Final Bracket

Here's our final bracket prediction for the 2009 Tournament. The star denotes a team is an automatic qualifier.

 

Rank	Seed	Team
1	1	North Carolina
2	1	Louisville*
3	1	Pittsburgh
4	1	Memphis*
5	2	Connecticut
6	2	Duke*
7	2	Michigan State
8	2	Oklahoma
9	3	Kansas
10	3	Missouri*
11	3	Villanova
12	3	Wake Forest
13	4	Syracuse
14	4	Washington
15	4	Florida State
16	4	Purdue*
17	5	Gonzaga*
18	5	Clemson
19	5	Xavier
20	5	UCLA
21	6	West Virginia
22	6	Illinois
23	6	LSU
24	6	Arizona State
25	7	Tennessee
26	7	California
27	7	Marquette
28	7	Ohio State
29	8	Utah*
30	8	Texas
31	8	Oklahoma State
32	8	BYU
33	9	Butler
34	9	Minnesota
35	9	Dayton
36	9	Texas A&M
37	10	Boston College
38	10	Wisconsin
39	10	Michigan
40	10	Utah State*
41	11	Maryland
42	11	USC*
43	11	Temple*
44	11	Siena*
45	12	San Diego State
46	12	Mississippi State*
47	12	Northern Iowa*
48	12	VCU*
49	13	Western Kentucky*
50	13	Cleveland State*
51	13	North Dakota State*
52	13	Akron*
53	14	Binghamton*
54	14	American*
55	14	Stephen F. Austin*
56	14	Portland State*
57	15	East Tennessee State*
58	15	Robert Morris*
59	15	Radford*
60	15	Morgan State*
61	16	Cornell*
62	16	Cal State Northridge*
63	16	Morehead State*
64	16	Chattanooga*
65	16	Alabama State*

 

Last Four In: Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, San Diego State

Last Four Out: Arizona, Florida, Penn State, Creighton

Next Four Out: UNLV, South Carolina, Miami, Saint Mary's