The Bracket Project: 2012

Friday, November 9, 2012

Welcome back! 2012-13 Edition

Tonight marks the beginning of a brand new season of college basketball and another edition of The Bracket Project. My first bracket projection won't be released until January 2013 but you can see the Bracket Matrix right now.

If you want to contribute to the matrix, please read this:

1. You need to set up a web site to place your bracket that will be consistent throughout the season. A blog will do. A web site will most definitely do. A bracket posted on a message board will not do. The link will change frequently and will get lost in various discussions, making it difficult for the average reader to find it. (Exception: A message board devoted exclusively to bracketology.) Also, you can't post it on Facebook or some other social networking site because not everyone can access it. However, in order to promote discussion, an email address or some comment platform must be provided so that readers can praise or criticize your bracket.

2. You have to tell me where your site is. I don't have a sixth sense when it comes to finding these things. I rely on you and readers like you to tell me what kind of sites to add to this page.

3. The NCAA sets up procedures and principles for building a bracket. Read them! A seriously flawed bracket won't be posted. However, if your seedings are out of the norm, I'll still most likely post it provided that the principles are followed and you have an explanation as to why you've built the bracket like you did. I reserve the right to not post a bracket with something like a winless team as a #1 seed.

4. Please date-stamp your bracket. Brackets of a certain age will be removed from the list, and if there's no date-stamp, obviously I can't tell when your bracket was updated.

5. To make it easier on me, please format your bracket so that at least half of it can be seen on the screen at any one time. You can make it even easier for me by publishing a seed list of your 68 teams. Brackets must have at least 48 seeded teams to be listed in the matrix. Sites that merely list teams with no seeding can be linked to the page but will not be added to the matrix. To be listed in the final matrix of the season, you must have all 68 seeded teams.

6. No new sites will be added to the 2013 page after March 1, 2013 unless you appear in the rankings page (linked to the side), in which case, you will be grandfathered in. In addition, no bracket will be accepted to the final matrix of the season after the beginning of the Selection Sunday show.

7. Link to my site! I've linked to yours!

8. I'm only one guy. If this could pay me what I get at my regular job, I'd update this site 24/7. That simply is not the case. If someone else can do this better, I'll gladly step aside, but from the looks of it, I'm the only (crazy) one. So if you don't see your site on here, an update hasn't been done for a while or I don't respond to you, I hope you'll understand why.

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Bracket Project Predictions - 2012

As you know, everything I do for this site is based on forming the bracket. Everything afterwards is up to you. So here's my filled-out bracket, all based on my gut feeling and the 5 minutes I had after lunch today. I think I spent more time typing it up.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/BracketProjectPrediction2012.pdf

Sunday, March 11, 2012

FINAL NIT BRACKET PROJECTION - 2012

Just like the NCAA bracket, I could see quite a few teams not in my final NIT bracket make it into the field, but this is what I settled on.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT2012FINAL.pdf

FINAL BRACKET PROJECTION - 2012

Here it is. I didn't check for rematches, but right now, that's not important.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/2012FINAL.pdf

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Seed Lists - March 10

Remember to check out the matrix to catch other people's opinions on today's events.

NCAA Seed List for games thru March 9

My final list (and possibly bracket) will be published shortly after the start of the Big 10 championship.

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, Ohio State
2 - Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, Duke
3 - Baylor, Wisconsin, Marquette, Michigan
4 - Wichita State, Indiana, Georgetown, Louisville
5 - Florida State, New Mexico, Florida, Temple
6 - Murray State, Memphis, UNLV, Creighton
7 - St. Mary's (CA), Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, Notre Dame
8 - Saint Louis, Iowa State, Gonzaga, San Diego State
9 - Purdue, Kansas State, Alabama, Virginia
10 - Texas, Connecticut, California, Southern Miss
11 - West Virginia, Harvard, Virginia Commonwealth, BYU
12 - Long Beach State, North Carolina State, Belmont, Xavier
13 - Seton Hall, Drexel, South Dakota State, Colorado State, South Florida, Arizona
14 - Akron, Davidson, New Mexico State, Montana
15 - Lehigh, Loyola (MD), Lamar, NC-Asheville
16 - Western Kentucky, Mississippi Valley State, Stony Brook, Norfolk State, LIU-Brooklyn, Detroit

NIT Seed List for games thru March 9

My final bracket will be published after the NCAA Selection Show.

