Guide to the Conference Tournaments - 2013

Here's my annual pdf to guide you thru when you can catch all 30 of the conference tournaments happening in the next two weeks.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/Conference%20Tournaments%20-%202013.pdf

Bracket - February 25

The revolving wheel points to Michigan and Duke as #1 seeds this week, replacing Florida and Miami.  On the bottom of the bracket, Temple comes in to replace Baylor, free-falling on a three-game losing streak.

1 - Indiana, Duke, Gonzaga, Michigan
2 - Florida, Kansas, Miami (FL), Louisville
3 - Georgetown, Michigan State, Syracuse, Arizona
4 - Ohio State, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Kansas State
5 - Marquette, Oklahoma State, Colorado State, Pittsburgh
6 - UNLV, St. Louis, Memphis, Minnesota
7 - Butler, San Diego State, Virginia Commonwealth, North Carolina State
8 - Notre Dame, Missouri, North Carolina, Wichita State
9 - Creighton, Oregon, Oklahoma, UCLA
10 - Colorado, Cincinnati, Illinois, St. Mary's
11 - Kentucky, Ole Miss, California, Iowa State, Middle Tennessee
12 - Akron, Belmont, La Salle, Virginia
13 - Bucknell, Villanova, Temple, Louisiana Tech, Valparaiso
14 - Harvard, South Dakota State, Davidson, Stony Brook
15 - Northwestern State, Niagara, Long Beach State, Montana
16 - Charleston Southern, Norfolk State, Mercer, Robert Morris, Northeastern, Southern

Bracket

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/022513.pdf

Bracket - February 18

Gonzaga is my last #1 seed.  But it'll be tough to hold on to.  All the teams behind them have big games to boost their resumes while Gonzaga only has 4 relatively easy games and probably another chance to beat St. Mary's in the conference tourney.

Cal makes it in the field to replace Indiana State.

1 - Indiana, Miami (FL), Florida, Gonzaga
2 - Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Duke
3 - Georgetown, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona
4 - Wisconsin, New Mexico, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
5 - Marquette, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Colorado State
6 - Butler, Cincinnati, Virginia Commonwealth, Minnesota
7 - San Diego State, Memphis, North Carolina State, Illinois
8 - Creighton, Oregon, Missouri, UNLV
9 - North Carolina, Colorado, Oklahoma, Notre Dame
10 - Kentucky, St. Louis, UCLA, Wichita State
11 - La Salle, Baylor, Middle Tennessee, Iowa State
12 - Ole Miss, Virginia, Belmont, St. Mary's, Akron
13 - Louisiana Tech, Villanova, California, Valparaiso, South Dakota State
14 - Davidson, Stony Brook, Lehigh, Harvard
15 - Northwestern State, Long Beach State, Montana, Niagara
16 - Mercer, Robert Morris, Northeastern, Southern, Norfolk State, High Point

As usual, didn't have time to weed out regular season rematches so you might find a few in this bracket.

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/021813.pdf

Bracket - February 11

After a series of losses by the top teams, the top line on this bracket kept 3 teams from last week, only replacing Florida with Miami.  At the bottom, Virginia, Temple and Villanova come in to replace BYU, Maryland and Southern Miss.

The first four out are Stanford, Southern Miss, Boise State, and BYU.

Starting next week, NIT bracketology begins as well as twice-a-week brackets.  This is going to be fun.  Not.

1 - Duke, Indiana, Miami (FL), Michigan
2 - Florida, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Michigan State
3 - Arizona, Louisville, Kansas, Kansas State
4 - Ohio State, Butler, Pittsburgh, Georgetown
5 - Oklahoma State, Marquette, Wisconsin, New Mexico
6 - Minnesota, Colorado State, North Carolina State, San Diego State
7 - Oregon, Creighton, Cincinnati, Notre Dame
8 - Missouri, Virginia Commonwealth, UNLV, Memphis
9 - Colorado, Kentucky, UCLA, Oklahoma
10 - Belmont, St. Mary's, Illinois, Iowa State
11 - Wichita State, Mississippi, North Carolina, La Salle, Virginia
12 - St. Louis, Middle Tennessee, Baylor, Akron
13 - Temple, Villanova, Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana Tech, Lehigh
14 - Valparaiso, Davidson, Harvard, Florida Gulf Coast
15 - Long Beach State, Vermont, Northeastern, Montana
16 - Niagara, Western Illinois, Bryant, North Carolina Central, NC-Asheville, Southern

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/021113.pdf

Bracket - February 4

Here's this week's seed list and bracket.  Indiana moves up to the top spot while St. Louis replaces Wyoming. 

