College basketball is in the final stretch of conference season. Many will play the role of Bracketologist predicting the field of 68. Tim Krueger, co-host of the Bluejay Banter radio show returns for his 5th season of predicting the field. Krueger ranks up there with the best of them with a Tier 1 ranking participating in The Bracket Project the past several years.
Leading up to Selection Sunday, Krueger will provide White & Blue Review his updated bracket predictions. Bluejay Banter can be heard every Monday from 6-7 PM on 1620 the Zone — The Home of the Jays.
The Bracket as of 2/23/14:
| EAST-NYC | WEST-Anaheim | |
| 1-Syracuse | 1-Arizona* | |
| 16-N.C.Central*/Southern* | 16-Weber State* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 8-VCU | 8-SMU | |
| 9-Baylor | 9-Gonzaga* | |
| 4-Michigan State | 4-San Diego State* | |
| 13-Harvard* | 13-Mercer* | |
| San Diego March 21-23 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 5-UCLA | 5-Ohio State | |
| 12-N.Dakota St.* | 12-Green Bay* | |
| 3-Villanova | 3-Michigan* | |
| 14-Boston U.* | 14-Mid. Tenn. St* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | Milwaukee March 20-22 | |
| 6-Umass | 6-Oklahoma | |
| 11-Tenn/Oregon | 11-BYU | |
| 7-Uconn | 7-Stanford | |
| 10-Minnesota | 10-Pitt | |
| St. Louis March 20-22 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 2-Kansas* | 2-Creighton* | |
| 15-Robert Morris.* | 15-New Mexico St.* | |
| MIDWEST-Indianapolis | SOUTH-Memphis | |
| 1-Wichita State* | 1-Florida* | |
| 16-Vermont*/VMI* | Georgia State* | |
| St Louis March 21-23 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 8-Kansas State | 8-Texas | |
| 9-Geo.Washington | 9-Colorado | |
| 4-Virginia* | 4-St. Louis* | |
| 13-Delaware* | 13-Belmont* | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 5-Kentucky | 5-Louisville | |
| 12-Cal/St. Joe's | 12-Toledo* | |
| 3-Iowa State | 3-Cincinnati* | |
| 14-UC-S.Barbara* | 14-S.F. Austin* | |
| Spokane March 20-22 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 6-North Carolina | 6-Iowa | |
| 11-Missouri | 11-Oklahoma State | |
| 7-Memphis | 7-New Mexico | |
| 10-Geo. Washington | 10-Xavier | |
| Milwaukee March 20-22 | Raleigh March 21-23 | |
| 2-Wisconsin | 2-Duke | |
| 15-Iona* | 15-Davidson* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
The top line did not change this week. However, the teams were reshuffled along that line. Arizona is now the top number one seed and Syracuse the last number one. The Orange are closer to the two line than most people think.
Some bubble teams were basically eliminated this week. However, the teams on the bubble seemed to all get closer to one another. There is not really a lot separating the teams in the field versus the teams who are outside looking in.
Creighton stayed on the two line this week going 2-0. The Jays should stay there with a win next Saturday at Xavier. A loss could push them to a four seed, depending on how the teams on the three line do.
Last four in: Cal, Tennessee, Oregon, St. Joe’s
First four out: Richmond,Nebraska,Dayton,Georgetown
Next four out: St Johns,Arkansas,LSU,Providence