1 - Miami, Iona, Northwestern, Marshall
2 - Oregon, Washington, Tennessee, Mississippi State
3 - Middle Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, Dayton
4 - St. Joseph's, Colorado, Oral Roberts, Nevada
5 - Minnesota, Stanford, Massachusetts, Central Florida
6 - St. Bonaventure, Illinois, Wyoming, LSU
7 - UCLA, Northern Iowa, Pittsburgh, La Salle
8 - Bucknell, Texas-Arlington, Valparaiso, Savannah State

Friday, March 9, 2012

Seed List - March 9

NCAA Seed List thru games of March 8

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, Kansas
2 - Ohio State, Michigan State, Duke, Missouri
3 - Indiana, Baylor, Marquette, Michigan
4 - Wichita State, Wisconsin, Georgetown, UNLV
5 - Temple, Louisville, Florida State, Florida
6 - Creighton, Vanderbilt, Memphis, Murray State
7 - New Mexico, Gonzaga, St. Mary's (CA), Notre Dame
8 - Kansas State, Iowa State, San Diego State, St. Louis
9 - Virginia, Alabama, Purdue, California
10 - Connecticut, Texas, Cincinnati, Harvard
11 - West Virginia, Southern Miss, Virginia Commonwealth, Miami
12 - Belmont, Long Beach State, BYU, Colorado State
13 - Seton Hall, South Florida, Drexel, Xavier, Washington, South Dakota State
14 - Davidson, Akron, Nevada, Montana
15 - Lehigh, Loyola-Maryland, Lamar, NC-Asheville
16 - Detroit, LIU-Brooklyn, Stony Brook, Norfolk State, Western Kentucky, Mississippi Valley State

NIT Seed List thru games of March 8

Made a small typo, so this may have changed since you last read it.

Currently, 7 regular season conference champions are on this list.

1 - Iona, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Tennessee
2 - Oregon, Dayton, Mississippi State, Middle Tennessee
3 - Arizona, St. Joseph's, Minnesota, Oral Roberts
4 - New Mexico State, La Salle, Marshall, Mississippi
5 - UCF, Ohio, Wyoming, Colorado
6 - Illinois, Massachusetts, LSU, Stanford
7 - Northern Iowa, UCLA, Pittsburgh, St. Bonaventure
8 - Bucknell, Texas-Arlington, Valparaiso, Savannah State

If I have time today, I'll make some brackets for these seed lists.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Bracket - March 5

NCAA Seed List thru games of March 4 (not in S-Curve order)

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, Kansas
2 - Michigan State, Missouri, Ohio State, Duke
3 - Baylor, Indiana, Marquette, Michigan
4 - Georgetown, Wisconsin, Wichita State, UNLV
5 - Temple, Florida, Vanderbilt, New Mexico
6 - Florida State, Creighton, Gonzaga, Memphis
7 - Saint Louis, Louisville, Iowa State, Murray State
8 - Notre Dame, Alabama, San Diego State, Kansas State
9 - Purdue, St. Mary's (CA), Virginia, California
10 - West Virginia, Connecticut, Harvard, Southern Miss
11 - Long Beach State, Cincinnati, BYU, Texas
12 - Northwestern, Colorado State, Virginia Commonwealth, Miami, Belmont
13 - South Florida, Xavier, Drexel, Washington, Oral Roberts
14 - Denver, Nevada, Akron, Davidson
15 - Montana, Bucknell, Texas-Arlington, Valparaiso
16 - Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State, Long Island, Savannah State, NC-Asheville, Loyola-Maryland

Due to time devoted to the matrix, this bracket may not conform to principles.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/030512.pdf
NIT Seed List thru games of March 4

Please keep in mind regular season conference champions who do not make the NCAA tournament get an automatic bid here.

