Bracket Watch '12 - The season debut

Well, conference play is underway in most of the country. Making this the perfect time to put up the first field of 68. Seeds are up first this week(the full bracket will be up later this afternoon).

1-Syracuse(East), Kentucky(South), Ohio State(Midwest), Baylor(West)
2-North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Indiana
3-Michigan State, Louisville, Missouri, Alabama
4-Unlv, Georgetown, Michigan, Florida
5-Kansas State, Saint Louis, Murray State, Connecticut
6-Purdue, Seton Hall, West Virginia, Marquette
7-San Diego State, Gonzaga, Creighton, Notre Dame
8-Illinois, Kansas State, Stanford, Mississippi State
9-Memphis, Harvard, St. Mary's, Dayton
10-New Mexico, Wisconsin, Texas, Temple
11-Arizona, Florida State, Southern Mississippi, Long Beach State
12-Colorado, Middle Tennessee, Iona, Marshall
13-Wichita State*, Vanderbilt*, Nevada, Virginia Tech*, Ohio*, Cleveland State
14-George Mason, Illinois State, Davidson, Belmont
15-Weber State, Buffalo, Bucknell, Oral Roberts
16-Lamar, Norfolk State, Central Connecticut State*, UNC Asheville*, Stony Brook*, Texas Southern*

*Will play in the First Four.

Last four in the field: Wichita State, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Ohio
First four left out: Pittsburgh, Northern Iowa, Xavier, California
Next four left out: Saint Joseph's, Kent State, Northwestern, Central Florida
Also under consideration: North Carolina State, Rutgers, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri State, Washington

I'm back!

It turns out we only lost the internet for about 12 hours last Tuesday, so I'll have the first real projections for the season tomorrow.

Also coming soon
Since Bracketology 101 isn't having any new posts soon(But not without reason, both Chris and Craig became fathers recently, which, IMO, is more important than just being bracketologists.), I'll be opening new daily talk threads so you can comment on the games. Look for those to start up tomorrow.

Some bad news.

At this time, the internet bill at my house is a month past due, and my brother is looking for a way to find it. Because of this, I cannot guarantee that a projection of the bracket can be done this week, or next. So while I will be doing a bracket, it might not be posted this week. If it's still out next week, I won't bother. I still intend on doing brackets in March, but it's not a guarantee that it will happen.

Back from the dead

Yes, I'm back, and with something that's been bothering me. I'm still trying to find out some of the earliest information on NASDAQ-100 listing changes. Recall my post from January, 2010: http://bracketwatch.blogspot.com/2010/01/ot-building-nasdaq-100in-19-19-1985.html. Well I'm still hopeful that someone out there has better information than I was able to extract. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me at pinkerson@webtv.net and maybe we can convince NASDAQ to release the information to the public.

What will happen first?

The NCAA naming the East Regional site for 2013?

OR

The end of the world?

That is the question that must be asked.

It's 15 months until the 2013 tournament, and as far as I'm concerned, it's too late to continue delaying the announcement. In fact, the one time I tried to pose the question on who will be hosting, I got nothing in response. And just as well. A few months ago, the NCAA should have told the most likely host, Madison Square Garden that it wanted a hard, inflexible deadline to wrap up it's needed renovations. Otherwise, the NCAA would select an alternate. But instead, MSG has apparently told them it needed more time(The NBA lockout will likely force back even more work to Summer, 2013), but that they still want to host. Whatever the case, the announcement must come soon, or else a lot of people will be like me. Wondering where the East Region will be held in 2013.

And another thing
MSG won't be able to host in 2014, because of Wrestlemania. So if it isn't 2013, 2015 is next in line.