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Breaking the Bracket: Four weeks early

The Memphis Tigers are the last of the unbeaten Division I basketball teams in the NCAA ranks and are ranked No. 1 in the country. So there should be no mystery as to what team heads this edition of the Frankhoops.com mock NCAA tournament bracket. That leaves only 64 other teams jockeying for a position.

Don't let anyone tell you that putting together a 65-team NCAA tournament bracket on a Friday morning/afternoon is anything short of a frustrating exercise.

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I've got to get a copy of that NCAA software that automatically spits out the distance in miles from each school and all eight first- and second-round sites.

As I'm sure someone will point out very rapidly, I've assigned top-four seeds to sites that are not as geographically friendly as they should have been to students and family members wishing to follow their teams along the paths of March Madness.

Anyway, coach John Calipari's Memphis team is my No. 1 overall seed (shocking, absolutely shocking), and was assigned to the South Regional, with Duke 2 (East), Tennessee 3 (Midwest) and Kansas 4 (West).

I probably leaned a little too much toward the "how have they played lately" as opposed to "evaluating the entire body of work" on some of my other seed lines. And I've swapped some teams (no more than one seed line, per the NCAA Championship Committee guidelines).

Projecting ahead in this mythical bracket, the South and West winners would meet in one Final Four semifinal in San Antonio on April 5, with the Midwest and East hooking up in the other.

The Big East and Pacific-10 conferences have seven representatives in this bracket, with the Southeastern and Big 12 bagging six apiece, the Big Ten five and the Atlantic Coast Conference four.

Fire up!

Brackets are updated through games of Thursday, Feb. 14:

SOUTH REGIONAL/HOUSTON
Seed	Team	Comment
At Little Rock
1.	Memphis	Volunteers to come calling on Feb. 23
16.	Alabama State/Robert Morris	Repeat the mantra, "It's an opening-round game"
8.	Clemson	Just not enough bite vs. Heels
9.	Davidson	Curry is one smooth jump shooter
At Anaheim
4.	Stanford	The Cardinal let one get away in Tempe
13.	Utah State	Jaycee Carroll is the best shooter out West
5.	Michigan State	Shouldn't the Spartans be better than this?
12.	Florida	The Gators have SEC road woes
At Washington, D.C.
2.	Xavier	The Musketeers are on that 2/3 tightrope
15.	Belmont	The Atlantic Sun choice this week
7.	Marquette	Will go as far as perimeter play allows
10.	Arizona	Bayless has scored 72 points over the past two games
At Denver
3.	Purdue	Seeded as it is: the Big Ten's best
14.	Rider	Jason Thompson would be nails in any conference
6.	Texas A&M	The Aggies are big and guard very well
11.	BYU	"Never on Sunday" when seeding the Cougars

WEST REGIONAL/PHOENIX
Seed	Team	Comment
At Omaha
1.	Kansas	Texas loss moves Jayhawks out West
16.	Morgan State	Has some solid transfers
8.	Gonzaga	Saint Mary's comes to Spokane March 1
9.	Mississippi State	Gordon having superb season
At Denver
4.	Wisconsin	Badgers got a biggie in Bloomington
13.	Kent State	The Golden Flashes will guard you
5.	Pittsburgh	If healthy, Panthers would be a 2 seed
12.	South Alabama	Solid at-large candidate
At Anaheim
2.	UCLA	Suffered shooting drought in Seattle
15.	Portland State	Vikings appear most solid Big Sky commodity
7.	Arkansas	Sonny Weems one of SEC's best
10.	UNLV	Solid defense and solid shot selection
At Birmingham
3.	Louisville	The Cardinals are now top 10-caliber
14.	Stephen F. Austin	Couldn't match it against team from Austin
6.	Kansas State	Wildcats had hiccup in Lubbock
11.	Rhode Island	Will Daniels vs. Michael Beasley would be sweet

MIDWEST REGIONAL/DETROIT
Seed	Team	Comment
At Birmingham
1.	Tennessee	The Vols could end as No. 1 overall seed
16.	Austin Peay	In-state battle, but in 'Bama
8.	Saint Mary's	Still not convinced Gaels are better than Gonzaga
9.	USC	The Trojans are banged up a bit
At Tampa
4.	Butler	The Bulldogs don't folk on the road
13.	Oral Roberts	Titans solid all season
5.	Notre Dame	This could be Mike Brey's best team
12.	VCU	Eric Maynor would give Irish fits
At Raleigh
2.	North Carolina	Heels could easily be a No. 1 seed
15.	UNC Asheville	Distance not an issue in this one
7.	Arizona State	Nice back-to-back wins (Arizona/Stanford)
10.	Ohio State	Not a bad "rebuilding" season
At Washington, D.C.
3.	Connecticut	The Huskies might be as good as anyone, anywhere
14.	American	Local fans won't help much in this one
6.	Indiana	More on minds in Bloomington than seeding
11.	Baylor	Guard play is well beyond "solid"

EAST REGIONAL/CHARLOTTE
Seed	Team	Comment
At Raleigh
1.	Duke	Greg Paulus playing very, very well
16.	UMBC	Projected from American East
8.	Mississippi	Another SEC team struggling on road
9.	Saint Joseph's	Here is a solid "Sweet 16 sleeper"
At Little Rock
4.	Washington State	Kyle Weaver can guard anyone, anywhere
13.	Western Kentucky	Courtney Lee would put that Weaver theory to test
5.	Drake	No shame in dropping one in Carbondale
12.	West Virginia	Mountaineers barely make cut
At Omaha
2.	Texas	Has wins over Tennessee, UCLA, Kansas
15.	Cornell	Still the Ivy's best
7.	Maryland	The Terps are third best in ACC
10.	Oregon	Ducks need win vs. WSU Saturday
At Tampa
3.	Georgetown	Offense can be stagnant at times
14.	Cal State-Northridge	This team is deep and quick
6.	Vanderbilt	The Commodores could easily be a 5
11.	Oklahoma	The Sooners anything but a solid at-large choice now

Notes: Washington, D.C.; Anaheim; Denver; and Omaha first- and second-round games are March 20-22; Little Rock; Tampa; Raleigh; and Birmingham first- and second-round games are March 21-23. South and Midwest regionals are March 28-30; East and West are March 27-29.

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