| SB Nation/Blogging the Bracket Projection #9: 02/22/2011 | ARRIVALS | DEPARTURES | |||||||
| Opening Round | KEY | Southern Mississippi | UTEP | ||||||
| Dayton: March 15 and 16 | New Team This Week | Cleveland State | Valparaiso | ||||||
| Automatic Qualifiers | At-Large Bids | Seed Steady | Harvard | Princeton | |||||
| 16 | Bethune-Cookman (MEAC) | To Washington March 17 |
12 | VCU | To Cleveland March 18 |
Seed Rising | Bethune-Cookman | Hampton | |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt) | 12 | Virginia Tech | Seed Falling | MeNeese State | Texas State | |||
| 16 | McNeese State (Southland) | To Cleveland March 18 | 12 | Colorado State | To Washington March 17 |
Final Four Pairings | VCU | Memphis | |
| 16 | Texas Southern (SWAC) | 12 | Richmond | Houston: April 2 and 4 | |||||
| EAST: Newark (March 25/27) | SOUTHEAST: New Orleans (March 24/26) | (1) East vs. (4) West | |||||||
| 1 | Ohio State (Big Ten) | Cleveland March 18/20 |
1 | Pittsburgh (Big East) | Washington March 17/19 |
(2) Southeast vs. (3) Southwest | |||
| 16 | McNeese State/Texas Sthn. | 16 | Bethune-Cookman/Florida Atl. | Bids by Conference | |||||
| 8 | UCLA | 8 | Washington | Big East | 11 | ||||
| 9 | UNLV | 9 | Old Dominion | Big Ten | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Kentucky | Tucson March 17/19 |
5 | St. John's | Denver March 17/19 |
ACC | 5 | ||
| 12 | Wichita State (MVC) | 12 | Cleveland State (Horizon) | Big 12 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Syracuse | 4 | North Carolina | SEC | 5 | ||||
| 13 | Belmont (Atlantic Sun) | 13 | Southern Miss. (C-USA) | MWC | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Missouri | Chicago March 18/20 |
6 | Texas A&M | Tampa March 17/19 |
A-10 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Butler | 11 | Marquette | CAA | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Notre Dame | 3 | Florida (SEC) | Pac-10 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Oakland (Summit) | 14 | Coastal Carolina (Big South) | Horizon | 2 | ||||
| 7 | George Mason (Colonial) | Charlotte March 18/20 | 7 | Temple | Tucson March 17/19 |
First Eight Out | Also Considered | ||
| 10 | Illinois | 10 | Michigan State | Baylor | UAB | ||||
| 2 | Duke (ACC) | 2 | San Diego State (MWC) | Memphis | Dayton | ||||
| 15 | Fairfield (Metro Atlantic) | 15 | Montana (Big Sky) | Gonzaga | Duquesne | ||||
| WEST: Anaheim (March 24/26) | SOUTHWEST: San Antonio (March 25/27) | Alabama | Maryland | ||||||
| 1 | Texas | Tulsa March 18/20 |
1 | Kansas | Tulsa March 18/20 |
Colorado | Miami | ||
| 16 | Long Island (NEC) | 16 | Murray State (Ohio Valley) | Penn State | Michigan | ||||
| 8 | Utah State (WAC) | 8 | Tennessee | Nebraska | Missouri State | ||||
| 9 | Georgia | 9 | Cincinnati | Clemson | New Mexico | ||||
| 5 | Villanova | Cleveland March 18/20 |
5 | Arizona (Pac-10) | Washington March 17/19 |
Northwestern | |||
| 12 | VCU/Virginia Tech | 12 | Colorado State/Richmond | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 4 | Connecticut | Princeton | |||||
| 13 | Harvard (Ivy) | 13 | College of Charleston (SoCon) | Rhode Island | |||||
| 6 | Xavier (Atlantic 10) | Tampa March 17/19 |
6 | West Virginia | Chicago March 18/20 |
UTEP | |||
| 11 | Minnesota | 11 | Boston College | Tulsa | |||||
| 3 | Louisville | 3 | Purdue | Valparaiso | |||||
| 14 | Bucknell (Patriot) | 14 | Kent State (Mid-American) | Washington State | |||||
| 7 | Florida State | Denver March 17/19 |
7 | Vanderbilt | Charlotte March 18/20 | Return to SB Nation | |||
| 10 | Kansas State | 10 | St. Mary's (West Coast) | Return to Blogging the Bracket | |||||
| 2 | BYU | 2 | Georgetown | ||||||
| 15 | Long Beach State (Big West) | 15 | Vermont (America East) | ||||||