The College Basketball Blog: 2012 Conference Tournament Predictions (Part VI)

The final seven conference tournaments get started on Thursday. Here are my predictions.

ACC

First Round

#5 NC State over #12 Boston College

#6 Miami over #11 Georgia Tech

#7 Clemson over #10 Virginia Tech

#8 Maryland over #9 Wake Forest

Quarterfinals

#1 North Carolina over #8 Maryland

#2 Duke over #7 Clemson

#3 Florida State over #6 Miami

#4 Virginia over #5 NC State

Semifinals

#1 North Carolina over #4 Virginia

#2 Duke over #3 Florida State

Championship

#1 North Carolina over #2 Duke

Big Ten Conference

First Round

#5 Indiana over #12 Penn State

#6 Purdue over #11 Nebraska

#7 Northwestern over #10 Minnesota

#8 Iowa over #9 Illinois

Quarterfinals

#1 Michigan State over #8 Iowa

#7 Northwestern over #2 Michigan

#3 Ohio State over #6 Purdue

#4 Wisconsin over #5 Indiana

Semifinals

#1 Michigan State over #4 Wisconsin

#3 Ohio State over #7 Northwestern

Championship

#3 Ohio State over #1 Michigan State

Big West Conference

Quarterfinals

#1 Long Beach State over #8 UC Davis

#2 Cal State Fullerton over #7 UC Irvine

#3 UC Santa Barbara over #6 Pacific

#4 Cal Poly over #5 UC Riverside

Semifinals

#1 Long Beach State over #4 Cal Poly

#2 Cal State Fullerton over #3 UC Santa Barbara

Championship

#1 Long Beach State over #2 Cal State Fullerton

Great West Conference (No automatic bid)

First Round

#4 New Jersey Tech over #5 Houston Baptist

Semifinals

#1 Utah Valley over #4 New Jersey Tech

#2 North Dakota over #3 Texas-Pan American

Championship

#1 Utah Valley over #2 North Dakota

Mountain West Conference

Quarterfinals

#1 San Diego State over #8 Boise State

#2 New Mexico over #7 Air Force

#3 UNLV over #6 Wyoming

#5 TCU over #4 Colorado State

Semifinals

#1 San Diego State over #5 TCU

#3 UNLV over #2 New Mexico

Championship

#3 UNLV over #1 San Diego State

SEC

First Round

#5 Alabama over #12 South Carolina

#11 Georgia over #6 Mississippi State

#7 Mississippi over #10 Auburn

#8 LSU over #9 Arkansas

Quarterfinals

#1 Kentucky over #8 LSU

#2 Tennessee over #7 Mississippi

#3 Vanderbilt over #11 Georgia

#4 Florida over #5 Alabama

Semifinals

#1 Kentucky over #4 Florida

#2 Tennessee over #3 Vanderbilt

Championship

#1 Kentucky over #2 Tennessee

WAC

Quarterfinals

#1 Nevada over #8 San Jose State

#2 New Mexico State over #7 Fresno State

#3 Idaho over #6 Hawaii

#4 Utah State over #5 Louisiana Tech

Semifinals

#1 Nevada over #4 Utah State

#2 New Mexico State over #3 Idaho

Championship

#1 Nevada over #2 New Mexico State