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Final Bracketology For 2010 Or There's No Way I'm Getting These All Right

Editor's note: This bracket is cross-posted at SB Nation.

So, one of the most confusing and convoluted bubble years ever comes to a close. I honestly think I have no chance at getting the final few teams correct, as there isn't enough separation between them.

Click here to see my final projected bracket.

Here are links to my seed list and tracking spreadsheet.

Mississippi State could have made things much easier had they won the SEC Tournament today. But a DeMarcus Cousins layup at the buzzer forced overtime, where John Wall was sublime. The Bulldogs, in my opinion, needed that win to get in, but the Committee may feel differently. 

Ohio State sewed up a two seed with a win over Minnesota in the Big Ten final. The Gophers are in regardless, but again, the Committee may want to go a different route.

Duke won the ACC, but I doubt that won't be enough to wrest the top one seed from West Virginia.  

Temple won the A-10 Tournament, and I have them solidly as a three seed.

The Rundown

Top Four Seeds: KansasKentuckySyracuseWest Virginia
Last Five In: CaliforniaMinnesotaVirginia Tech, Utah State, Florida
First Four Out: UTEPIllinois, Mississippi State, William & Mary

Conference Breakdown

Big East: 8
Syracuse (1), West Virginia (1), Villanova (2), Georgetown (3), Pittsburgh (4), Marquette (7), Notre Dame (8), Louisville (10)

ACC: 7 
Duke (2), Maryland (5), Clemson (8), Florida State (8),Georgia Tech (9), Wake Forest (10), Virginia Tech (11)

Big 12: 7 
Kansas (1), Kansas State (2), Baylor (3), Texas A&M (6), Texas (7), Oklahoma State (8), Missouri (9)

Big Ten: 5 
Ohio State (2), Wisconsin (4), Purdue (4), Michigan State (5), Minnesota (12)

MWC: 4 
New Mexico (3), BYU (5), UNLV (9), San Diego State (10)

A-10: 3
Temple (3), Richmond (6), Xavier (7)

SEC: 3
Kentucky (1), Tennessee (4), Vanderbilt (5), Florida (11)

Pac-10: 2
Washington (11), California (11)

WCC: 2
Gonzaga (6), St. Mary's (10)

WAC: 2
Utah State (12), New Mexico State (13)

One Bid Leagues (20): America East (Vermont), Atlantic Sun (ETSU), Big Sky (Montana), Big South (Winthrop), Big West (UC Santa Barbara), Colonial (Old Dominion), Conference USA (Houston), Horizon (Butler), Ivy (Cornell), Metro Atlantic (Siena), Mid-American (Ohio), Mid-Eastern (Morgan State), Missouri Valley (Northern Iowa), Northeast (Robert Morris), Ohio Valley (Murray State), Patriot (Lehigh), Southern (Wofford), Southland (Sam Houston State), Southwestern (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), Summit (Oakland), Sun Belt (North Texas)

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I think Duke is gonna get a 1 seed..........

but good luck on your selections!

Looking like its gonna be a great tourney…..like always.

The only cure for a bad today is tomorrow.

by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 14, 2010 5:45 PM EDT reply actions  

i like west virginia to get a #1 seed

they won the big east title and deshaun butler is one of the best five players in the nation. duke should have beat g.t by 20. i think the yellow jackets had 21 turnovers in that game and they only won by four. duke will get to sweet sixteen and then lose. the mwc will ge four teams in too.

I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 14, 2010 6:00 PM EDT reply actions  

BYU has a really good road.

I’m looking at a #5 Pomeroy team facing a #49, then a very winnable second round game before going to Salt Lake City. The #1 team in their bracket is great, but also possibly missing a center. And they’ll be playing in Salt Lake City!

Yikes.

by philkid3 on Mar 14, 2010 7:18 PM EDT reply actions  

64/65!

Well done! The seeds are screwy, but who could’ve predicted that. Temple at 5? Tennessee at 6? Marquette and Notre Dame at 6?

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 14, 2010 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Last year...

it was Arizona. I picked Creghton. Next year, I’m going with my first instinct and not overthinking. That’s cost me two years straight.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Mar 15, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

there are only 12 teams from the west. i'm glad they matched them up vs east coast teams.

i think i only saw 1 matchup between two west coast teams.

I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 15, 2010 4:18 PM EDT reply actions  

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