College basketball is well underway this season and as we are in the last month 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 2/9/14:
| EAST | WEST | |
| 1-Syracuse* | 1-Arizona* | |
| 16-N.C.Central*/Southern* | 16-Weber St* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 8-VCU | 8-New Mexico | |
| 9-Minnesota | 9-Umass | |
| 4-Cincinnati* | 4- Virginia | |
| 13-Belmont* | 13-Harvard* | |
| San Antonio March 21-23 | Raleigh March 21-23 | |
| 5-UCLA | 5-Ohio State | |
| 12-Toledo* | 12-G'town/LSU | |
| 3-Wisconsin | 3-Michigan State.* | |
| 14-Iona* | 14-UC-S.Barbara* | |
| Milwaukee March 20-22 | Milwaukee March 20-22 | |
| 6-Pitt | 6-Oklahoma | |
| 11-Cal | 11-Florida State | |
| 7-Uconn | 7-Gonzaga* | |
| 10-Oklahoma State | 10-Xavier | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 2-Villanova* | 2-San Diego State* | |
| 15-Boston U.* | 15-UC-Irvine* | |
| MIDWEST | SOUTH | |
| 1-Kansas* | 1-Florida* | |
| 16-VMI*/Vermont* | Davidson* | |
| St. Louis March 21-23 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 8-Colorado | 8-Stanford | |
| 9-G. Washington | 9-Kansas State | |
| 4-Kentucky | 4-Creighton | |
| 13-Delaware* | 13-Mercer* | |
| Orlando March 20-22 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 5-Iowa | 5-St. Louis* | |
| 12-Oregon/St. Joes | 12-No.Dakota St* | |
| 3-Duke | 3-Michigan | |
| 14-Georgia State* | 14-Robert Morris* | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | St. Louis March 21-23 | |
| 6-Memphis | 6-Louisville | |
| 11-Tennessee | 11-Southern Miss.* | |
| 7-Texas | 7-North Carolina | |
| 10-SMU | 10-Arizona State | |
| San Antonio March 21-23 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 2-Wichita State* | 2-Iowa State | |
| 15-S.F. Austin* | 15-Utah Valley St.* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
There was no movement on the top line this week. I kept Arizona on the one line as their resume is stronger than any two seeds. Wichita State had a great week and moved to the top of the two line. It appears they have a great chance of going undefeated. With that, a great chance of getting a one seed.
Some teams in total free fall right now–Oklahoma State (last 10 seed), Oregon (last team in) and Missouri and Baylor are out of the field.
Creighton drops to a four seed. The St John’s loss is not a bad one. A win over Villanova may move them back to a three seed. There is a lot of basketball left and with the way the field is stacking up, a five or six seed may not be the worst thing in the world-especially if it gets them in a bracket with better matchups and closer to home.
Last four in: LSU, St.Joe’s, Georgetown, Oregon
First four out: BYU, Dayton, Missouri, St Johns
Next four out: Ole Miss, Baylor, Richmond, NC State