College Basketball is Almost Here

Thrilled to be back for another year doing Bracketology

Last year we once again finished inside the top 20, a real accomplishment due to the committee making honestly some horrific decisions on selecting teams. That being said hope to get 68/68 once again this year.

I'll have a preseason bracket up here in a few weeks but until then get amped!

2015-2016 FINAL Bracket

1 Seeds: Kansas, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan State

2 Seeds: Villanova, Oregon, Oklahoma, West Virginia

3 Seeds: Utah, Miami, Xavier, Texas A&M

4 Seeds: Indiana, Purdue, Kentucky, Duke

5 Seeds: Texas, California, Maryland, Iowa State

6 Seeds: Arizona, Baylor, Seton Hall, Notre Dame

7 Seeds: Dayton, Iowa, Wisconsin, St. Joes

8 Seeds: Oregon State, Texas Tech, Colorado, Providence

9 Seeds: Butler, Cincinnati, VCU, Connecticut

10 Seeds: Wichita State, USC, Gonzaga, St. Bonaventure

11 Seeds: Monmouth, SDSU, Temple, Michigan, St. Mary's, UA-LR

12 Seeds: Northern Iowa, Yale, South Dakota State, Chattanooga

13 Seeds: Fresno State, Stony Brook, Hawaii, UNC-Wilmington

14 Seeds: Iona, Buffalo, Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin

15 Seeds: Weber State, CSU-Bakersfield, UNC-Asheville, Green Bay

16 Seeds: Florida Gulf Coast, Hampton, Holy Cross, Austin Peay, Fairleigh Dickinson, Southern

First 4 Out: Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Syracuse

Who do you think I have too high or too low? Will Pittsburgh get in over Michigan?

3/13 2AM Bracket

Here is an updated bracket heading into the Sunday games, South Carolina is a team I'm really down on, wouldn't be surprised if they get axed from the field by lock tomorrow:

1 Seeds: Kansas, Virginia, Villanova, North Carolina

2 Seeds: Michigan State, Oregon, Oklahoma, West Virginia

3 Seeds: Utah, Miami, Xavier, Texas A&M

4 Seeds: Indiana, Purdue, Kentucky, Duke

5 Seeds: Texas, California, Maryland, Iowa State

6 Seeds: Arizona, Baylor, Seton Hall, Notre Dame

7 Seeds: Dayton, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado

8 Seeds: Providence, St. Joes, Texas Tech, Oregon State

9 Seeds: USC, Butler, Cincinnati, Connecticut

10 Seeds: VCU, Pittsburgh, Wichita State, Gonzaga

11 Seeds: St. Bonaventure, South Carolina, Monmouth, SDSU, Temple, UA-LR

12 Seeds: Northern Iowa, Yale, South Dakota State, Chattanooga

13 Seeds: Fresno State, Stony Brook, Hawaii, UNC-Wilmington

14 Seeds: Iona, Buffalo, Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin

15 Seeds: Weber State, CSU-Bakersfield, UNC-Asheville, Green Bay

16 Seeds: Florida Gulf Coast, Hampton, Holy Cross, Austin Peay, Fairleigh Dickinson, Southern

First 4 Out: St. Mary's, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Syracuse

Thoughts:

• Michigan State gets the final 1 seed over UNC if they win the Big X title game... UVA is the one that should fall out but they have the best resume of the other contenders including wins over Villanova and North Carolina

- Going to go full line-by-line tomorrow before selection show, only got through 5 lines team-by-team, rest a rough look using resumes

After the 3/11 Games!!!

1 Seeds: Kansas, Villanova, Virginia, Oklahoma

2 Seeds: Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia

3 Seeds: Xavier, Miami FL, Utah, Kentucky

4 Seeds: Indiana, Texas A&M, Purdue, Maryland

5 Seeds: Duke, Arizona, California, Baylor

6 Seeds: Iowa State, Texas, Iowa, Seton Hall

7 Seeds: Notre Dame, Dayton, Wisconsin, Providence

8 Seeds: Colorado, Texas Tech, Oregon State, St. Joe's

9 Seeds: USC, Cincinnati, Wichita State, St. Bonaventure

10 Seeds: Butler, South Carolina, VCU, Gonzaga

11 Seeds: Pittsburgh, Uconn, Monmouth, Michigan, Temple, SDSU

12 Seeds: UA-LR, Akron, UNI, SDSU

13 Seeds: Yale, UNC-Wilmington, Chattanooga, Stony Brook

14 Seeds: Stephen F. Austin, Hawaii, Iona, Middle Tennessee

15 Seeds: UW-GB, New Mexico St., Weber State, UNC-Ashville

16 Seeds: Florida Gulf Coast, Hampton, Holy Cross, Austin Peay, Fairleigh Dickinson, Jackson State

First Three Out: St. Mary's, Vanderbilt, Tulsa

The Madness Week is Here!!!

Boy has this NCAA season gotten away from me, but been watching tons of games and expect daily brackets through Sunday! As always use the comments with questions!

March 9th Bracket

1. Kansas, Villanova, Oklahoma, UVA
2. Michigan St. UNC, Xavier, Oregon
3. Miami, WVU, Utah, Kentucky
4. Indiana, Purdue, Maryland, Duke
5. Texas AM, Iowa State, California, Texas
6. Arizona, Iowa, Baylor, Notre Dame
7. Dayton, Wisconsin, Seton Hall, Colorado
8. Texas Tech, Providence, USC, St. Joes
9. Oregon State, Butler, South Carolina, Cincinnati
10. Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh, Wichita State, Monmouth
11. St. Bonaventure, Syracuse, VCU, Gonzaga, Temple, SDSU
12. Ark-Little Rock, UNI, Akron, Yale
13. UNC-Wilmington, Chattangooga, South Dakota State, Stony Brook
14. Iona, Hawaii, Stephen F. Austin, UAB
15. UWGB, NM St., Weber State, Lehigh
16. UNC-Ashville, Florida Gulf Coast, Austin Peay, Texas Southern, Hampton, Fairleigh Dickinson

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