drexel; Texas; BYU; Detroit
  • 12 SEEDS: Oklahoma State; VCU/Saint Louis; UCF/Texas A&M; Mississippi State
  • 13 SEEDS: Wichita State; Harvard; Long Beach State; Fairfield
  • 14 SEEDS: Kent State; Nevada; Oral Roberts; Davidson
  • 15 SEEDS: Long Island; Bucknell; Tennessee Tech; Weber State
  • 16 SEEDS: Stony Brook; UNC Asheville; Morgan State/Miss. Valley State; Florida Atlantic/UTSA
  • LAST FOUR IN: VCU; UCF; Texas A&M; Saint Louis
  • LAST FOUR OUT: Marshall; George Mason; Maryland; Notre Dame

Well there are my predictions. What are your thoughts on the field? Any teams that are too high or too low?

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