Bracket Projection - 12/17/2013

With the non-conference season nearing an end, here is my first bracket projection of the year.  I did well last year finishing with the 9th most accurate bracket out of the 120 different brackets tracked by the bracket matrix.  That gives me one of the top 10 most accurate brackets in 2 of the last 3 year.  Hopefully I can build on that momentum this coming year.

1 Seeds:  ARIZONA, OHIO STATE, Wisconsin, SYRACUSE

2 Seeds:  OKLAHOMA STATE, LOUISVILLE, Kansas, Michigan State

3 Seeds:  VILLANOVA, WICHITA STATE, North Carolina, KENTUCKY

4 Seeds:  Iowa State, GONZAGA, Duke, Connecticut

5 Seeds:  Oregon, Memphis, Florida, Baylor

6 Seeds:  Iowa, MASSACHUSETTS, Pittsburgh, Colorado

7 Seeds:  Saint Mary's, UCLA, Creighton, Michigan

8 Seeds:  SAN DIEGO STATE, HARVARD, New Mexico, Saint Louis

9 Seeds:  Georgetown, Virginia, Missouri, VCU

10 Seeds:  BYU, LSU, Indiana, Marquette

11 Seeds:  Arkansas, Florida State, Arizona State, Dayton

12 Seeds:  Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, DREXEL, Stanford, LOUISIANA TECH

13 Seeds:  TOLEDO, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, UC SANTA BARBARA, BELMONT

14 Seeds:  NEW MEXICO STATE, BUCKNELL, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, STEPHEN F AUSTIN

15 Seeds:  MANHATTAN, GREEN BAY, MERCER, ELON

16 Seeds:  NC CENTRAL, BRYANT, STONY BROOK, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN, WEBER STATE, SOUTHERN

Last 4 Byes:  Arkansas, Florida State, Arizona State, Dayton

Last 4 In:  Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Stanford

First 4 Out:  George Washington, Cincinnati, Texas, Butler

Next 4 Out:  Notre Dame, Illinois, California, Boise State