CHE-Seeding the NCAA Tournament (March 14, 2009)

Unlike last year where the No. 1 seeds were clear and then they all went to the Final Four, this year it's really foggy. These seedings will help me determine who was under/over rated on tomorrow's brackets. I'll be blogging right after the picks are made public, but here is what I think we are about to see:

• EAST -- 1. Louisville 2. Michigan State 3. Oklahoma 4. Washington 5. Xavier
• WEST -- 1. North Carolina 2. Kansas 3. Florida State 4. Purdue 5. UCLA
• SOUTH -- 1. Pittsburgh 2. Memphis 3. Syracuse 4. Villanova 5. Gonzaga
• MIDWEST -- 1. Connecticut 2. Duke 3. Missouri 4. Wake Forest 5. Illinois
  

No. 1 seeds
1. Louisville 2. North Carolina 3. Pittsburgh 4. Connecticut

No. 2 seeds
5. Duke 6. Memphis 7. Kansas 8. Michigan State

No. 3 seeds
9. Oklahoma 10. Florida State 11. Syracuse 12. Missouri

No. 4 seeds
13. Wake Forest 14. Villanova 15. Purdue 16. Washington

No. 5 seeds
17. Xavier 18. UCLA 19. Gonzaga e 20. Illinois

No. 6 seeds
21. Marquette 22. West Virginia 23. LSU24. Clemson

No. 7 seeds
25. Arizona State 26. Texas 27. Tennessee 28. Ohio State

No. 8 seeds
29. BYU 30. Butler 31. California 32. Utah

No. 9 seeds
33. Dayton 34. Wisconsin 35. Oklahoma State 36. Texas A&M

No. 10 seeds
37. Minnesota 38. Michigan 39. Boston College 40. Maryland

No. 11 seeds
41. USC 42. Utah State 43. St. Mary's 44. Creighton

No. 12 seeds
45. Northern Iowa 46. San Diego State 47. Temple 48. Siena

No. 13 seeds
49. North Dakota State 50. Cleveland State 51. Western Kentucky 52. American

No. 14 seeds
53. Stephen F. Austin 54. Akron 55. Binghamton 56. Portland State

No. 15 seeds
57. Cornell 58. Robert Morris 59. East Tennessee State 60. Morgan State

No. 16 seeds
61. CS Northridge 62. Radford 63. Morehead State 64. Chattanooga 65. Alabama State


LAST FOUR IN:

St. Mary's, Michigan, USC, Temple

LEFT OUT:

Arizona, South Carolina, Florida, Penn State, South Carolina, Bowling Green, Rhode Island, Baylor, Auburn, UNLV, Tulsa

2009 TOURNAMENT DATES

March 17: Opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio

First and second rounds
March 19 and 21: Greensboro, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Philadelphia; Portland, Ore.
March 20 and 22: Boise, Idaho; Dayton, Ohio; Miami; Minneapolis

Regional semifinals and final
March 26 and 28: Boston; Glendale, Ariz.
March 27 and 29: Indianapolis; Memphis, Tenn.

Final Four/Championship
April 4 and 6: Ford Field, Detroit