March 15th, 2010

NCAA Tournament Bracket 2010 And A List of Participants.  The 2010 brackets for the NCAA tournament are available.  In addition, those schools that didn’t make it into the NCAA finals could possibly be in the NIT Tournament.

Of course we will see many of our favorite teams from conferences such as the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, and Big 12.  In addition, the winners of all the conference tournaments made an automatic bid into the NCAA finals.

Each of the four divisions will get their programs down to a single winner.  From that point, the championship rounds will move on and the single champion will be crowned.

Midwest Region:

#1 Kansas Jayhawks vs. Lehigh Mountain Hawks

#8 UNLV vs. Northern Iowa Panthers

#5 Spartans of Michigan State vs. New Mexico State Aggies

#4 Maryland vs. Houston

#2 Ohio State vs. UC Santa Barbara

#7 Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech

#3 Georgetown Hoyas vs. #14Ohio Bobcats

#6 Tennessee vs. #11 San Diego 

In the West:

#1 Syracuse vs. #16 Vermont

#8 Gonzaga vs. #9 Florida State Seminoles

#5 Butler vs. #12 UTEP (first bubble team in)

#4 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Murray State Racers

#2 Kansas State Wildcats vs. #15 North Texas

#7 BYU vs. Florida Gators (another bubble team in)

#3 Pittsburgh vs. #14 Oakland

#6 Xavier vs. #11 Minnesota   

The East Region:

#1 Kentucky Wildcats vs. #16 East Tennessee State

#8 Texas Longhorns vs. #9 Wake Forest

#5 Temple vs. #12 Cornell

#4 Wisconsin vs. #13 Wofford

#2 West Virginia vs. #15 Morgan State

#7 Clemson Tigers vs. #10 Missouri

#3 New Mexico vs. #14 Montana

#6 Marquette Golden Eagles vs. #11 Washington Huskies 

South Region:

#1 Duke vs. #16 Winthrop Eagles

#8 California vs. #9 Louisville

#5 Texas A&M vs. #12 Utah State

#4 Purdue Boilermakers vs. #13 Siena Saints

#2 Villanova vs. #15 Robert Morris

#7 Richmond vs. #10 Saint Mary’s

#3 Baylor vs. #14 Sam Houston State

#6 Notre Dame vs. #11 Old Dominion

What do you think of the NCAA bracket? Who do you think will make it into the quarter finals? Who do you think the NCAA champion will be? Leave your insight below.