BRACKETS! Here is the official online Men’s College Basketball Printable Bracket 2010 D-I. The Printable Bracket for the Men’s College Basketball Tourney Division 1 was released by the NCAA’s Division-I conference Sunday.

This Men’s College Basketball NCAA D-I Bracket below is the official 2010 DI MBB Bracket released by the NCAA organization. Unlike other brackets released online that are blank, this one is complete and filled out with the first round of Men’s College Basketball games. Those games start tomorrow March 16.

The only thing this bracket is missing is the tv schedule. Below here is the TV Schedule; broadcast times for the Men’s College Basketball NCAA Tournament will be updated here once released by CBS.

D-I Basketball Committee Chairman Dan Guerrero discussed the College Basketball bracket selection yesterday and responded to the impact opponents had on the bracket. Guerrero was asked  if the NCAA considers not just number of wins but also which teams these wins were achieved against. Guerrero said that is in fact part of the analysis.

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NCAA Tournament Bracket

“Q. The fact that I think Virginia Tech had I think more top 50 wins than UTEP or Utah State, does that indicate that’s not as important a factor as people think or is that more in Virginia Tech’s case the fact that the you’re more looking at who the wins came against because of unbalanced schedules these days?

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, that certainly happened to be part of the equation in that particular situation. When you talk about, you know, a team like Utah State and UTEP, these are teams that had outstanding road records. One had 10 top 100 wins, the other had eight top 100 wins. They obviously don’t have the opportunity to play the same caliber of competition in conference. But in both cases, their strength of schedules overall, non conference strength of schedules, were clearly superior to Virginia Tech’s.

“Once again, you’re splitting hairs on a number of issues. But all teams have the opportunity to show the committee, you know, how they match up against other teams in the field by what they do in their non conference. In the case of both of those teams that you just mentioned, they did a better job.

“Q. Is the lesson to be learned, you need to be more efficient in non conference scheduling when you’re Virginia Tech, you can’t rest on your AC record, because the committee is looking at who the 10 wins came against?

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, it certainly leaves a team at risk. You don’t want to leave any stone unturned. You don’t want to give the committee any reason to ding you, if you will, by not having a balanced schedule I guess is the best way I can say that.
In this particular case, just because a team plays in a quality conference, you know, doesn’t necessarily mean that by running the table you’re definitely going to get in. I think this year was a good example in that regard. Certainly a team that’s in a quality conference that has good wins is going to merit strong consideration. I can assure you with the highest degree of confidence, we spent a lot of time, a lot of time, looking at all of those teams.”

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He also answered how Mississippi State’s performance impacted its bracket placement:

“Q. I’m at the SEC tournament, where Mississippi State played top seed Kentucky down into overtime. Also did that in the regular season. Please tell me how close they came to making the field and what prevented them from making it.”

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, you know, obviously Mississippi State was definitely in the conversation. You know, we were all very excited to see them make that run there at the end. But, you know, it’s the entire body of work in a general sense. We’ve said that all along.

“You know, their strength of schedule, their non conference strength of schedule, weren’t that strong. 12 of their 15 non conference games were against teams below 110, and they certainly had four losses to teams below 100.

“That being said, Mississippi State was a quality team. You know, sometimes you have a tendency to want to do some impulse buying based on a great run in a tournament as Mississippi State just had. But in the end, that in and of itself wasn’t enough to get them into the field.”

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2010 BRACKETS

• Opening-Round Game
March 16, 2010
UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio)

• First Two Rounds
March 18, 20, 2010
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans)
Dunkin Donuts Center (Providence, R.I.)
HP Pavilion (San Jose, Calif.)
Ford Center (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

March 19, 21, 2010
HSBC Arena (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bradley Center (Milwaukee, Wisc.)
Spokane Memorial Arena (Spokane, Wash.)

• East Regional
March 25, 27, 2010
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, N.Y.)

• West Regional
March 25, 27, 2010
Energy Solutions Arena (Salt Lake City, Utah)

• Midwest Regional
March 26, 28, 2010
Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis)

• South Regional
March 26, 28, 2010
Reliant Stadium (Houston)

• National Semifinals
April 3, 2010
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

• Championship Game
April 5, 2010
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

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