College basketball is well underway this season and we are now in the final weeks of the 2011-12 regular season. Many will play the role of Bracketologist predicting the field of 68. Tim Krueger, co-host of the Bluejay Banter radio 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, with podcasts of the show available via www.am590espnradio.com and the Bluejay Underground A/V room
The bracket as of 2/29/2012:
| EAST | SOUTH | |
| 1-Syracuse* | 1-Kentucky* | |
| 16-Stony Brook/Tex-Arlington** | 16-Savannah St. | |
| Pittsburgh, PA. (Mar. 15-17) | Louisville, KY, (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 8-Kansas St. | 8-San Diego State | |
| 9-Alabama | 9-Seton Hall | |
| 4-Wisconsin | 4-Michigan | |
| 13-Iona* | 13-Harvard* | |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Mar. 15-17) | Nashville, TN (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 5-Temple* | 5-Florida St. | |
| 12-BYU/UConn | 12-West Virginia | |
| 3-Baylor | 3-Indiana | |
| 14-Nevada* | 14-Weber St.* | |
| Albuquerque, NM (Mar. 15-17) | Portland, OR (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 6-Purdue | 6-Gonzaga | |
| 11-Long Beach State* | 11-California | |
| 7-Notre Dame | 7-Creighton | |
| 10-Southern Mississippi | 10-Virginia | |
| Greensboro, NC (Mar. 16-18) | Louisville, KY(Mar 15-17) | |
| 2-North Carolina | 2-Ohio State | |
| 15-Bucknell* | 15-Belmont* | |
| MIDWEST | WEST | |
| 1-Duke* | 1-Michigan State* | |
| 16-UNC-Ashville* | 16-LIU/Mississippi Valley State** | |
| Greensboro, NC(Mar. 16-18) | Columbus, OH (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 8-Memphis | 8-Saint Louis | |
| 9-Washington | 9-Cinncinatti | |
| 4-Louisville | 4-UNLV* | |
| 13-Middle Tennessee State* | 13-Oral Roberts* | |
| Columbus, OH (Mar. 16-18) | Albuquerque (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 5-Wichita State* | 5-Vanderbilt | |
| 12-Mississippi State/Colorado State | 12-VCU | |
| 3-Georgetown | 3-Marquette | |
| 14-Davidson* | 14-Akron* | |
| Nashville, TN (Mar. 16-18) | Portland, OR (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 6-Florida | 6-Iowa State | |
| 11-Texas | 11-Arizona | |
| 7-Murray State* | 7-St. Mary's* | |
| 10-New Mexico | 10-Northwestern | |
| Omaha, NE (Mar. 16-18) | Omaha, NE (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 2-Kansas* | 2-Missouri | |
| 15-Valparaiso* | 15-Drexel* |
*Denotes Conference Autobid
Last four in: UConn,BYU,Colo. St, Miss St
First four out: Xavier, South Florida, Miami,St Joseph’s
Next four out: NC State, Dayton, Oregon, UMass