The day has finally arrived. Selection Sunday for the 2012 NCAA Tournament is here, but before the official selection committee announces the actual bids and seeding, let's take a look at the projection for the West Virginia Mountaineers from Chris Dobbertean of SB Nation and Blogging The Bracket.
After bouncing around all week between a No. 10 and No. 11 seed, Dobbertean's Sunday bracket projection slots the Mountaineers as a No. 10 seed in the Midwest Region, facing No. 7 seed UNLV.
Full bracket projections below:
Teams that have clinched automatic bids appear in all caps.
| (1) SOUTH Atlanta (Fri/Sun) |
(2) EAST Boston (Thu/Sat) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville (Thu/Sat) | Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 1 | Kentucky (SEC) | 1 | Syracuse |
| 16 | MVSU/WKU | 16 | UNC ASHEVILLE (Big South) |
| 8 | Iowa State | ↑ 8 | Kansas State |
| 9 | Connecticut | ↑ 9 | HARVARD (Ivy) |
| Portland (Thu/Sat) | Portland (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 5 | MURRAY STATE (OVC) | 5 | Temple |
| ↑ 12 | COLORADO (Pac-12) | 12 | BYU |
| 4 | Indiana | 4 | Wisconsin |
| 13 | SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Summit) | 13 | N.C. State/Seton Hall |
| Albuquerque (Thu/Sat) | Columbus (Fri/Sun) | ||
| ↑ 6 | Notre Dame | ↑ 6 | Vanderbilt |
| ↓ 11 | VCU (CAA) | ↑ 11 | Colorado State |
| 3 | Baylor | 3 | Michigan |
| 14 | LOYOLA (MD) (MAAC) | 14 | BELMONT (A-Sun) |
| Greensboro (Fri/Sun) | Omaha (Fri/Sun) | ||
| 7 | San Diego State | ↓ 7 | Cincinnati |
| ↓ 10 | Saint Louis | ↑ 10 | Southern Miss. |
| 2 | Duke | 2 | MISSOURI (Big 12) |
| 15 | LONG ISLAND U. (NEC) | 15 | MONTANA (Big Sky) |
| (4) WEST Phoenix (Thu/Sat) |
(3) MIDWEST St. Louis (Fri/Sun) |
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| Columbus (Fri/Sun) | Greensboro (Fri/Sun) | ||
| ↑ 1 | Michigan State (Big Ten) | 1 | North Carolina (ACC) |
| 16 | LAMAR (Southland) | 16 | NORFOLK STATE/VERMONT |
| 8 | ST. MARY'S (WCC) | ↓ 8 | Gonzaga |
| ↑ 9 | Xavier (A-10) | 9 | Alabama |
| Nashville (Fri/Sun) | Albuquerque (Thu/Sat) | ||
| ↑ 5 | NEW MEXICO (MWC) | ↑ 5 | Wichita State |
| ↓ 12 | LONG BEACH STATE (Big West) | ↓ 12 | Texas |
| 4 | Florida State | ↓ 4 | Georgetown |
| 13 | USF/Drexel | 13 | DAVIDSON (Southern) |
| Nashville (Fri/Sun) | Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat) | ||
| ↓ 6 | CREIGHTON (MVC) | 6 | MEMPHIS (C-USA) |
| 11 | Virginia | 11 | California |
| ↑ 3 | LOUISVILLE (Big East) | 3 | Marquette |
| 14 | NEW MEXICO STATE (WAC) | ↑ 14 | OHIO (MAC) |
| Omaha (Fri/Sun) | Louisville (Thu/Sat) | ||
| 7 | Florida | ↓ 7 | UNLV |
| ↓ 10 | Purdue | ↑ 10 | West Virginia |
| 2 | Kansas | 2 | Ohio State |
| 15 | DETROIT (Horizon) | 15 | LEHIGH (Patriot) |
| FIRST FOUR (Dayton) | |||
| Tuesday: To Louisville |
Tuesday: To Portland | ||
| 16 | MISS. VALLEY ST. (SWAC) | 13 | N.C. State |
| 16 | WESTERN KENTUCKY (Sun Belt) | ↑ 13 | Seton Hall |
| Wednesday: To Greensboro | Wednesday: To Nashville |
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| 16 | NORFOLK STATE (MEAC) | 13 | Drexel |
| 16 | VERMONT (AmEast) | 13 | USF |
An explanation of the Last Four In and First Four Out, along with a few more teams, follows the rundown.
| BIDS BY CONFERENCE | LAST FOUR BYES | ARRIVALS | DEPARTURES |
| Big East: 10 |
Colorado State | Colorado | Akron |
| Big Ten: 7 | California | Ohio | Arizona |
| Big 12: 6 | BYU | Seton Hall | Mississippi State |
| ACC: 5 | Texas | Vermont | Stony Brook |
| MWC: 4 |
LAST FOUR IN | PROCEDURAL SHIFTS | |
| SEC: 4 |
N.C. State | Harvard | Up to a 9 from a 10 |
| A-10: 3 | USF | Purdue | Down to a 10 from a 9 |
| WCC: 3 | Seton Hall | ||
| CAA: 2 | Drexel | ||
| C-USA: 2 | LAST FOUR OUT | ||
| MVC: 2 | Marshall | ||
| Pac-12: 2 | Dayton | ||
| 1-Bid Conferences: 19 | Mississippi | ||
| Mississippi State | |||
| NEXT FOUR OUT | |||
| Iona | |||
| Washington | |||
| Miami | |||
| Northwestern |
For more bracketology, check out Blogging The Bracket.