UPDATED BRACKET! Here is your 2010 NCAA Mens Basketball Bracket NIT Picks. Your printable 2010 NCAA Mens Basketball Bracket NIT was updated after tonight’s opener.

Arkansas Pine Bluff defeated Winthrop in the Tournament opener Tuesday. Final score was 61-44.

ARPB was ahead both halves, 24-23 and 37-21. Top performers were Corbin for Winthrop with 13 pts, 4 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl, and 1 Blk, and for ARPB Smith with 14 Pts, 6 Reb, and 2 Ast.

For Winthrop, Robinson had 10 pts, Morgan 11, and Corbin with 13. For Arkansas Pine Bluff, Glass had 10, Smith14, and Washington 8.

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D-I Basketball Committee Chairman Dan Guerrero was asked Sunday what he thought about the Duke placement on the Bracket:

“Q. A number of national analysts have criticized the way Duke, they perceive Duke has the easiest road to the Final Four, they’re the No. 3 overall seed. There’s been some criticism of that. Also one went as far as to suggest that this was done in order to raise TV ratings for CBS. Can you address those ideas.

“DAN GUERRERO: Well, I can tell you that if we wanted to raise TV ratings, I would have put UCLA in the field (laughter). No, that clearly isn’t an issue.

“You know, I would strongly encourage all of you, if you have the opportunity, to go through the mock selection process that the NCAA has put in place for the last several years. It really gives you a glimpse of what the committee does and how they do it. Once you do that, you can see that there’s no overt attempt, there’s no attempt at all, to manufacture something that’s going to be ‘better TV’ or things of that nature.

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“If you recall last year, my particular team had to go out east. I know exactly why that happened. I know that every year those kinds of things are gonna happen.”

“In fact, as we go through the bracketing process, which is the last thing that we do, we don’t necessarily go through it quickly, but we do it such that it doesn’t come out initially the way you see it when it’s in the paper the next day, where it shows all the matchups and things of that nature. We do it in an S curve by seed, and it’s on the computer screen. Until such time as the bracket is actually printed out, and I actually received the bracket at 5:00 p.m. yesterday as I was walking out the door as I was going to do the CBS selection show, I really didn’t even know what teams were matched up against who.

“As I was driving in the car, I had a good chance to look at some of the matchups. I’m very intrigued, like all the fans in America, about how it all sorted out.

“But that’s what makes the tournament great. It’s going to be fantastic. We provided the colors to the pallet, if you will, for CBS and ESPN to broadcast this great tournament. They’re going to paint the picture. The coaches and the kids on the court are going to create the masterpiece. All we did was provide basically the tools for them to do that.

“Once again, I can assure you, it’s going to be a great tournament.”

NCAA Bracket 2010 Prediction

Here is what Zimbo sees as its predictor for the Men’s Bracket.

Midwest Bracket
* Kansas (32-2) Vs. Lehigh (22-10): 6:40 PM, March 18: Kansas by 25
* UNLV (25-8) Vs. Northern Iowa (28-4): 4:10 PM, March 18: UNLV by 1

* Michigan St (24-8) Vs. New Mexico St (22-11): 4:20 PM, March 19: Michigan St by 12
* Maryland (23-8) Vs. Houston (19-15): 6:50 PM, March 19: Maryland by 8
* Tennessee (25-8) Vs. San Diego St (25-8): 9:45 PM, March 18: Tennessee by 3
* Georgetown (23-10) Vs. Ohio (21-4): 7:25 PM, March 18: Georgetown by 12
* Oklahoma St (22-10) Vs. Georgia Tech (22-12): 4:15 PM, March 19: Oklahoma St by 1
* Ohio St (27-7) Vs. UC Santa Barbara (20-9): 6:45 PM, March 19: Ohio St by 16

