Year 8, The First Bracket

Its amazing that this is my 8th year doing Bracketology as part of the Bracket Matrix, I enjoy it every year and this year I hope to get back into more regular updates (The lack of updates I'm sure led to my down year last year), as life as calmed down a bit.

For those of you who don't know, Bracketology is simply the science of picking the seeds of the NCAA Men's tournament based on their resumes (think CFP but for 68 teams).

With that here is the opening bracket of the year!

December 9^th Bracket

1 Seeds: Michigan State, Kansas,  Kentucky Duke

2. Iowa State, Maryland, Oklahoma, North Carolina

3. Purdue, Villanova, Xavier, Virginia

4. Louisville, Miami FL, Arizona, Baylor

5. West Virginia, Butler,  Providence, Vanderbilt

6. Syracuse, Oregon, Cincinnati, Dayton

7. Gonzaga, Utah, UConn, Texas A&M

8. Notre Dame, Iowa, Georgetown, George Washington

9. Pittsburgh, California,  Indiana, Wisconsin

10. Florida, Michigan, UCLA, San Diego State

11.  Valparaiso, Florida State, UNLV, VCU, Wichita State

12. Belmont, William and Mary, Arizona State, Monmouth, Northern Iowa

13. South Dakota State, Stony Brook, Chattanooga, Akron

14. UC Irvine, Iona, Yale, Old Dominion

15. UL-Monroe, High Point, Stephen F. Austin, North Florida

16. New Mexico State, Boston University, Hampton,  Weber St., Mount St. Mary’s, Southern

3/15/2015 FINAL Brackets

If UConn Loses American & Georgia State wins Sun Belt,

1. Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, Wisconsin
2. Virginia, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas
3. Notre Dame, Iowa State, Maryland, Baylor
4. UNC, Louisville, Utah, Northern Iowa
5. Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Wichita State
6. VCU, SMU, Georgetown, Michigan State
7. Providence, Butler, Xavier, Oregon
8. San Diego State, Iowa, NC State, Ohio State
9. St. Johns, Davidson, Dayton, Georgia
10. Colorado State, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, LSU
11.  BYU, Indiana, Purdue, Ole Miss, Texas, Temple
12.  Stephen F Austin, Wyoming, Wofford, Valpo
13.  Harvard, Buffalo, Georgia State, Eastern Washington
14. Northeastern, UC-Irvine, North Dakota State, New Mexico State
15. Belmont, Albany, UAB, Coastal Carolina
16. Texas Southern, Lafayette, North Florida, Manhattan, Hampton, Robert Morris

If UConn Loses American & Georgia Southern wins Sun Belt,

1.   Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, Wisconsin

2.   Virginia, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas

3.   Notre Dame, Iowa State, Maryland, Baylor

4.   UNC, Louisville, Utah, Northern Iowa

5.   Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Wichita State

6.   VCU, SMU, Georgetown, Michigan State

7.   Providence, Butler, Xavier, Oregon

8.   San Diego State, Iowa, NC State, Ohio State

9.   St. Johns, Davidson, Dayton, Georgia

10. Colorado State, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, LSU

11. BYU, Indiana, Purdue, Ole Miss, Texas, Temple

12. Stephen F Austin, Wyoming, Wofford, Valpo

13. Harvard, Buffalo, Northeastern, Eastern Washington

14. Belmont, UC-Irvine, North Dakota State, New Mexico State

15. Georgia Southern, Albany, UAB, Coastal Carolina

16. Texas Southern, Lafayette, North Florida, Manhattan, Hampton, Robert Morris

If UConn Wins American & Georgia State wins Sun Belt,

1.   Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, Wisconsin

2.   Virginia, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas

3.   Notre Dame, Iowa State, Maryland, Baylor

4.   UNC, Louisville, Utah, Northern Iowa

5.   Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Wichita State

6.   VCU, SMU, Georgetown, Michigan State

7.   Providence, Butler, Xavier, Oregon

8.   San Diego State, Iowa, NC State, Ohio State

9.   St. Johns, Davidson, Dayton, Georgia

10. Colorado State, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, LSU

11. BYU, Indiana, Purdue, UConn, Stephen F. Austin

12. Ole Miss, Temple, Wyoming, Wofford, Valpo

13. Harvard, Buffalo, Georgia State, Eastern Washington

14. Northeastern, UC-Irvine, North Dakota State, New Mexico State

15. Belmont, Albany, UAB, Coastal Carolina

16. Texas Southern, Lafayette, North Florida, Manhattan, Hampton, Robert Morris

If UConn wins American and Georgia Southern wins Sun Belt,

1.   Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, Wisconsin

2.   Virginia, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas

3.   Notre Dame, Iowa State, Maryland, Baylor

4.   UNC, Louisville, Utah, Northern Iowa

5.   Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Wichita State

6.   VCU, SMU, Georgetown, Michigan State

7.   Providence, Butler, Xavier, Oregon

8.   San Diego State, Iowa, NC State, Ohio State

9.   St. Johns, Davidson, Dayton, Georgia

10. Colorado State, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, LSU

11. BYU, Indiana, Purdue, UConn, Stephen F. Austin

12. Ole Miss, Temple, Wyoming, Wofford, Valpo

13. Harvard, Buffalo, Northeastern, Eastern Washington

14. Belmont, UC-Irvine, North Dakota State, New Mexico State

15. Georgia State, Albany, UAB, Coastal Carolina

16. Texas Southern, Lafayette, North Florida, Manhattan, Hampton, Robert Morris

3/14/2015

1: Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, Wisconsin

2: Virginia, Arizona, Kansas, Gonzaga

3. Notre Dame, Maryland, Iowa State, Oklahoma

4. Baylor, Northern Iowa, Louisville, Utah

5. UNC, Wichita State, Georgetown, SMU

6. Arkansas, Butler, Providence, WVU

7. Michigan State, VCU, SDSU, Iowa

8. St. John’s, Ohio State, Xavier, Oregon

9. NC State, Dayton, Davidson, Colorado State

10. Cincinnati, Georgia, Oklahoma State, Boise State

11. Texas, LSU, Purdue, Temple, Ole Miss

12. Indiana, BYU, Stephen F. Austin, Wofford, Valpo

13. Harvard, Central Michigan, Georgia State, Eastern Washington

14. Northeastern, North Dakota State, Belmont, New Mexico State

15. UAB, Coastal Carolina, Manhattan, Texas Southern,

16. Lafayette, North Florida, Robert Morris, Delaware State, UC Irvine

Changes I wish I had guts to make

1. Switching ND/Gonzaga

2. Switching WVU/MSU

3. Putting BYU on the 11 and Ole Miss on the 12