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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – February 8th

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Top 4 Seeds: Seed Overall Team 1 1 Virginia 1 2 Duke 1 3 Gonzaga 1 4 Tennessee 2 5 Kentucky 2 6 Michigan 2 7 North Carolina 2 8 Michigan St. 3 9 Purdue 3 10 Virginia Tech 3 11 Houston 3 12 Wisconsin 4 13 Nevada 4 14 Kansas 4 15 Louisville 4 16 Iowa St. Last Four In: Indiana UCF Nebraska Minnesota First Four Out: Arkansas Creighton Saint Mary's Temple Next Four Out: Butler Davidson San Francisco Toledo Conference Breakdown: Conf B10 10 ACC 9 B12 8 SEC 8 Amer 3 BE 3 MWC 2 Observations: First and Fan released the new bracket today in anticipation of the NCAA’s announcement on Saturday.  The Sweet 16 remained the same from our last bracket. Of note, Tennessee took over the last #1 seed

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – January 29th

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#1 Seeds: Virginia Duke Gonzaga Michigan State Last Four In: Minnesota Creighton Clemson San Francisco First Four Out: St. John's Utah State Arizona State Butler Next Four Out: Temple Oregon Northwestern Seton Hall Conference Breakdown: Conf B10 10 ACC 9 B12 8 SEC 8 Amer 3 BE 3 WCC 2 Observations: A shake up at the top. Gonzaga Jumps to #3 overall and Tennessee falls to #5, leaving Michigan St. on the 1 Seed line. Three new At-Large teams in: Baylor, Minnesota, & Creighton replacing St. John’s,

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – January 21st

Matt Brown BracketBluster

#1 Seeds: Virginia Duke Tennessee Michigan State Last Four In: Arizona Butler Alabama Clemson First Four Out: Baylor Saint Mary's Seton Hall Utah State Next Four Out: Minnesota Fresno State Arizona State Oregon Conference Breakdown: Conf   ACC 9 B10 9 SEC 8 B12 7

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – January 14th

Matt Brown BracketBluster

#1 Seeds: Duke Virginia Tennessee Gonzaga Last Four In: Minnesota Syracuse San Francisco Clemson First Four Out: Temple Creighton Butler Alabama Next Four Out: Saint Mary's Utah State Arkansas Fresno State Conference Breakdown: Conf B10 10 ACC 9 B12 7 SEC 7 BE 4 Amer 3 P12 2 WCC 2   Observations: Tennessee jumps to #3 overall knocking Michigan to #2 seed.  This shows the newfound value of good road wins as Tennessee beat both Missouri and Florida on the road this week. Washington takes over the Pac-12 lead and Arizona

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – December 31st

Matt Brown BracketBluster

#1 Seeds: Duke Virginia Michigan Gonzaga Last Four In: Seton Hall Syracuse Mississippi Texas First Four Out: Minnesota Washington Arizona Toledo Next Four Out: Utah State Providence Notre Dame Murray State Conference Breakdown: Conference # of Teams ACC 9 B10 9 B12 7 SEC 7 BE 6 Amer 3 WCC 2   Observations: First off, the highest rated team in each league is awarded the automatic bid regardless of record. If you are new to First and Fan, read the Bracketbluster explanation. As expected, the Pac-12 is a one-bid league, though

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BracketBluster’s 2019 Projected Seed List – December 19th

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Below is the first seed-list by BracketBluster in anticipation of the 2019 D1 Men's National Basketball Tournament in March. Legend: Dark green: Top rated team in each conference Light green: At-large team White: Last four in Light tan: First four out Tan: Second four out   Seed Overall

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The NCAA NET Explained

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As promised in my last article, here is an explanation of the new NET Rankings.  First the first off, NET the stands for NCAA Evaluation Tool, and it is just that, the primary sorting tool for the selection committee for the Men’s DI basketball tournament.  It replaces the ratings percentage index,

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Who Benefits from Division I vs. Division III Games? Plus Exclusive Interviews

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The new college basketball season is upon us.  The excitement is in the air. Opening night provided some of the best match up’s of the season and then…   For the rest of November we get to witness a record number of DI vs. DIII games. To be fair the number

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Biggest NCAA Tournament Snubs

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USC Southern Cal made it to the Pac-12 championship game against Arizona. They were the #2 seed in the conference, ahead of #4 seed UCLA, who is in against St. Bonaventure in the First Four for the East #11 seed. Even more bizarre is that Arizona State is in over USC,

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Bracketbluster’s Anticipated Bracket – Final Bracket March 11th

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Selection Sunday has finally arrived. The 2018 NCAA March Madness Selection Show will be hosted on TBS tonight at 6 pm EST. Based on raw data and statistics, below is our projected final bracket. Good luck to everyone in their bracket challenges this year and let the madness truly begin! Results from

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