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2012 NCAA Tournament Brackets – The Road To The Final Four Takes Shape

All sixteen first-round games will be played on Thursday, November 15.  All  sixteen second-round games will take place on Sunday, November 18.    The third round will be played  on Sunday, November 25.  The quarterfinals will be held on November 30, December 1 or 2.  The first three rounds of play and quarterfinal matches will be played at campus sites.  The semifinal and championship contests will be played in Hoover, Alabama on December 7 and 9. 

Listed below are the first and second-round contests.

#1 Notre Dame Bracket:

First Round – Cleveland State (11-5-3) at Michigan State (11-9-1)  

Second round – Winner at #1 Notre Dame (16-3-1)

First Round – Xavier (13-2-5) at Kentucky (10-8-2)  

Second round – Winner at #16 Indiana (11-5-3)

First round – UMBC (11-4-5) at Old Dominion (11-3-2)

Second round – Winner at #9 North Carolina (15-3-2)

First round – Fairleigh Dickinson (9-5-6) at St. John’s (10-4-4)

Second round – Winner at #8 Saint Louis (16-4-0)

#4 Connecticut Bracket:

First round – Niagara (13-1-4) at Michigan (10-9-1) 

Second round – Winner at #5 Akron (17-1-2)

First round – Air Force (10-8-4) at Washington (12-4-3)  

Second round – Winner at #12 Creighton (15-3-2)

First round – Lafayette (9-7-4) at Virginia (9-6-4) 

Second round – Winner at #13 New Mexico (16-3-1)

First round – Boston College (8-5-5) at Northeastern (13-3-4) 

Second round – Winner at #4 Connecticut (15-3-1)

#3 Georgetown Bracket:

First round – UAB (10-7-2) at Charlotte (14-3-3)

Second round – Winner at #3 Georgetown (17-3-1)

First round – Syracuse (12-6-0) at Cornell (15-1-0) 

Second round  – Winner at #14  VCU (12-3-5)

First round – FGCU (11-5-2) at South Florida (8-5-4) 

Second round – Winner at #11 Tulsa (13-5-1)

First round – San Diego (11-8-0) at Cal State Northridge (15-6-0)

Second round – Winner at #6 UCLA (13-2-3)

#2 Maryland Bracket:

First round – Western Illinois (7-8-5) at Northwestern (11-5-4) 

Second round – Winner at #7 Marquette (16-3-1)

First round – Winthrop (12-8-1) at SMU (10-5-4)

Second round – Winner at #10 Louisville (12-5-1)

First round – Elon (15-4-2) at Coastal Carolina (18-2-2)  

Second round – Winner at #15 Wake Forest (11-3-5)

First round – Brown (12-2-3) at Drexel (12-3-3) 

Second round – Winner at #2 Maryland (17-1-2)

 


 

ConferenceBreakdown

Big East         8

ACC               5

CUSA             4

A-10               4

Big Ten           4

CAA               3

Ivy League       2

MPSF             2    

Big South        2

Pac-12            2

Big West         1    

MAC               1       

MVC               1

Southern         1

Horizon           1

America East  1

Northeast        1

MAAC             1

Atlantic Sun     1

Patriot             1   

Summit           1

WCC               1

 


 

Seeds

     1. Notre Dame

2. Maryland

3. Georgetown

4. Connecticut

5. Akron

6. UCLA

7. Marquette

8. Saint Louis

9. North Carolina

10. Louisville

11. Tulsa

12. Creighton

13. New Mexico

14. VCU

15. Wake Forest

16. Indiana

 


 

 

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