Today is Selection Sunday. Many 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 FINAL BRACKET:
| WEST-Anaheim | EAST-NYC | |
| 1-Arizona* | 1-Villanova | |
| 16-Weber State* | 16-Cost.Carolina*/Mt St Marys* | |
| San Diego March 21-23 | Buffalo March 20-22 | |
| 8-Gonzaga* | 8-G.Washington | |
| 9-Memphis | 9-Oklahoma State | |
| 4-Cincinnati | 4-UCLA | |
| 13-Delaware* | 13-Tulsa* | |
| Spokane March 20-22 | Spokane March 20-22 | |
| 5-SDSU | 5-Uconn | |
| 12-No.Dakota St* | 12-Manhattan* | |
| 3-Michigan St* | 3-Duke | |
| 14-Mercer* | 14-E.Kentucky* | |
| Buffalo March 20-22 | Raleigh March 21-23 | |
| 6-Kentucky | 6-VCU | |
| 11-BYU/Dayton | 11-Tennessee | |
| 7-Umass | 7-Baylor | |
| 10-Stanford | 10-Pitt | |
| St. Louis March 21-23 | Milwaukee March 20-22 | |
| 2-Kansas | 2-Michigan | |
| 15-Wisc-Milwaukee* | 15-Wofford* | |
| MIDWEST-Indianapolis | SOUTH-Memphis | |
| 1-Wichita State* | 1-Florida* | |
| 16-Cal Poly*./Tx.South.* | 16-Albany* | |
| St.Louis March 21-23 | Orlando March 20-22 | |
| 8-St. Louis | 8-Oregon | |
| 9-Kansas St. | 9-St. Joes* | |
| 4-Creighton | 4-Syracuse | |
| 13-West. Mich.* | 13-S.F. Austin* | |
| San Antonio March 21-23 | San Diego March 21-23 | |
| 5-Ohio St. | 5-Oklahoma | |
| 12-Neb./SMU | 12-Harvard* | |
| 3-Virginia* | 3-Louisville* | |
| 14-Louisiana-Laf.* | 14-N. Mexico St* | |
| Raleigh March 21-23 | Orlando March 21-23 | |
| 6-New Mexico* | 6-North Carolina | |
| 11-Providence* | 11-Iowa | |
| 7-Texas | 7-Colorado | |
| 10-Arizona State | 10-Xavier | |
| Milwaukee March 20-22 | San Antonio March 21-23 | |
| 2-Wisconsin | 2-Iowa State* | |
| 15-American* | 15-NC Central* |
*Indicate Conference Auto-Bid
Krueger’s Notes on the Bracket:
It was a tough call on the last number one. Went with Villanova after Michigan’s loss.
Creighton slipped to a four seed, more of a product of Louisville’s run rather than their loss to Providence. Xavier safely in at a ten seed with Providence getting an eleven.
Last four in: Nebraska, SMU, BYU, Dayton
First four out: Cal, N.C. State, Minnesota, Southern Miss
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