1 - Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Duke
2 - Gonzaga, Kansas, Miami (FL), Arizona
3 - Louisville, Ohio State, Syracuse, Michigan State
4 - Kansas State, Creighton, Butler, New Mexico
5 - Minnesota, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Oregon
6 - Marquette, North Carolina State, UNLV, Pittsburgh
7 - Missouri, Colorado State, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin
8 - Mississippi, Wichita State, San Diego State, Virginia Commonwealth
9 - Oklahoma, Kentucky, Notre Dame, North Carolina
10 - Baylor, Memphis, UCLA, Belmont
11 - Southern Miss, Colorado, St. Mary's, BYU, La Salle
12 - Akron, St. Louis, Middle Tennessee, Iowa State
13 - Illinois, Maryland, Louisiana Tech, Stephen F. Austin, Lehigh
14 - Harvard, Valparaiso, Stony Brook, South Dakota State
15 - Davidson, Long Beach State, Niagara, Florida Gulf Coast
16 - Montana, Northeastern, NC-Central, Bryant, Charleston Southern, Southern

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/PDFS/020413.pdf

Bracket - January 28

A lot of movement in the bracket but the only new at-large team is La Salle, replacing Boise State. Villanova is the first team out.  Yes they got those two huge wins last week, but we're all about resumes now and those Providence and Columbia losses stick out.  We'll wait a week and see how they (and the teams above them) do.

I really don't think the NCAA will send first round winners west to San Jose so I moved up one of the first-round games to an 11 seed to keep them closer to Dayton. 

This bracket takes into account games played thru January 27 and is independent from what the Bracket Matrix shows.

1 - Michigan, Kansas, Florida, Indiana
2 - Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Syracuse
3 - Butler, Ohio State, Louisville, Michigan State
4 - Wichita State, Minnesota, Oregon, Miami (FLA.)
5 - Creighton, North Carolina State, Cincinnati, New Mexico
6 - Missouri, Kansas State, San Diego State, Mississippi
7 - Wisconsin, Marquette, UNLV, Colorado State
8 - Pittsburgh, Virginia Commonwealth, Georgetown, UCLA
9 - Notre Dame, Belmont, Colorado, Baylor
10 - North Carolina, Southern Miss, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
11 - SMC/Memphis, Kentucky, Illinois, La Salle
12 - BYU, Middle Tennessee, Bucknell, Iowa State
13 - Wyoming/Iowa, Louisiana Tech, Akron, Stephen F. Austin
14 - Davidson, Harvard, Stony Brook, Valparaiso
15 - Northeastern, Long Beach State, Niagara, Western Illinois
16 - Southern/Mercer, Robert Morris/Charleston Southern, NC-Central, Montana

Bracket (I haven't checked this to get rid of regular season rematches, so it may have a few.)

Bracket - January 21

Hey, it's my first bracket of the season.  As always, this is my opinion and not based on the bracket matrix.  Applies for games played through January 20. Here we go.

Illinois/Southern Miss moved up to an 11 seed to conform to bracket principles.

1 - Duke, Michigan, Kansas, Syracuse
2 - Louisville, Arizona, Florida, Indiana
3 - Butler, Gonzaga, Minnesota, Michigan State
4 - Ohio State, Kansas State, Creighton, New Mexico
5 - Oregon, Wichita State, North Carolina State, Virginia Commonwealth
6 - Cincinnati, UNLV, Missouri, Miami (FL)
7 - San Diego State, Mississippi, Marquette, Notre Dame
8 - Pittsburgh, UCLA, Colorado State, Wisconsin
9 - Oklahoma State, Wyoming, Kentucky, Belmont
10 - Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma
11 - Memphis, North Carolina, Bucknell, Illinois/Southern Miss
12 - Boise State, Iowa, BYU, Middle Tennessee
13 - St. Mary's/Georgetown, North Dakota State, Stephen F. Austin, Akron
14 - Weber State, Harvard, Valparaiso, Louisiana Tech
15 - Davidson, Bryant, Long Beach State, North Carolina Central
16 - Northeastern, Vermont, Charleston Southern/Stetson, Niagara/Southern

Bracket