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BracketBluster’s 2019 Anticipated Bracket – Final Bracket

Another year in the books for BracketBluster's projected National Tournament Bracket. The Selection Sunday show begins on CBS at 6pm EST, where the NCAA and selection committee will reveal the official bracket. From our data and an algorithm based on last year's actual bracket results, below is our final bracket leading

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – Final Seed List

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke North Carolina Michigan State Last Four Byes: Seton Hall Minnesota TCU Baylor Last Four In: Mississippi VCU Indiana Ohio State First Four Out: Creighton Belmont Arizona State Alabama Conference Breakdown: Conf ACC 9 B10 9 B12 7 SEC 7 BE 3 Amer 3 A10 2 MWC 2 P12 2 WCC 2 Observations: If Michigan wins the B1G and Tennessee wins the SEC, Tennessee will jump to a #1.   If Houston wins the American and Michigan St. wins the B1G, Houston moves to #2 and Michigan to a #3.

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – March 16th

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke North Carolina Kentucky Last Four Byes: Iowa TCU VCU Baylor Last Four In: Mississippi Indiana Creighton Ohio State First Four Out: Oregon Belmont Temple Arizona State Conference Breakdown: Conf ACC 9 B10 8 B12 7 SEC 7 BE 4 Amer 3 MWC 2 A10 2 WCC 2   Observations: Kentucky and Michigan St. are neck-and-neck for the final #1 seed.  The B1G and ACC tournaments will affect the final outcome on Selection Sunday. On the other end of the bracket, Davidson and Ohio St. replace Temple and Texas.

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – March 11th

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia North Carolina Duke Gonzaga Last Four Byes: Iowa Indiana TCU Creighton Last Four In: Seton Hall Minnesota Temple St. Mary's First Four Out: Ohio State Belmont Arizona State Nebraska Next Four Out: Toledo UNC Greensboro Oregon Alabama Conference Breakdown: Conf ACC 9 B10 9 B12 8 SEC 7 BE 4 Amer 3 MWC 2 P12 2   Observations: Even though there are three ACC schools as one seeds right now, most likely if two of those three make the ACC Championship game, they will remain on the one line.  The winner

