The day has finally arrived. Selection Sunday for the 2012 NCAA Tournament is here, but before the official selection committee announces the actual bids and seeding, let's take a look at the projections for some of the local schools from Chris Dobbertean of SB Nation and Blogging The Bracket.
The Georgetown Hoyas, at one time projected to be a No. 3 seed, have dropped to a No. 4 seed. CAA Tournament champion VCU is slotted as a No. 11 seed, as are the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC. Loyola, winners of the MAAC Tournament, earn a No. 14 seed.
Dobbertean is one of the few bracketologists who still has the Drexel Dragons, the regular season CAA champion, in the tournament. They make his "Last Four In" category.
Full bracket projections below:
Teams that have clinched automatic bids appear in all caps.
| (1) SOUTH Atlanta (Fri/Sun) |
(2) EAST Boston (Thu/Sat) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville (Thu/Sat) | Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 1 | Kentucky (SEC) | 1 | Syracuse |
| 16 | MVSU/WKU | 16 | UNC ASHEVILLE (Big South) |
| 8 | Iowa State | ↑ 8 | Kansas State |
| 9 | Connecticut | ↑ 9 | HARVARD (Ivy) |
| Portland (Thu/Sat) | Portland (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 5 | MURRAY STATE (OVC) | 5 | Temple |
| ↑ 12 | COLORADO (Pac-12) | 12 | BYU |
| 4 | Indiana | 4 | Wisconsin |
| 13 | SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Summit) | 13 | N.C. State/Seton Hall |
| Albuquerque (Thu/Sat) | Columbus (Fri/Sun) | ||
| ↑ 6 | Notre Dame | ↑ 6 | Vanderbilt |
| ↓ 11 | VCU (CAA) | ↑ 11 | Colorado State |
| 3 | Baylor | 3 | Michigan |
| 14 | LOYOLA (MD) (MAAC) | 14 | BELMONT (A-Sun) |
| Greensboro (Fri/Sun) | Omaha (Fri/Sun) | ||
| 7 | San Diego State | ↓ 7 | Cincinnati |
| ↓ 10 | Saint Louis | ↑ 10 | Southern Miss. |
| 2 | Duke | 2 | MISSOURI (Big 12) |
| 15 | LONG ISLAND U. (NEC) | 15 | MONTANA (Big Sky) |
| (4) WEST Phoenix (Thu/Sat) |
(3) MIDWEST St. Louis (Fri/Sun) |
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| Columbus (Fri/Sun) | Greensboro (Fri/Sun) | ||
| ↑ 1 | Michigan State (Big Ten) | 1 | North Carolina (ACC) |
| 16 | LAMAR (Southland) | 16 | NORFOLK STATE/VERMONT |
| 8 | ST. MARY'S (WCC) | ↓ 8 | Gonzaga |
| ↑ 9 | Xavier (A-10) | 9 | Alabama |
| Nashville (Fri/Sun) | Albuquerque (Thu/Sat) | ||
| ↑ 5 | NEW MEXICO (MWC) | ↑ 5 | Wichita State |
| ↓ 12 | LONG BEACH STATE (Big West) | ↓ 12 | Texas |
| 4 | Florida State | ↓ 4 | Georgetown |
| 13 | USF/Drexel | 13 | DAVIDSON (Southern) |
| Nashville (Fri/Sun) | Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat) | ||
| ↓ 6 | CREIGHTON (MVC) | 6 | MEMPHIS (C-USA) |
| 11 | Virginia | 11 | California |
| ↑ 3 | LOUISVILLE (Big East) | 3 | Marquette |
| 14 | NEW MEXICO STATE (WAC) | ↑ 14 | OHIO (MAC) |
| Omaha (Fri/Sun) | Louisville (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 7 | Florida | ↓ 7 | UNLV |
| ↓ 10 | Purdue | ↑ 10 | West Virginia |
| 2 | Kansas | 2 | Ohio State |
| 15 | DETROIT (Horizon) | 15 | LEHIGH (Patriot) |
| FIRST FOUR (Dayton) | |||
| Tuesday: To Louisville |
Tuesday: To Portland | ||
| 16 | MISS. VALLEY ST. (SWAC) | 13 | N.C. State |
| 16 | WESTERN KENTUCKY (Sun Belt) | ↑ 13 | Seton Hall |
| Wednesday: To Greensboro | Wednesday: To Nashville |
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| 16 | NORFOLK STATE (MEAC) | 13 | Drexel |
| 16 | VERMONT (AmEast) | 13 | USF |
An explanation of the Last Four In and First Four Out, along with a few more teams, follows the rundown.
| BIDS BY CONFERENCE | LAST FOUR BYES | ARRIVALS | DEPARTURES |
| Big East: 10 |
Colorado State | Colorado | Akron |
| Big Ten: 7 | California | Ohio | Arizona |
| Big 12: 6 | BYU | Seton Hall | Mississippi State |
| ACC: 5 | Texas | Vermont | Stony Brook |
| MWC: 4 |
LAST FOUR IN | PROCEDURAL SHIFTS | |
| SEC: 4 |
N.C. State | Harvard | Up to a 9 from a 10 |
| A-10: 3 | USF | Purdue | Down to a 10 from a 9 |
| WCC: 3 | Seton Hall | ||
| CAA: 2 | Drexel | ||
| C-USA: 2 | LAST FOUR OUT | ||
| MVC: 2 | Marshall | ||
| Pac-12: 2 | Dayton | ||
| 1-Bid Conferences: 19 | Mississippi | ||
| Mississippi State | |||
| NEXT FOUR OUT | |||
| Iona | |||
| Washington | |||
| Miami | |||
| Northwestern |
For more bracketology, check out Blogging The Bracket.