College basketball is well underway this season and as we are in the middle 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 2/2/14:
| EAST | WEST | |
| 1-Syracuse* | 1-Arizona* | |
| 16-Stony Brook*/Southern* | 16-Weber St* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 8-Colo | 8-New Mexico | |
| 9-Umass | 9-Minnesota | |
| 4-Cincinnati* | 4- Oklahoma | |
| 13-Belmont* | 13-Green Bay* | |
| San Diego March 21-23 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 5-Wisconsin | 5-UCLA | |
| 12-Toledo* | 12-SMU/Missouri | |
| 3-Iowa State | 3-San Diego St.* | |
| 14-Canisius* | 14-UC-S.Barbara* | |
| Milwaukee March 20-22 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 6-Pitt | 6-Texas | |
| 11-So. Miss.* | 11-Oregon | |
| 7-VCU | 7-Memphis | |
| 10-Tennessee | 10-G. Washington | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | Buffalo March 21-23 | |
| 2-Villanova | 2-Michigan | |
| 15-N.Carolina Cent.* | 15-Fort Wayne* | |
| MIDWEST | SOUTH | |
| 1-Kansas* | 1-Florida* | |
| 16-Coastal Car.*/Chattanooga* | Robert Morris* | |
| St. Louis March 21-23 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 8-Uconn | 8-North Carolina | |
| 9-Florida State | 9-Xavier | |
| 4-Kentucky | 4-Virginia | |
| 13-Delaware* | 13-Mercer* | |
| Orlando March 20-22 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 5-Iowa | 5-Oklahoma State | |
| 12-Providence/Stanford | 12-Harvard* | |
| 3-Duke | 3-Creighton* | |
| 14-American* | 14-Georgia State* | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | St. Louis March 21-23 | |
| 6-Ohio State | 6-Louisville | |
| 11-LSU | 11-Baylor | |
| 7-Gonzaga* | 7-St. Louis* | |
| 10-Kansas State | 10-Cal | |
| San Antonio March 21-23 | Milwaukee March 20-22 | |
| 2-Wichita State* | 2-Michigan St.* | |
| 15-S.F. Austin* | 15-Utah Valley St.* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
Teams are not handling prosperity well this week. Twenty of the 32 top seeds lost at least one game this week. That means that although there was some movement, teams stayed close to their seeds of last week. Florida did replace Michigan State on the one line as they continue to impress in the SEC.
Creighton moved up to a three seed, more of a product of teams around them all losing, some with some bad loses. The Jays continue to receive a lot of love from the computers ranking in the top ten of several major metrics including the RPI
Last four in: Missouri, SMU, Stanford, Providence
First four out: Arizona State, Dayton. St.Joe’s, Ole Miss
Next four out: BYU, Richmond, Clemson, N.C.State