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 2/28/14:
| EAST-NYC | WEST-Anaheim | |
| 1-Syracuse | 1-Arizona* | |
| 16-N.C.Central*/Ala. St.* | 16-Weber State* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 8-VCU | 8-Gonzaga* | |
| 9-Kansas State | 9-SMU | |
| 4-Michigan State | 4-San Diego State | |
| 13-Harvard* | 13-Iona* | |
| San Diego March 21-23 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 5-UCLA | 5-North Carolina | |
| 12-N.Dakota St.* | 12-Green Bay* | |
| 3-Villanova | 3-Michigan* | |
| 14-Boston U.* | 14-Delaware* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | Milwaukee March 20-22 | |
| 6-Umass | 6-Oklahoma | |
| 11-Tenn/Oregon | 11-BYU | |
| 7-New Mexico* | 7-Stanford | |
| 10-Minnesota | 10-Pitt | |
| St. Louis March 20-22 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 2-Kansas* | 2-Creighton* | |
| 15-Vermont* | 15-UC-Santa Barbara* | |
| MIDWEST-Indianapolis | SOUTH-Memphis | |
| 1-Wichita State* | 1-Florida* | |
| 16-High Pt.*/Utah Vly St.* | 16-Robert Morris* | |
| St Louis March 21-23 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 8-Memphis | 8-Colorado | |
| 9-Arizona State | 9-Baylor | |
| 4-Virginia* | 4-St. Louis* | |
| 13-Belmont* | 13-S.F. Austin* | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 5-Kentucky | 5-Louisville | |
| 12-So. Miss.* | 12-Okla St./Arkansas | |
| 3-Iowa State | 3-Cincinnati* | |
| 14-Mercer* | 14-Georgia St.* | |
| Spokane March 20-22 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 6-Ohio State | 6-Texas | |
| 11-Cal | 11-St. Joes | |
| 7-Uconn | 7-Iowa | |
| 10-Xavier | 10-G.Washington | |
| Milwaukee March 20-22 | Raleigh March 21-23 | |
| 2-Wisconsin | 2-Duke | |
| 15-West. Michigan* | 15-Davidson* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
No movement on the top four lines since the weekend. However, there was plenty of movement elsewhere. A lot of bubble teams are losing this week. Arkansas took advantage with their big win over Kentucky.
Creighton did not play this week and holds on to the two seed. They have a huge game this Saturday against Xavier, who had a huge win in the Garden this week against St Johns. The Musketeers currently sit at a ten seed and can solidify things with a win. If the Jays lose, they will be looking at a three seed
Last four in: Arkansas, Tennessee, Oregon, Oklahoma State
First four out: Providence, Missouri, Nebraska, Florida State
Next four out: St Johns, Marquette,Dayton, LSU