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I meant to post this yesterday but forgot, so some things would probably be changed now. All of the records are through Saturday, March 1st.

South Regional

1. Memphis(28-1)
2. Xavier(25-4)
3. Georgetown(24-4)
4. Vanderbilt24-5)
5. Drake(23-4)
6. Washington State(22-7)
7. Mississippi State(20-8)
8. Oklahoma(19-10)
9. St. Mary's(23-5)
10. Illinois State(21-8)
11. Texas A&M(20-8)
12. St. Joseph's(17-9)
13. Davidson(22-6)
14. Belmont(21-8)
15. Portland State(18-9)
16. Lamar(14-9) vs. Alabama State(13-9) winner

East Regional

1. North Carolina((27-2)
2. Kansas(25-3)
3. Stanford(24-4)
4. Notre Dame(21-6)
5. Indiana(24-4)
6. Gonzaga(23-6)
7. BYU(23-6)
8. Arizona(16-11)
9. Baylor19-8)
10. South Alabama(23-5)
11. West Virginia(19-9)
12. Florida(21-8)
13. Virginia Commonwealth(23-6)
14. UMBC(20-7)
15. American(18-11)
16. Morgan State(18-9)

Midwest Regional

1. Tennessee(24-3)
2. UCLA(24-3)
3. Louisville(23-6)
4. Purdue(23-6)
5. Butler(27-3)
6. Clemson(19-7)
7. Kansas State(17-10)
8. Pittsburgh(20-8)
9. UNLV(21-6)
10. Massachusetts(19-9)
11. UAB(21-8)
12. Maryland(18-11)
13. Oral Roberts(20-8)
14. Boise State(20-7)
15. Austin Peay(21-10)
16. Robert Morris(25-6)

West Regional

1. Texas(23-5)
2. Duke(25-3)
3. Wisconsin(24-4)
4. Connecticut(23-6)
5. Michigan State(22-6)
6. Marquette(20-7)
7. USC(18-10)
8. Miami(19-8)
9. Arkansas(19-9)
10. Kent State(23-6)
11. Kentucky(16-10)
12. Arizona State(18-10)
13. Cornell(19-5)
14. Cal State Northridge(18-7)
15. UNC Asheville(17-8)
16. Loyola(MD)(18-12)

Last 4 in-Maryland, St. Joseph's, Kentucky, Florida
Last 8 Out- Western Kentucky, Virginia Tech, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Ohio State, Syracuse, Southern Illinois, Houston

With March approaching fast and the tournament stretch run upon us, I will be updating my brackets twice a week, possibly more. Thanks to all the great comments in the last couple of weeks, I realized that I had a few teams overseeded and others underseeded. This caused me to pay more attention and take more time in selecting and seeding teams.

With that, here is today's projection, with all records as of the games of February 26th.

South Regional

1. Tennessee(24-3)
2. Xavier(24-4)
3. Georgetown(22-4)
4. Purdue(21-6)
5. Drake(22-4)
6. Clemson(18-7)
7. USC(17-9)
8. Miami(18-7)
9. Texas A&M(19-7)
10. UNLV(20-6)
11. South Alabama(21-5)
12. Syracuse(17-11)
13. Virginia Commonwealth(21-6)
14. Boise State(19-7)
15. UMBC(19-7)
16. Play-in Winner(Lamar(13-8) vs. Alabama State(12-9))

East Regional

1. Memphis(26-1)
2. Duke(23-3)
3. Stanford(22-4)
4. Connecticut(22-6)
5. Indiana(24-4)
6. Kansas State(17-9)
7. Pittsburgh(18-8)
8. Gonzaga(22-6)
9. Arkansas(18-8)
10. Massachusetts(18-9)
11. Illinois State(19-8)
12. Arizona State(17-9)
13. Rhode Island(20-8)
14. Cal State Northridge(17-7)
15. Belmont(19-8)
16. Morgan State(17-9)

Midwest Regional

1. North Carolina(26-2)
2. Kansas(23-3)
3. Wisconsin(23-4)
4. Notre Dame(21-5)
5. Butler(25-3)
6. Washington State(21-6)
7. BYU(22-6)
8. Oklahoma(18-9)
9. Mississippi State(18-8)
10. St. Joseph's(17-8)
11. West Virginia(18-8)
12. Davidson(20-6)
13. Oral Roberts(19-7)
14. Niagara(18-8)
15. Portland State(16-9)
16. Robert Morris(23-6)

West Regional

1. Texas(23-4)
2. UCLA(23-3)
3. Louisville(22-6)
4. Vanderbilt(24-4)
5. Marquette(20-6)
6. Michigan State(22-5)
7. St. Mary's(23-4)
8. Arizona(16-10)
9. Kent State(23-5)
10. Baylor(17-8)
11. Maryland(17-11)
12. Houston(20-6)
13. Winthrop(17-10)
14. Cornell(17-5)
15. American(17-10)
16. Austin Peay(19-10)

Last 4 In- Syracuse, Maryland, Houston, Rhode Island
Last 4 Out- Ohio State, Florida, UAB, Western Kentucky

Time for my 2nd weekly tournament projection. All my data was collected during the Ohio State-Wisconsin game today and was based off games through Saturday. None of Sunday's results are reflected in this.

