#1 North Carolina Region:

 First Round - Xavier (Atlantic 10 Auto) at James Madison (CAA #3)

 Second Round - Winner at #1 Seed North Carolina (ACC Automatic)

 First Round - Liberty (Big South Auto) at Virginia (ACC #4)

 Second round - Winner at #16 Seed Old Dominion (CAA #2)

 First round - Colgate (Patriot Automatic) at Akron (MAC #2)

 Second round - Winner at #8 Seed St. John’s (Big East Automatic)

 First round - Western Illinois (Summit Automatic) at Bradley (MVC #2) 

 Second round - Winner at #9 SMU (CUSA Automatic)

Last Four At-Large

Selections

 UCF

 Washington

 Georgia State

 CSU Bakersfield  

Last Four Out

 William and Mary

 Wake Forest

 Clemson

 Rutgers

#3 Connecticut Region:

 First round - Dartmouth (Ivy Auto) at Monmouth (NEC Auto)

 Second round - Winner at #3 Seed Connecticut (Big East #2)

 First round - Saint Mary’s (WCC Auto) at UC Riverside (Big West #3)

 Second Round - Winner at #14 Seed UCLA (Pac 12 Automatic)

 First round - Brown (Ivy #2) at Providence (Big East #5)

 Second round - Winner  at #6 Seed Boston College (ACC #3)

 First round - Washington (Pac 12 #2) at CSU Bakersfield (MPSF #2)

 Second round - Winner at #11 Seed UC Santa Barbara (Big West #2)

 #4  New Mexico Region:

 First round - Coastal Carolina (Big South #2) at Duke (ACC #5) 

 Second round - Winner at #4 Seed New Mexico (MPSF Automatic)

 First round - Elon (Southern Con Automatic) at Charlotte (Atlantic 10 #2)

 Second round - Winner at #13 Seed UAB (CUSA #2)

 First round - Delaware (CAA Automatic) at West Virginia (Big East #6)

 Second round – Winner at #5 Seed Maryland (ACC #2)

 First round - Loyola Chicago at Indiana (Big Ten #2)

 Second round - Winner at #12 Seed Louisville (Big East #4)

 #2  Creighton

 First round - Northwestern (Big Ten Automatic) at NIU (MAC Auto)

 Second round - Winner at #2 Seed Creighton (MVC Automatic)

 First round -  Georgia State (CAA #4) at Furman (Southern Con #2)   

 Second round - Winner at #15 Seed South Carolina (CUSA #3)

 First round - Stony Brook (America East Auto) at Fairfield (MAAC Auto)

 Second round - Winner at #7 Seed UC Irvine (Big West Automatic) 

 First round - FGCU (A Sun Automatic) at UCF (CUSA #3)

 Second round - Winner at #10 Seed South Florida (Big East #3)

Conference Breakdown

  Big East

 ACC

 Big Ten

 CUSA

 Ivy

 CAA

 Big West

 Pac 10

 MPSF

 Southern

 MAC

 MVC

 Horizon

 America East

 Big South

 Northeast

 Atlantic 10

 MAAC

 Atlantic Sun

 Patriot

 Summit

 WCC

   6

   5

   2

   4

   2

   4

   3

   2

   2

   2

   2

   2

   1

   1

   2

   1

   2

   1

   1

   1

   1

   1

48 Total

November 13, 2011 - CSN’s Bracketologist has issued his final projections by trying to anticipate the RPI adjustments that will occur based on this week’s results and by applying the information now available regarding conference champions.  The Bracketologist has projected the forty-eight teams in the 2011 NCAA Tournament field, the sixteen seeds, and the match-ups.  The NCAA selection committee will announce the 2011 NCAA Tourney field on Monday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m.  The selection show will be streamed online at www.NCAA.com.

* CSN’s Bracketologist uses the following process: 

A. The twenty-two automatic qualifiers are determined by taking each school that is currently in first place in its conference.  In the event two teams are tied with identical conference records, the team that has the highest RPI is selected. 

B. Seeds, home teams, and at large selections in general are selected largely using the RPI ratings.  Consideration is also given to geographical location and cost containment strategies, meaning an attempt is made to keep first round matches within driving distance and also second round match-ups against seeded teams.

NOTE: The RPI will change dramatically as the season progresses. As the sample size of  teams’ seasons becomes larger, additional criteria such as a  team’s record in the final five to eight games and home vs. away record can also become more influential. 

The projections are not reflective of any national polls produced by any media outlet nor are they attempting to gauge who the best teams are.  Rather, they are designed to predict which teams would be selected to the NCAA Tournament by the NCAA if the selection was to be made at this moment.