1 - Seton Hall, North Carolina State, Oregon, Mississippi State
2 - St. Joseph's, Dayton, Middle Tennessee, Iona
3 - Tennessee, South Dakota State, Central Florida, Arizona
4 - Minnesota, Illinois, New Mexico State, Ohio
5 - UCLA, Wyoming, Mississippi, La Salle
6 - Marshall, Stanford, Arkansas, Northern Iowa
7 - Colorado, Cleveland State, Massachusetts, LSU
8 - Wagner, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, George Mason

Due to time devoted to the matrix, this bracket may not conform to principles.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT030512.pdf

Friday, March 2, 2012

Bracket - March 2

NCAA

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State, Kansas
2 - Ohio State, Missouri, Duke, North Carolina
3 - Baylor, Michigan, Marquette, Georgetown
4 - Florida, Wichita State, Indiana, Wisconsin
5 - New Mexico, UNLV, Vanderbilt, Louisville
6 - Florida State, Temple, Gonzaga, Creighton
7 - Murray State, Memphis, Purdue, Kansas State
8 - Saint Louis, Iowa State, Alabama, Notre Dame
9 - St. Mary's (CA), Virginia, San Diego State, California
10 - BYU, Long Beach State, Texas, Connecticut
11 - Seton Hall, Cincinnati, Harvard, Southern Miss
12 - Iona, West Virginia, Belmont, Middle Tennessee
13 - Miami, South Florida, Virginia Commonwealth, Washington, Northwestern, Colorado State
14 - Drexel, Oral Roberts, Davidson, Nevada
15 - Akron, Montana, Texas-Arlington, Bucknell
16 - Valparaiso, Long Island, Savannah State, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State, NC-Asheville

Bracket - http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/030212.pdf

NIT

Note: Seeds 6-8 are very vulnerable to losing their spot to conference champions who do not earn their way to the NCAA tournament.

1 - Arizona, Xavier, North Carolina State, Oregon
2 - St. Joseph's, Mississippi State, Dayton, South Dakota State
3 - Central Florida, Illinois, New Mexico State, Wyoming
4 - Minnesota, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee
5 - LSU, Cleveland State, La Salle, Mississippi
6 - UCLA, Northern Iowa, Stanford, Colorado
7 - Clemson, St. Bonaventure, Marshall, Massachusetts
8 - Wagner, Denver, Loyola (MD), Pittsburgh

Bracket - http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT030212.pdf

Monday, February 27, 2012

Bracket - February 27

Check the matrix for everybody else's opinion.

Also see this year's schedule for the conference tournaments.

NCAA Seed List and Bracket
1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State, Kansas
2 - North Carolina, Duke, Missouri, Ohio State
3 - Marquette, Baylor, Georgetown, Michigan
4 - Florida, Indiana, Wisconsin, Wichita State
5 - UNLV, Louisville, Temple, Vanderbilt
6 - Murray State, Gonzaga, Florida State, New Mexico
7 - Notre Dame, Alabama, Memphis, Virginia
8 - Saint Louis, Kansas State, Iowa State, Creighton
9 - California, St. Mary's (CA), Connecticut, San Diego State
10 - Harvard, Purdue, Texas, Long Beach State
11 - West Virginia, Southern Miss, BYU, Seton Hall
12 - Middle Tennessee, Iona, Miami, Belmont
13 - Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth, Cincinnati, Arizona, Xavier, Washington
14 - Akron, Davidson, Oral Roberts, Drexel
15 - Nevada, Texas-Arlington, Weber State, Bucknell
16 - Savannah State, Mississippi Valley State, Long Island, Stony Brook, UNC-Asheville, Valparaiso

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/022712.pdf

NIT Seed list and bracket

Note that teams seeded 6-8 are very vulnerable and could be replaced by conference champions who do not make the NCAA tournament.

1 - South Florida, St. Joseph's, Dayton, Mississippi State
2 - Oregon, Colorado State, North Carolina State, Central Florida
3 - South Dakota State, Illinois, Ohio, New Mexico State
4 - Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Arkansas, Wyoming
5 - LSU, Marshall, Colorado, UCLA
6 - Cleveland State, Stanford, La Salle, Tennessee
7 - Mississippi, Massachusetts, Clemson, Tulsa
8 - St. Bonaventure, Denver, Wagner, Loyola-Maryland

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT022712.pdf

Friday, February 24, 2012

Bracket - February 24

Check the matrix to see what other bracketologists are thinking.

