Preseason Bracket Breakdown

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2009-2010 Preseason Bracket  (expand bracket picture if necessary)

Breakdown by Conference

ACC (7): North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Maryland, Wake Forest, Florida State
Big East (7): Villanova, West Virginia, Connecticut, Louisville, Syracuse, Georgetown, Cincinnati
Big Ten (7): Purdue, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Big 12 (6): Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M
Pac-10 (3): California, Washington, UCLA
SEC (6): Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss
Atlantic-10 (2): Dayton, Xavier
Conference-USA (2): Tulsa, Memphis
Mountain West (2): BYU, San Diego State
WAC (2): Utah State, Nevada

One-Bid Conferences (21): America East (Boston University); Atlantic Sun (Jacksonville); Big Sky (Weber State); Big South (Radford); Big West (Long Beach State); Colonial (VCU); Horizon (Butler); Ivy (Cornell); MAC (Akron); MAAC (Siena); MEAC (Morgan State); Missouri Valley (Northern Iowa); Northeast (Mount St. Mary's); Ohio Valley (Morehead State); Patriot (Holy Cross); Southern (College of Charleston); Southland (Sam Houston State); Summit (Oakland); Sun Belt (Western Kentucky); SWAC (Jackson State); West Coast (Gonzaga)

Last Four In: Nevada, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, San Diego State
Last Four Out: South Carolina, Creighton, Pittsburgh, Boston College
Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Arizona, Richmond

NCAA TOURNAMENT PREDICTIONS

National Champion: Kansas
National Runner-up: Texas

Final Four: Kentucky
Final Four: West Virginia

Elite Eight: Purdue
Elite Eight: Washington
Elite Eight: North Carolina
Elite Eight: Villanova

Cinderella: Northern Iowa
Bust: Tennessee