Thursday, February 20, 2014

2014 Office Pool Brackets

I've partially updated the men's office pool brackets for this year. The four regions are still set from last years tournament, as well as the asterisk symbols for the play-in games. Once the pairing and regions are announced and finalized, I'll update the brackets with the correct locations and add in the pairings.

Blank Office Pool Bracket for 2014

Printable Office Pool Bracket for 2014

The conference tournaments will begin shortly and the pairings for the men's tournament are about a month away from being selected.

All of my tournament brackets, results and winners dating back to 1997 can be found here.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2014 Tournament Schdeule


Pre-Tournament Events
March 16 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS

First Week Of Games
March 18-19: 4 Play-In Games
March 20-21: Round One Games
March 22-23: Round Two Games

Second Weekend Of Games
March 27-28: Round Three Games
March 29-30: Round Four Games

Final Weekend Of Games
April 5: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 7: Round Six, Championship Game

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2014). Retrieved from http://www.ncaa.com/final-four/future-dates-sites

Automatic Bids - Conference Tournaments

Before the pairings are announced from the selected 68 teams on Sunday, March 16, there are 32 teams that will earn an automatic bid via their conference tournament or by winning the regular season outright. Here is a list of all 32 conferences with tournament dates. When the winner is determined, I'll update this post with the teams receiving automatic bid in place of the tournament dates.

Conference Winner [record]
AAC Louisville Cardinals [29-5]
ACC March 12-16
American East Albany Great Danes [18-14]
Atlantic Sun Mercer Bears [26-8]
Atlantic 10 March 12-16
Big East Providence Friars [23-11]
Big Sky Weber State Wildcats [19-11]
Big South Coastal Carolina Chanticleers [21-12]
Big Ten March 13-16
Big 12 Iowa State Cyclones [26-7]
Big West Cal Polytechnic Mustangs [13-19]
Colonial Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens [25-9]
Conference USA Tulsa Golden Hurricanes [21-12]
Horizon Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers [21-13]
Ivy League Harvard Crimson [25-4]
MAAC Manhattan Jaspers [25-7]
MAC Western Michigan Broncos [23-9]
MEAC North Carolina Central Eagles [28-5]
Missouri Valley Wichita State Shockers [34-0]
Mountain West New Mexico Lobos [27-6]
Northeast Mt St Mary's Mountaineers [16-16]
Ohio Valley Eastern Kentucky Colonels [24-9]
Pac 12 UCLA Bruins [25-8]
Patriot American Eagles [20-12]
SEC March 12-16
Southern Wofford Terriers [20-12]
Southland Steven F Austin Lumberjacks [31-2]
Summit North Dakota State Bison [25-6]
Sun Belt March 13-16
SWAC Texas Southern Tigers [19-14]
WAC New Mexico State Aggies [26-9]
West Coast Gonzaga Bulldogs [28-6]