NCAA Seed list for February 24

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State, Kansas
2 - Ohio State, Missouri, North Carolina, Duke
3 - Baylor, Florida, Marquette, Georgetown
4 - Florida State, Wichita State, Wisconsin, Michigan
5 - Temple, New Mexico, Louisville, UNLV
6 - St. Louis, Vanderbilt, Indiana, Notre Dame
7 - Memphis, Kansas State, Gonzaga, Murray State
8 - Alabama, Virginia, Creighton, California
9 - St. Mary's (CA), Iowa State, San Diego State, Connecticut
10 - BYU, Seton Hall, Southern Miss, Harvard
11 - Purdue, West Virginia, Long Beach State, Texas
12 - Middle Tennessee, Belmont, Miami, Iona
13 - Cincinnati, Arizona, Xavier, Mississippi State, Washington, Northwestern
14 - Virginia Commonwealth, Oral Roberts, Davidson, Akron
15 - Nevada, Texas-Arlington, Weber State, Bucknell
16 - Valparaiso, LIU-Brooklyn, UNC-Asheville, Savannah State, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/022412.pdf

NIT Seed List (note: seeds 6-8 are vulnerable to regular season conference champions who don't earn a spot in the NCAAs)

1 - South Florida, North Carolina State, Colorado State, Oregon
2 - Central Florida, Dayton, St. Joseph's, Illinois
3 - South Dakota State, Drexel, Minnesota, New Mexico State
4 - Northern Iowa, Stanford, Marshall, LSU
5 - Massachusetts, La Salle, Arkansas, Wyoming
6 - UCLA, Ohio, Wagner, Colorado
7 - Mississippi, Maryland, Cleveland State, Tennessee
8 - Tulsa, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Clemson

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT022412.pdf

Monday, February 20, 2012

Bracket - February 20

A brief update as I get the matrix updated for tonite.

NCAA seed list:

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State, Missouri
2 - Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Ohio State
3 - Georgetown, Baylor, Marquette, Florida
4 - Michigan, Wisconsin, Wichita State, Louisville
5 - Florida State, UNLV, New Mexico, Indiana
6 - Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Temple, St. Louis
7 - Murray State, Memphis, California, Gonzaga
8 - Kansas State, Creighton, Harvard, Virginia
9 - West Virginia, Southern Miss, St. Mary's (CA), San Diego State
10 - Texas, Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa State
11 - Purdue, BYU, Northwestern, Seton Hall
12 - Middle Tennessee, Miami, FL, Mississippi State, Long Beach State
13 - Arizona, Xavier, North Carolina State, Cincinnati, Iona, Belmont
14 - Davidson, Akron, Oral Roberts, Virginia Commonwealth
15 - Nevada, Texas-Arlington, Bucknell, Weber State
16 - Stony Brook, Savannah State, UNC-Asheville, Mississippi Valley, State, LIU-Brooklyn, Valparaiso

BYU and Texas switched seeds so that BYU doesn't play on Sundays.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/022012.pdf

NIT Seed List:

It's my first NIT bracket of the year so the standard disclaimer: I'm much, much, much better at trying to predict the NCAA bracket than the NIT bracket. Regular readers know this well. Also, seed lines 6-8 are vulnerable since regular season conference champions who don't go the NCAA tournament get an automatic bid here.

So here we go.

1 - St. Joseph's, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois
2 - South Florida, Colorado State, Dayton, Central Florida
3 - Drexel, South Dakota State, Oregon, Arkansas
4 - Marshall, LSU, Wyoming, Colorado
5 - Northern Iowa, La Salle, Wagner, New Mexico State
6 - Massachusetts, Stanford, Cleveland State, UCLA
7 - Mississippi, Missouri State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech
8 - Maryland, Loyola Marymount, Ohio, Pittsburgh

Here's the NIT bracket (yep, there are principles and procedures to making a NIT bracket too!).

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/NIT022012.pdf

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Vacation!

I'm taking a short 10-day vacation so there won't be any updates while I'm gone. Look for a matrix update on February 18 and new NCAA and NIT brackets on President's Day.

In the meantime, use the links page and the matrix page and check out everybody's brackets the old-fashioned way.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Bracket - February 6

Check out the matrix here.

