Majorly Early 2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket Brief

Seed	West (1) LA (Th/Sa)	South (4) Houston (Fr/Su)	Midwest (2) Cleveland (Th/Sa)	East (3) Syracuse (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	Portland (Th/Sa) Arizona High Pt./Ala. St. Iowa Clemson	Omaha (Fr/Su) Kansas St. Fran./NAU Nebraska George Wash.	Charlotte (Fr/Su) Duke Fla. GC Minnesota UNLV	Omaha (Fr/Su) Wisconsin Stony Brook Colorado Baylor
Site 5 12 4 13	Seattle (Fr/Su) Oklahoma New Mexico State Gonzaga Cleveland State	Seattle (Fr/Su) San Diego State UTEP Michigan Iona	Portland (Th/Sa) VCU San Francisco Iowa State NC Central	Columbus (Fr/Su) Louisville Missouri Connecticut Murray State
Site 3 14 6 11	J'ville (Th/Sa) Texas SF Austin Syracuse Utah/Illinois	Louisville (Th/Sa) Wichita State IPFW UCLA Memphis	Columbus (Fr/Su) SMU American Michigan State Dayton	Pittsburgh (Th/Sa) Villanova Toledo Oregon Maryland/W. Vir.
Site 7 10 2 15	J'ville (Th/Sa) BYU St. John's Florida Louisiana Laf.	Pittsburgh (Th/Sa) Ohio State Kansas State Virginia Wofford	Louisville (Th/Sa) Stanford Pittsburgh Kentucky UC Irvine	Charlotte (Fr/Su) Harvard Xavier North Carolina William & Mary

Note: Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

Bracket Brief for March 16, 2014 (FINAL)

Seed	South (1) Memphis (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Mount St. Mary's Massachusetts Harvard	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Virginia Wofford George Washington Colorado	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Cst. Car./TX So. Texas Providence	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State Albany/Cal Poly Pittsburgh Saint Joseph's
Site 5 12 4 13	San Diego (Fr/Su) UCLA Stephen F. Austin VCU New Mexico State	Orlando (Th/Sa) New Mexico Dayton/Neb. Michigan State Delaware	Spokane (Th/Sa) Gonzaga Arizona State San Diego State Tulsa	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Connecticut Kan. St./Iowa Syracuse Manhattan
Site 3 14 6 11	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Duke Western Michigan Cincinnati Southern Miss	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Iowa State NC Central Ohio State Xavier	Spokane (Th/Sa) Creighton Eastern Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Kansas Mercer Kentucky North Dakota State
Site 7 10 2 15	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Saint Louis Stanford Louisville Milwaukee	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Oregon Oklahoma State Villanova LA-Lafayette	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Baylor BYU Wisconsin Weber State	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Oklahoma Memphis Michigan American

Note: Through games of 2013-2014. Teams in bold below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

The Day of Champions

Welcome to the Saturday before Selection Sunday, aka the Day of Champions. Fourteen tournament champions were crowned today. For teams on the bubble, things went...well, not bad...as only one bid was stolen. Stephen F. Austin, a possible at large, won the Southland. Providence was already likely in, but it solidified its position. But...

Bracket Brief for March 15, 2014

Seed	South (1) Memphis (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Mount St. Mary's G. Washington BYU	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Wisconsin Albany/Coast. Car. Massachusetts Memphis	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Weber State Texas Harvard	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State CS Northr./TX So. Oregon Oklahoma State
Site 5 12 4 13	San Antonio (Fr/Su) New Mexico Ariz. St./Neb. Syracuse Stephen F. Austin	San Diego (Fr/Su) UCLA Kan. St./Dayton VCU Georgia State	Spokane (Th/Sa) Gonzaga Toledo Connecticut Delaware	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Cincinnati Tennessee Iowa State Manhattan
Site 3 14 6 11	Orlando (Th/Sa) Louisville NC Central Ohio State Southern Miss	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Duke Tulsa Michigan State Louisiana Tech	Spokane (Th/Sa) San Diego State New Mexico State Saint Louis North Dakota State	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Michigan Mercer North Carolina Providence
Site 7 10 2 15	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Kentucky Xavier Kansas Milwaukee	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Pittsburgh Stanford Villanova American	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Oklahoma Colorado Creighton Wofford	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Baylor Saint Joseph's Virginia Eastern Kentucky

Note: Through games of March 14, 2014, including America East and Conference USA championship games. Teams in italics below represent projected automatic bids. Teams in bold below represent secured automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

More Top Teams Fall as Conference Tournaments Roll Through Friday

Another full day of major conference tournament hoops, and another day of upsets. We start out in the ACC, where most-of-the-season favorite Syracuse fell to upstart North Carolina State, who needs to win the whole tournament to make the field. And Pittsburgh took out North Carolina after giving up a 20-point lead late.

Several Major-Conference, At-Large Teams Are Upset in Their First Games

As conference tournaments narrow, upsets will happen, and the major one happened at Madison Square Garden. In the Mecca, Seton Hall took out former-potential-#1-seed Villanova. It is highly unlikely with this loss that Villanova can hold its #1 seed, especially if Kansas wins the Big 12 tournament or one of the ACC's favorites keeps hold of the conference.

Bracket Brief for March 13, 2014

Seed	South (1) Memphis (Th/Sa)	East (4) NYC (Fr/Su)	West (2) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	Midwest (3) Indy (Fr/Su)
Site 1 16 8 9	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Wofford Texas Harvard	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Villanova Stony Brook Pittsburgh SMU	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona Weber St./TX So. Memphis Baylor	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Wichita State M. St. M's/Cst. Car. George Washington Iowa
Site 5 12 4 13	Spokane (Th/Sa) Saint Louis Stan./St. John's Cincinnati Manhattan	San Diego (Fr/Su) Michigan State Toledo VCU Stephen F. Austin	Spokane (Th/Sa) Gonzaga St. Joe's/Tenn. San Diego State Delaware	San Antonio (Fr/Su) North Carolina North Dakota State Iowa State Louisiana Tech
Site 3 14 6 11	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Creighton UC Irvine New Mexico Colorado	Orlando (Th/Sa) Louisville NC Central Ohio State Xavier	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Duke Mercer Oregon Southern Miss	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Virginia Georgia State Oklahoma Dayton
Site 7 10 2 15	St. Louis (Fr/Su) Kentucky Nebraska Kansas Eastern Kentucky	Buffalo (Th/Sa) UCLA Oklahoma State Syracuse Milwaukee	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Massachusetts BYU Michigan Utah Valley	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Connecticut Arizona State Wisconsin American

Note: Through games of March 12, 2014. Teams in italics in multi-bid conferences below represent projected automatic bids. Teams in bold represent secured automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.