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Bracketology 2012: West Virginia Still Earns No. 10 Seed

The guys over at SB Nation are busy trying to predict the upcoming NCAA Tournament field, and they've come out with a new edition of their bracketology that is sure to be obsolete by this time tomorrow; Thursday at the latest.

As you can see, West Virginia still earns a No. 10 seed, but that could all change dramatically with their performance in the Big East Conference Championship, which gets started Tuesday in New York.

As for Pitt and Penn State, it looks like they'll have to win their conference tournaments to earn a spot in the field, but that doesn't really come as much of a surprise.

Here is the complete Bracketology from SB Nation.

(1) SOUTH
Atlanta (Fri/Sun)
(2) EAST
Boston (Thu/Sat)
Louisville (Thu/Sat) Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat)
1 Kentucky (SEC) 1 Syracuse (Big East)
16 MVSU/North Texas 16 UNC Asheville (Big South)
8 Kansas State 8 Saint Louis
9 Cincinnati 9 Alabama
Nashville (Fri/Sun) Albuquerque (Thu/Sat)
5 Florida State 5 MURRAY STATE (OVC)
12 Colorado State 12 BYU
4 Wisconsin 4 Baylor
13 USF/Xavier 13 South Dakota St. (Summit)
Albuquerque (Thu/Sat) Nashville (Fri/Sun)
6 Louisville 6 Wichita State
11 Harvard (Ivy) 11 Long Beach St. (Big West)
3 Indiana 3 Michigan
14 Nevada (WAC) 14 Akron (MAC)
Omaha (Fri/Sun) Greensboro (Fri/Sun)
7 New Mexico 7 Florida
10 West Virginia 10 Connecticut
2 Missouri 2 Duke
15 Montana (Big Sky) 15 Bucknell (Patriot)
(4) WEST
Phoenix (Thu/Sat)
(3) MIDWEST
St. Louis (Fri/Sun)
Greensboro (Fri/Sun) Omaha (Fri/Sun)
1 North Carolina (ACC) 1 Kansas (Big 12)
16 Savannah State/Stony Brook 16 UT Arlington (Southland)
8 Iowa State 8 Memphis (C-USA)
9 Purdue 9 Virginia
Portland (Thu/Sat) Portland (Thu/Sat)
5 CREIGHTON (MVC) 5 San Diego State (MWC)
12 Seton Hall 12 VCU (CAA)
4 UNLV 4 Temple (A-10)
13 Drexel/Northwestern 13 DAVIDSON (SoCon)
Pittsburgh (Thu/Sat) Columbus (Fri/Sun)
6 St. Mary's (WCC) 6 Gonzaga
11 Southern Mississippi 11 Washington (Pac-12)
3 Georgetown 3 Marquette
14 LOYOLA (MD) (MAAC) 14 BELMONT (A-Sun)
Columbus (Fri/Sun) Louisville (Thu/Sat)
7 Vanderbilt 7 Notre Dame
10 California 10 Mississippi State
2 Michigan State (Big Ten) 2 Ohio State
15 Valparaiso (Horizon) 15 Long Island U.(NEC)
FIRST FOUR (Dayton)
Tuesday: To Louisville
Tuesday: To Portland
16 Miss. Valley State (SWAC) 13 Drexel
16 North Texas (Sun Belt) 13 Northwestern
Wednesday: To Greensboro Wednesday: To Nashville
16 Savannah State (MEAC) 13 South Florida
16 Stony Brook (AmEast) 13 Xavier

After the rundown, I'll have a look at the Last Four In and Last Four Out for Tuesday, which are remarkably similar to Monday, thanks to the absence of major conference action.

BIDS BY CONFERENCE LAST FOUR BYES ARRIVALS DEPARTURES
Big East: 10
Southern Mississippi North Texas Denver
Big Ten: 8 BYU South Dakota State Oral Roberts
Big 12: 5 Colorado State

SEC: 5 Seton Hall

ACC: 4
LAST FOUR IN PROCEDURAL SHIFTS
MWC: 4
Xavier None
A-10: 3 Northwestern

WCC: 3 USF

CAA: 2 Drexel

C-USA: 2 LAST FOUR OUT

MVC: 2 Texas

Pac-12: 2 Tennessee

1-Bid Conferences: 19 Miami


N.C. State


NEXT FOUR OUT


Oregon


Dayton


Mississippi


Oral Roberts

For more on Big East basketball, check out Big East Coast Bias. For West Virginia sports, there's The Smoking Musket.

Photographs by dizfunk used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.