South Regional

1. Tennessee(SEC)
2. Georgetown(Big East)
3. Xavier(A-10)
4. Indiana
5. Butler(Horizon)
6. Kansas State
7. USC
8. Arizona
9. UNLV
10. St. Mary's(West Coast)
    
11. South Alabama(Sun Belt)
12. Syracuse
13. Davidson(Southern)
14. Belmont(Atlantic Sun)
15. UMBC(America East)
16. Play-in Winner(Robert Morris(Northeast) vs. Alabama State(SWAC))

Midwest Regional

1. Memphis(C-USA)
2. Kansas
3. Purdue(Big Ten)
4. Stanford
5. Vanderbilt
6. Clemson
7. Pittsburgh
8. Miami
9. Oklahoma
10. Kent State(MAC)
11. St. Joseph's
12. Villanova
13. Virginia Commonwealth(Colonial)
14. Cal State Northridge(Big West)
15. Niagara(MAAC)
16. Morgan State(MEAC)

East Regional

1. Duke(ACC)
2. UCLA(Pac 10)
3. Wisconsin
4. Louisville
5. Michigan State
6. Notre Dame
7. BYU(Mountain West)
8. Texas A&M
9. Arkansas
10. West Virginia
11. Maryland
12. Rhode Island
13. Oral Roberts(Summit)
14. Cornell(Ivy)
15. Austin Peay(Ohio Valley)
16. Lamar(Southland)

West Regional

1. Texas(Big 12)
2. North Carolina
3. Drake(Missouri Valley)
4. Connecticut
5. Washington State
6. Marquette
7. Mississippi State
8. Gonzaga
9. Massachusetts
10. Baylor
11. Ohio State
12. Florida
13. Winthrop(Big South)
14. Boise State(WAC)
15. Portland State(Big Sky)
16. American(Patriot)

Last 4 in- St. Joseph's, Rhode Island, Florida, Syracuse
Last 8 Out- New Mexico, Dayton, Western Kentucky, Oregon, Illinois State, Stephen F. Austin, Houston, Arizona State

From now until the end of the conference tournaments I will be doing NCAA tournament predictions. These will likely be weekly but could be bi weekly depending on my work load in school. I try my best to take into account everything the selection commitee does, and it certainly isn't something that is easy to do. Automatic bids will go to the team who is currently leading the conference, and in no way is my opinion on who will eventually win the conference tournaments.


South Region

1. Memphis(CUSA)
2. Texas
3. Wisconsin
4. Connecticut
5. Butler(Horizon)
6. Clemson
7. Notre Dame
8. Mississippi State
9. Arizona
10. UNLV
11. Kent State(MAC)
12. Western Kentucky(Sun Belt)
    
13. Davidson(Southern)
14. Cornell(Ivy)
15. Austin Peay(Ohio Valley)
    
16. Play-in Winner(Alabama State(SWAC) vs. Norfolk State(MEAC)

East Regional

1. Duke(ACC)
2. Georgetown
3. Stanford
4. Purdue(Big Ten)
   
5. Marquette
6. Vanderbilt
7. Texas A&M
8. Rhode Island
9. Arkansas
10. St. Joseph's
    
11. BYU(Mountain West)
    
12. Arizona State
13. Virginia Commonwealth(Colonial)
    
14. Winthrop(Big South)
    
15. Belmont(Atlantic Sun)
    
16. Wagner(Northeast)

Midwest Regional

1. Kansas(Big 12)
   
2. UCLA(Pac 10)
   
3. Xavier(Atlantic 10)
   
4. Drake(Missouri Valley)
   
5. Indiana
6. Michigan State
7. Pittsburgh
8. Gonzaga
9. Baylor
10. Oklahoma
11. South Alabama
12. West Virginia
13. Oral Roberts(Summit)
14. Siena(MAAC)
15. UMBC(America East)
    
16. Lamar(Southland)

West Regional

1. Tennessee(SEC)
2. North Carolina
3. Louisville(Big East)
   
4. Kansas State
5. Washington State
6. St. Mary's(West Coast)
   
7. USC
8. Maryland
9. Syracuse
10. Ohio State
11. Houston
12. Dayton
13. Boise State(WAC)
14. Cal State Northridge(Big West)
    
15. Portland State(Big Sky)
    
16. American(Patriot)

Last 4 teams in were: 1 South Alabama, 2 West Virginia, 3 Dayton, 4 Arizona State
Last 8 out were: 1 Florida, 2 Oregon, 3 Massachusetts, 4 Ole Miss, 5 Miami, 6 NC State, 7 California, 8 Stephen F. Austin

Any comments and reasons why a certain team should be in or out, as well as issues with seeding are appreciated. It's hard to do these, and with the committee's policies on trying to keep the top seeds close to home in the first 2 rounds, along with trying to keep conference matchups from happening until the Elite 8, some teams end up over seeded or under seeded.

I finally decided to start a blog on here. Couldn't decide what I wanted to do it on before, but I finally just bit the bullet and did it. This won't be a daily thing, but I should update it once a week at least.

It's been a pretty good year in sports for me. The Buckeye football team made a surprise run to the title game before falling short again. The Buckeye basketball team is struggling a little and will likely be on the bubble, but it's a lot better than before when a rebuilding year meant 10 wins. The Jags made the playoffs and were a couple of dropped passes away from possibly beating the Patriots. Now they got Gregg Williams as DC and are expected to be players in free agency. I consider them a darkhorse team for next years Super Bowl. The Tigers should be contenders this year. After all the years of losing I would be most happy if they won a championship.

The only bad thing this year is the play of the Bulls. But since I don't really watch much basketball, that's something I won't get into here. I also don't watch hockey, but I still follow the Red Wings.

And finally, NASCAR started their 2008 season with the Bud Shootout last night, and it continues today with front row qualifying for the Daytona 500. I look forward to finally having a favorite driver again this year and watching the 77 Mobil 1 Dodge of Sam Hornish Jr. race around the track.