College basketball is well underway this season and as we are now in the conference season, many will play the role of Bracketologist predicting the field of 68. Tim Krueger, co-host of both the Bluejay Banter radio show and of the new MVC Hoops Show is one such fan. Krueger has conducted his own bracket projections for years, even before ESPN’s Joe Lunardi gave such a practice the term Bracketology.
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 590 AM, Omaha’s ESPN Radio. The MVC Hoops show can be heard on local radio stations across the MVC six-state footprint.
The Bracket as of 2/22/13:
| EAST | WEST | |
| 1-Miami* | 1-Duke | |
| 16-Norfolk St/Mercer** | 16-Niagara* | |
| Lexington March 21-23 | Philadelphia March 22-24 | |
| 8-Missouri | 8-Minnesota | |
| 9-VCU | 9-UCLA | |
| 4- Wisconsin | 4-Kansas St | |
| 13-Bucknell* | 13-Akron.* | |
| San Jose March 21-23 | Kansas City March 21-23 | |
| 5-Oklahoma St | 5-Marquette | |
| 12-Villanova | 12-Belmont* | |
| 3-Syracuse | 3-Gonzaga* | |
| 14-Stony Brook* | 14-Davidson* | |
| Philadelphia March 22-24 | San Jose March 21-23 | |
| 6-UNLV | 6-Colorado St. | |
| 11-Virginia | 11-LaSalle | |
| 7-St Louis* | 7-Cinncinati | |
| 10-Creighton | 10-Iowa State | |
| Auburn Hills March 21-23 | Sal Lake City March 21-23 | |
| 2-Michigan | 2-Arizona* | |
| 15-Harvard* | 15-Montana* | |
| SOUTH | MIDWEST | |
| 1-Kansas* | 1-Indiana* | |
| 16-Northeastern* | 16-Southern/High Point** | |
| Kansas City March 22-24 | Dayton March 22-24 | |
| 8-Wichita State* | 8-Oregon | |
| 9-Colorado | 9-Memphis* | |
| 4-Georgetown | 4-Butler | |
| 13-Louisiana Tech* | 13-Stephen F. Austin* | |
| Lexington March 21-23 | Austin March 22-24 | |
| 5-Ohio St | 5-Pittsburgh | |
| 12-Boise St/St. Johns | 12-Middle Tennessee St.* | |
| 3-New Mexico* | 3-Louisville* | |
| 14-Long Beach St* | 14-Valparaiso* | |
| Salt Lake City March 21-23 | Dayton March 22-24 | |
| 6-North Carolina State | 6-Illinois | |
| 11-Baylor | 11-California/Charlotte | |
| 7-Notre Dame | 7-Oklahoma | |
| 10-Temple | 10-North Carolina | |
| Auburn Hills March 21-23 | Austin March 22-24 | |
| 2-Michigan St. | 2-Florida* | |
| 15-South Dakota St* | 15-Robert Morris* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
It is tough right now figuring out who belongs on the one, two and three lines. Duke, Indiana and Miami are locks on the one line and that’s about it. I moved Arizona to the two line after much thought. The WCC is just so weak that if Gonzaga played in another conference their record would not be as good. They are still a very good team that could move up.
Jays stay at 10. They are more solidly in the field than last week. A victory at St Mary’s and at home against Wichita would not only cement the Jays in the tourney but move them up to an 8 seed.
Last four in: Boise St.,Charlotte, St. Johns and California
First four out: Arizona State, St. Mary’s, Mississippi and Southern Mississippi
Next four out: Alabama, Iowa,Maryland and Kentucky