West Bracket
* Syracuse (28-4) Vs. Vermont (25-9): 6:40 PM, March 19: Syracuse by 16
* Gonzaga (26-6) Vs. Florida St (22-9): 4:10 PM, March 19: Florida St by 1
* Butler (28-4) Vs. UTEP (26-6): 1:55 PM, March 18: Butler by 2
* Vanderbilt (24-8) Vs. Murray St (30-4): 11:30 AM, March 18: Vanderbilt by 2
* Xavier (24-8) Vs. Minnesota (21-13): 9:25 AM, March 19: Minnesota by 1
* Pittsburgh (24-8) Vs. Oakland (26-8): 11:55 AM, March 19: Pittsburgh by 9
* BYU (29-5) Vs. Florida (21-12): 9:20 AM, March 18: BYU by 4
* Kansas St (26-7) Vs. North Texas (24-8): 11:50 AM, March 18: Kansas St by 15

East Bracket
* Kentucky (32-2) Vs. Tennessee St (20-14): 4:15 PM, March 18: Kentucky by 19
* Texas (24-9) Vs. Wake Forest (19-10): 6:45 PM, March 18: Texas by 3
* Temple (29-5) Vs. Cornell (27-4): 9:30 AM, March 19: Temple by 3
* Wisconsin (23-8) Vs. Wofford (26-8): 12:00 PM, March 19: Wisconsin by 9
* Marquette (22-11) Vs. Washington (24-9): 4:20 PM, March 18: Marquette by 1
* New Mexico (29-4) Vs. Montana (22-9): 6:50 PM, March 18: New Mexico by 8
* Clemson (21-10) Vs. Missouri (22-10): 11:45 AM, March 19: Clemson by 1
* West Virginia (27-6) Vs. Morgan St (27-9): 9:15 AM, March 19: West Virginia by 16

South Bracket
* Duke (29-5) Vs. [PLAY IN WINNER]: March 19
* California (23-10) Vs. Louisville (20-12): 6:55 PM, March 19: Louisville by 1
* Texas A&M (23-9) Vs. Utah St (27-7): 1:55 PM, March 19: Texas A&M by 2
* Purdue (27-5) Vs. Siena (27-6): 11:30 AM, March 19: Purdue by 3
* Notre Dame (23-11) Vs. Old Dominion (26-8): 9:25 AM, March 18: Notre Dame by 1
* Baylor (25-7) Vs. Sam Houston St (25-7): 11:55 AM, March 18: Baylor by 10
* Richmond (26-8) Vs. Saint Marys (26-5): 12:00 PM, March 18: Richmond by 1
* Villanova (24-7) Vs. Robert Morris (23-11): 9:30 AM, March 18: Villanova by 17

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2010 BRACKETS MEN

• 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)

2010 BRACKETS WOMEN

2010 Preliminary Round Ticket Information

First and Second Rounds
March 20 and 22, 2010

Maples Pavilion
Stanford, California
Stanford University, host

Haas Pavilion
Berkeley, California
University of California, Berkeley, host

Cameron Indoor Stadium
Durham, North Carolina
Duke University, host

Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tennessee
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, host

Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky
University of Louisville, host

Bank of America Arena
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington, host

Donald L. Tucker Center
Tallahassee, Florida
Florida State University, host

Wells Fargo Arena
Tempe, Arizona
Arizona State University, host

First and Second Rounds
March 21 and 23, 2010

James H. Hilton Coliseum
Ames, Iowa
Iowa State University, host

Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas
University of Texas, Austin, host

Cintas Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Xavier University, host

Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, host

Ted Constant Convocation Center
Norfolk, Virginia
Old Dominion University, host

Lloyd Noble Center
Norman, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma, hostJoyce Center
Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Notre Dame, hostPetersen Events Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh, hostRegionals
March 27 and 29. 2010Memphis Regional
FedExForum
Memphis, Tennessee
University of Memphis, hostSacramento Regional
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, California
University of the Pacific, hostRegionals
March 28 and 30, 2010Dayton Regional
University of Dayton Arena
Dayton, Ohio
University of Dayton, hostKansas City Regional
Sprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
Big 12 Conference, hostWomen’s Final Four
April 4 and 6, 2010
Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas at San Antonio, hostLIVE SCORES

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