The Major Conference tournaments are still underway, but the projected brackets are still going through some very interesting, if not unexplainable, permutations. SB Nation just came out with the latest edition of their 2012 Bracketology, and it saw one local team drop a seed for seemingly little reason at all.
Florida State was a No. 4 seed as recent as yesterday, and despite not playing another game, they've dropped to a No. 5. The teams that earned No. 4 seeds in this bracket - Wisconsin, Baylor, UNLV and Temple - haven't had a chance to impress in their Conference tournaments either. Maybe they'll get a win in the ACC tournament and get back up to that No. 4 seed, or higher.
Here is the complete bracketology.
(1) SOUTH
Atlanta (Fri/Sun)(2) EAST
Boston (Thu/Sat)
Louisville (Thu/Sat)
Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat)
1
Kentucky (SEC)
1
Syracuse (Big East)
16
MVSU/WESTERN KENTUCKY
16
UNC ASHEVILLE (Big South)
8
Kansas State
8
Saint Louis
9
Cincinnati
9
Alabama
Nashville (Fri/Sun)
Albuquerque (Thu/Sat)
5
Florida State
5
MURRAY STATE (OVC)
12
Colorado State
12
BYU
4
Wisconsin
4
Baylor
13
USF/Xavier
13
SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Summit)
Albuquerque (Thu/Sat)
Nashville (Fri/Sun)
6
Louisville
6
Wichita State
11
HARVARD (Ivy)
11
Long Beach St. (Big West)
3
Indiana
3
Michigan
14
Nevada (WAC)
14
Akron (MAC)
Omaha (Fri/Sun)
Greensboro (Fri/Sun)
7
New Mexico
7
Florida
10
West Virginia
10
Connecticut
2
Missouri
2
Duke
15
Montana (Big Sky)
15
Bucknell (Patriot)
(4) WEST
Phoenix (Thu/Sat)(3) MIDWEST
St. Louis (Fri/Sun)
Greensboro (Fri/Sun)
Omaha (Fri/Sun)
1
North Carolina (ACC)
1
Kansas (Big 12)
16
Savannah State/Stony Brook
16
DETROIT (Horizon)
8
Iowa State
8
Memphis (C-USA)
9
Purdue
9
Virginia
Portland (Thu/Sat)
Portland (Thu/Sat)
5
CREIGHTON (MVC)
5
San Diego State (MWC)
12
Seton Hall
12
VCU (CAA)
4
UNLV
4
Temple (A-10)
13
Drexel/Northwestern
13
DAVIDSON (SoCon)
Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat)
Columbus (Fri/Sun)
6
St. Mary's (WCC)
6
Gonzaga
11
Southern Mississippi
11
Washington (Pac-12)
3
Georgetown
3
Marquette
14
LOYOLA (MD) (MAAC)
14
BELMONT (A-Sun)
Columbus (Fri/Sun)
Louisville (Thu/Sat)
7
Vanderbilt
7
Notre Dame
10
California
10
Mississippi State
2
Michigan State (Big Ten)
2
Ohio State
15
UT Arlington (Southland)
15
Long Island U. (NEC)
FIRST FOUR (Dayton)
Tuesday: To Louisville
Tuesday: To Portland
16
Miss. Valley State (SWAC)
13
Drexel
↑ 16
WESTERN KENTUCKY (Sun Belt)
13
Northwestern
Wednesday: To Greensboro
Wednesday: To Nashville
16
Savannah State (MEAC)
13
South Florida
16
Stony Brook (AmEast)
13
Xavier
BIDS BY CONFERENCE
LAST FOUR BYES
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
Big East: 10
Southern Mississippi
Detroit
North Texas
Big Ten: 8
BYU
Western Kentucky
Valparaiso
Big 12: 5
Colorado State
SEC: 5
Seton Hall
ACC: 4
LAST FOUR IN
PROCEDURAL SHIFTS
MWC: 4
Xavier
None
A-10: 3
Northwestern
WCC: 3
USF
CAA: 2
Drexel
C-USA: 2
LAST FOUR OUT
MVC: 2
Texas
Pac-12: 2
Tennessee
1-Bid Conferences: 19
Miami
N.C. State
NEXT FOUR OUT
Mississippi
Oregon
Dayton
Oral Roberts