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – March 7th

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke Tennessee Gonzaga Last Four In: Texas Southern Rider Fairleigh Dickinson Norfolk State First Four Out: Alabama St. John's Temple Arizona State Next Four Out: Murray State Toledo Nebraska Furman Conference Breakdown:   Conf ACC 9 B10 9 B12 8 SEC 7 BE 4 Amer 3 MWC 2 WCC 2   Ord. Team Conf W-L 1 1 Virginia ACC 27-2 0 1 2 Duke ACC 26-4 0 1 3 Tennessee SEC 27-3 1 1 4 Gonzaga WCC 29-2 0 2 5 North Carolina ACC 25-5 -1 2 6 Kentucky SEC 25-5 0 2 7 Michigan St. B10 24-6 0 2 8 Michigan B10 26-4 0 3 9 Texas Tech B12 25-5 0 3 10 LSU SEC 25-5 0 3 11 Purdue B10 22-8 0 3 12 Houston Amer 28-2 1 4 13 Kansas B12 22-8 -1 4 14 Virginia Tech ACC 22-7 0 4 15 Florida St. ACC 24-6 0 4 16 Wisconsin B10 21-9 0 5 17 Kansas St. B12 23-7 0 5 18 Auburn SEC 21-9 0 5 19 Villanova BE 22-8 0 5 20 Mississippi St. SEC 21-9 1 6 21 Marquette BE 23-7 -1 6 22 Nevada MWC 27-3 0 6 23 Buffalo MAC 27-3 0 6 24 Maryland B10 21-9 1 7 25 Wofford SC 26-4 0 7 26 Cincinnati Amer 25-5 0 7 27 Louisville ACC 19-11 0 7 28 Iowa St. B12 20-10 -1 8 29 UCF Amer 23-6 0 8 30 Oklahoma B12 19-11 2 8 31 Washington P12 24-6 0 8 32 Texas B12 16-14 0 9 33 Florida SEC 17-13 0 9 34 VCU A10 24-6 1 9 35 Syracuse ACC 19-11 0 9 36 Baylor B12 19-11 -1 10 37 Iowa B10 21-9 -1 10 38 Clemson ACC 18-12 1 10 39 North Carolina St. ACC 20-10 -1 10 40 Utah St. MWC 25-6 1 11 41 Mississippi SEC 19-11 -1 11 42 Indiana B10 16-14 1 11 43 Minnesota B10 19-11 1 11 44 Creighton BE 17-13 0 12 a 45 Ohio St. B10 18-12 -2 12 46 New Mexico St. WAC 26-4 0 12 47 Belmont OVC 25-4 0 12 a 48 TCU B12 18-12 -1 12 b 49 Saint Mary's WCC 20-11 0 12 b 50 Seton Hall BE 17-12 New 13 59 Lipscomb ASun 25-6 0 13 68 UC Irvine BW 26-5 0 13 80 Vermont AE 24-6 0 13 87 Hofstra CAA 25-6 1 14 90 Old Dominion CUSA 23-7 -1 14 94 Yale Ivy 19-6 0 14 98 South Dakota St. Sum 24-7 0 14 107 Georgia Southern SB 20-10 New 15 109 Drake MVC 23-8 -1 15 119 Northern Kentucky Horz 24-8 0 15 130 Radford BSth 21-10 0 15 131 Colgate Pat 22-10 1 16 133 Montana BSky 22-8 -1 16 157 Abilene Christian Slnd 24-6 New 16 a 181 Texas Southern SWAC 19-11 0 16 a 201 Rider MAAC 16-14 0 16 b 213 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 18-13 0 16 b 239 Norfolk St. MEAC 19-12 0 52 Alabama SEC 17-13 53 St. John's BE 20-10 54 Temple Amer 22-8 55 Arizona St. P12 20-9 56 Murray St. OVC 25-4 57 Toledo MAC 24-6 58 Nebraska B10 15-15 60 Furman SC 24-6

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – March 4th

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke Gonzaga North Carolina Last Four In: Indiana Alabama Minnesota St. Mary's First Four Out: St. John's Arizona State Nebraska Toledo Next Four Out: Murray State Seton Hall Xavier Furman Conference Breakdown: Conf ACC 9 B10 9 B12 8 SEC 8 BE 3 Amer 3 MWC 2 WCC 2 Observations: North Carolina moves on the 1 line, for now.  Realistically, if Tennessee or Kentucky wins the SEC tournament, they will probably jump the Tarheels for #1 seed. Indiana and Creighton jump in replacing St. John’s

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – March 1st

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke Kentucky Gonzaga Last Four In: St. John's St. Mary's Minnesota Seton Hall First Four Out: Indiana Creighton Nebraska Temple Next Four Out: Butler Xavier Murray State Furman Conference Breakdown: Conf ACC 9 B10 8 B12 8 SEC 8 BE 4 Amer 3 MWC 2 WCC 2 Observations: No changes in the top 3 seed lines. Alabama jumps back into the bracket and St. Mary’s makes their first appearance as an at-large as does Colgate as the new leader in the Patriot League.   As the

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2019 Conference Tournament Primer

At least one team from the 32 “all-sport” Division I conferences receives an automatic bid to the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Before the national championship tournament gets into action, get ready for the college basketball craziness with our 2019 Conference Tourney Primer.   CONFERENCE Teams Teams in Conf. Tourney Reg. Season Conf. Games Balanced Sched. Reg. Season Ends Tourney

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – February 22nd

Top 4 Seeds: Virginia Duke Kentucky Gonzaga Last Four In: Utah State Seton Hall Butler Arizona State First Four Out: San Francisco Alabama Nebraska Temple Next Four Out: Saint Mary's Furman Indiana Creighton Conference Breakdown: Conf   ACC 9 B10 8 B12 8 SEC 7

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