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