College basketball is midway through the conference tournaments. Between now and Sunday, 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 before play began on 3/10/2012:
| EAST | SOUTH | |
| 1-Syracuse* | 1-Kentucky* | |
| 16-Stony Brook/Lamar** | 16-Norfolk State* | |
| Pittsburgh, PA. (Mar. 15-17) | Louisville, KY, (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 8-Purdue | 8-Notre Dame | |
| 9-Iowa State | 9-Kansas State | |
| 4-Florida State | 4-Georgetown | |
| 13-Arizona* | 13-Davidson* | |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Mar. 15-17) | Nashville, TN (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 5-Temple* | 5-Wichita State | |
| 12-BYU/Seton Hall | 12-Xavier | |
| 3-Baylor | 3-Michigan | |
| 14-New Mexico State* | 14-Belmont* | |
| Albuquerque (Mar. 15-17) | Nashville, TN (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 6-Vanderbilt | 6-Murray State* | |
| 11-Long Beach State | 11-Texas | |
| 7-New Mexico | 7-Memphis | |
| 10-West Virginia | 10-Viginia | |
| Columbus, OH (Mar. 16-18) | Omaha, NE (Mar 16-18) | |
| 2-Michigan State | 2-Missouri* | |
| 15-Long Island* | 15-Loyola (MD)* | |
| MIDWEST | WEST | |
| 1-Kansas* | 1-North Carolina* | |
| 16-UNC-Ashville*/Western Kentucky* | 16-Mississippi Valley State* | |
| Omaha (Mar. 16-18) | Greensboro (Mar. 16-18) | |
| 8-St. Mary's* | 8-St. Louis | |
| 9-Alabama | 9-UConn | |
| 4-Louisvile | 4-Wisconsin | |
| 13-North Carolina State/Marshall | 13-South Dakota State* | |
| Columbus, OH (Mar. 16-18) | Albuquerque (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 5-Florida | 5-UNLV | |
| 12-VCU* | 12-Southern Mississippi | |
| 3-Indiana | 3-Marquette | |
| 14-Akron* | 14-Montana* | |
| Portland, OR (Mar. 15-17) | Portland, OR(Mar. 15-17) | |
| 6-San Diego State* | 6-Creighton* | |
| 11-California | 11-Colorado State | |
| 7-Cinncinati | 7-Gonzaga | |
| 10-Harvard* | 10-South Florida | |
| Greensboro, NC (Mar. 16-18) | Louisville, KY (Mar. 15-17) | |
| 2-Duke | 2-Ohio State* | |
| 15-Lehigh* | 15-Detroit* |
**Denotes Conference Autobid
Last four in: Marshall, Seton Hall, NC State, BYU
First four out: Mississippi, Tennessee, Drexel, Mississippi State
Next four out: Northwestern, Dayton, Washington, Iona
The final bracket will be released shortly before the selection show.