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By Doug Winkey

Mar 18, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; General view of the NCAA logo at midcourt prior to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Basketball Championship a the Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 18, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; General view of the NCAA logo at midcourt prior to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Basketball Championship a the Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 18, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; General view of the NCAA logo at midcourt prior to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Basketball Championship a the Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 18, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; General view of the NCAA logo at midcourt prior to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Basketball Championship a the Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

The NCAA Basketball Tournament is approaching, so it’s time to begin some Bracketology predictions for this year’s field of 64.

With March quickly approaching, bracket predictions for the 2016 NCAA Tournament are about to begin rolling out. We have another month or so before March Madness so here is a seeding breakdown and analysis to this point. This is Busting Bracketology.

A lot of these low seeds will contain teams who are in tight races for regular season titles.  Most of these projections are based on who will likely win regular season, because it is typically impossible to predict Cinderella runs in tournament week.

(Note: seed projections are for the final field of 64 and do not include possible play-in matchups)

Here’s a quick breakdown of the predictions by conference:

Apr 4, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Official game balls on a ball rack during Wisconsin Badgers practice before the semifinals of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Mens Division I Championship tournament at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 4, 2014; Arlington, TX, USA; Official game balls on a ball rack during Wisconsin Badgers practice before the semifinals of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Mens Division I Championship tournament at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

ACC: 8 teams
Pac-12: 7 teams
Big 12: 6 teams
Big Ten: 6 teams
SEC: 6 teams
Atlantic-10: 3 teams
Big East: 3 teams
West Coast Conference: 2 teams
American Athletic Conference: 2 teams
America East: Stony Brook
Atlantic Sun: North Florida
Big Sky: Montana
Big West: UC-Irvine
Colonial: UNC Wilmington
Conference USA: UAB
Horizon: Valparaiso
Ivy: Yale
MAAC: Monmouth
MAC: Northern Illinois
MEAC: Hampton
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Mountain West: San Diego State
Ohio Valley: Belmont
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
SWAC: Texas Southern
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas-Little Rock
WAC: Grand Canyon

All statistics via ESPN.com

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