Full bracket here. Next bracket is scheduled to be published February 20 along with the return of NIT projections (fair warning: as good as I may be at NCAA projections, I'm as equally bad at the NIT).
1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Ohio State, Missouri
2 - Michigan State, Baylor, Kansas, North Carolina
3 - Georgetown, Duke, Florida, UNLV
4 - Marquette, Florida State, St. Mary's (CA), Creighton
5 - Wisconsin, Murray State, San Diego State, Indiana
6 - Wichita State, Michigan, Louisville, Virginia
7 - Gonzaga, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Vanderbilt
8 - Memphis, Temple, New Mexico, West Virginia
9 - St. Louis, Iowa State, Alabama, Harvard
10 - Connecticut, California, Illinois, Kansas State
11 - Minnesota, BYU, Notre Dame, Texas
12 - Middle Tennessee, Purdue, Long Beach State, Miami, Fla.
13 - Arizona, Seton Hall, Northwestern, Xavier, Iona, Cleveland State
14 - Akron, Oral Roberts, Belmont, Davidson
15 - Drexel, Nevada, Bucknell, Weber State,
16 - Texas-Arlington, NC-Asheville, LIU-Brooklyn, Norfolk State, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State

Monday, January 30, 2012

Bracket - January 30

Bracket right here (there's a couple of places where the principles probably aren't followed...I'm sure you can find them). Don't forget to check the matrix.

Seed list for games thru January 29:

1 - Kentucky, Syracuse, Ohio State, Baylor
2 - Duke, Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina
3 - Michigan State, Creighton, Florida, UNLV
4 - St. Mary's (CA), Marquette, Murray State, Georgetown
5 - Wisconsin, Virginia, San Diego State, Indiana
6 - Michigan, Gonzaga, Florida State, Wichita State
7 - Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, West Virginia, Louisville
8 - California, Kansas State, Memphis, Harvard
9 - Temple, New Mexico, Connecticut, Southern Miss
10 - Alabama, Saint Louis, Illinois, Middle Tennessee
11 - Seton Hall, BYU, Purdue, Texas
12 - Long Beach State, Iona, Minnesota, Iowa State
13 - Oral Roberts, Xavier, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Colorado State
14 - Cleveland State, Akron, Nevada, Belmont
15 - Davidson, Bucknell, George Mason, Weber State
16 - Texas-Arlington, Norfolk State, LIU-Brooklyn, NC-Asheville, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Bracket - January 23

Bracket link is right below this line. Seed list below.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/012312.pdf

Be sure to check out the matrix, which now contains 50 brackets!

1 - Kentucky, Missouri, Syracuse, Ohio State
2 - Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Baylor
3 - Georgetown, Michigan State, Murray State, UNLV
4 - Indiana, Creighton, San Diego State, Florida
5 - Marquette, St. Mary's (CA), Kansas State, Virginia
6 - Florida State, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Michigan
7 - Mississippi State, Gonzaga, Wichita State, West Virginia
8 - Illinois, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Seton Hall
9 - California, Dayton, Memphis, Harvard
10 - St. Louis, Temple, New Mexico, Louisville
11 - Middle Tennessee, Purdue, Southern Miss, BYU
12 - Xavier, Minnesota, Long Beach State, Texas
13 - Iona, Oral Roberts, Iowa State, Northwestern, North Carolina State, Cincinnati
14 - Nevada, Belmont, Akron, Davidson
15 - Bucknell, Weber State, George Mason, Texas-Arlington
16 - Norfolk State, Valparaiso, LIU-Brooklyn, NC-Asheville, Boston University, Mississippi Valley State

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Bracket - January 16

Here's my first bracket of the year. Don't get all worked up about it...there's still 8 weeks left.

Seed list reflects games thru Sunday the 15th.

1 - Syracuse, Kentucky, Baylor, Duke
2 - North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio State, Kansas
3 - Indiana, Michigan State, Georgetown, Connecticut
4 - Florida, Murray State, Virginia, UNLV
5 - Creighton, San Diego State, Michigan, Marquette
6 - Seton Hall, Mississippi State, St. Mary's (CA), Illinois
7 - Gonzaga, Louisville, Kansas State, Alabama
8 - Wisconsin, Wichita State, West Virginia, Vanderbilt
9 - New Mexico, California, Memphis, Northwestern
10 - Purdue, Southern Miss, Harvard, BYU
11 - Temple, Florida State, St. Louis, Iona
12 - Oral Roberts, Texas, Dayton, Middle Tennessee
13 - Xavier, Long Beach State, Minnesota, Marshall, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
14 - New Mexico State, Akron, Belmont, Davidson
15 - Weber State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Bucknell, George Mason
16 - Texas Arlington, Norfolk State, NC-Asheville, LIU-Brooklyn, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State

Bracket:

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/011612.pdf

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