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2009-10 PRESEASON PREVIEW: THE BIG BRACKET

Top 144 Preview | Message Board | 2010 NCAA Tournament

Each year CollegeHoops.net ranks & previews The Nation's Top 144 teams, including all projected conference winners. As CHN releases the previews (daily leading up to #1 on opening day), they're plugged into this nifty projected 2010 NCAA Tournament bracket. Start drooling over some of the potential March matchups already..

Click on team links for full preview by CHN's Joel Welser.

Teams advance based purely on higher ranking here.

  First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
 ? Region
1(1)  #1 Kansas          
16/16

 #144 Jackson St vs

 #132 Murray St

 Kansas        
9  #33 Memphis  Ole Miss        
8  #32 Ole Miss    Kansas      
5  #17 Georgetown    Dayton      
12  #48 Old Dominion  Georgetown        
13  #49 Missouri  Dayton        
4  #16 Dayton      Kansas    
3  #9 Tennessee      Duke    
14  #108 Jacksonville  Tennessee        
11  #41 Creighton  Xavier        
6  #24 Xavier    Tennessee      
7  #25 Kansas State    Duke      
10  #40 Pittsburgh  Kansas St        
15  #133 Vermont*  Duke        
2  #8 Duke        Kansas Indianapolis, IN
 ? Region
1(4)  #4 North Carolina        North Carolina April 2010
16  #124 Radford  North Carolina        
9  #36 Wisconsin  UCLA        
8  #29 UCLA    North Carolina      
5  #20 Maryland    Ohio State      
12  #45 Seton Hall  Maryland        
13  #92 Cornell  Ohio State        
4  #13 Ohio State      North Carolina    
3  #12 Washington      Texas    
14  #97 Charleston  Washington        
11  #44 Wake Forest  Illinois        
6  #21 Illinois    Washington      
7  #27 Louisville    Texas      
10  #37 Oklahoma  Louisville        
15

 #122 Mt St. Mary's

 Texas        
2  #5 Texas          ** Kansas **
 ? Region          Championship
1(2)  #2 Villanova          Villanova
16  #142 So Carolina St  Villanova        
9  #34 Siena  Gonzaga        
8  #31 Gonzaga    Villanova      
5  #18 Minnesota    California      
12  #47 Vanderbilt  Minnesota        
13  #53 Western Ky  California        
4  #15 California  

 

 Villanova    
3  #10 Purdue      West Virginia    
14  #106 Weber St  Purdue        
11  #42 Arizona St  Mississippi St        
6  #23 Mississippi St    Purdue      
7  #26 Georgia Tech    West Virginia      
10  #39 Florida  Georgia Tech        
15  #112 Sam Houston  West Virginia        
2  #7 West Virginia        Villanova Indianapolis, IN
 ? Region
1(3)  #3 Michigan State        Michigan St April 2010
16  #131 Holy Cross  Michigan St        
9  #35 Oklahoma St  South Carolina        
8  #30 South Carolina    Michigan St      
5  #19 UCONN    Michigan      
12  #46 Nevada  UCONN        
13  #68 Akron  Michigan        
4  #14 Michigan      Michigan St    
3  #11 Butler      Kentucky    
14  #101 Long Beach St  Butler        
11  #42 BYU  Clemson        
6  #22 Clemson    Butler      
7  #28 Texas A&M    Kentucky      
10  #38 Tulsa  Texas A&M        
15  #113 Oakland  Kentucky        
2  #6 Kentucky          
* Vermont was originally our #2 AE team but is listed here now that Binghamton's program has imploded in recent weeks..
   

 

 


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