I've finally gotten my college basketball predictions finished just in time for Thanksgiving. I predicted the standings of all major and mid-major conferences (I always predict won-loss records for the SEC only). For the low major conferences I picked the winner and listed a few runner-ups for each conference. One thing to keep in mind is that I always assume that the regular season conference champ will also win the conference tournament. While we know it is very likely that at least one conference champ will be upset in their conference tournament and be kept out of the Dance, I never try to predict that sort of thing. It's just a lot easier this way. Like last year I have predicted the 31 conference champs and the 34 at-large bids that make up the field of 65. Once again I predicted the #1 seeds, the Sweet 16, the Elite Eight, the Final Four, the National Final, and the National Champion. This year I'm giving more award predictions. I picked the player of the year for all 31 conferences. In addition, I picked the defensive player of the year, freshman of the year, and coach of the year for all of the major conferences. Finally, I predicted the major national awards and the All-American teams.
2009-2010 College Basketball Predictions
o Conference Champions in bold italics.
o At large bid teams in bold.
High Majors
SEC
East
1. Kentucky (13-3)
2. Tennessee (11-5)
3. South Carolina (10-6)
4. Vanderbilt (9-7)
5. Florida (8-8)
6. Georgia (2-14)
West
1. Mississippi State (11-5)
T2. Alabama (9-7)
T2. Mississippi (9-7)
4. LSU (6-10)
5. Auburn (5-11)
6. Arkansas (3-13)
ACC
1. North Carolina
2. Georgia Tech
3. Maryland
4. Virginia Tech
5. Florida State
6. Duke
7. Clemson
8. Wake Forrest
9. Boston College
10. Virginia
11. Miami
12. North Carolina State
Atlantic-10
1. Dayton
2. Richmond
3. La Salle
4. Xavier
5. Duquesne
6. Massachusetts
7. Rhode Island
8. St. Bonaventure
9. Temple
10. St. Joseph’s
11. Charlotte
12. St. Louis
13. George Washington
14. Fordham
Big East
1. Villanova
2. West Virginia
3. Connecticut
4. Louisville
5. Notre Dame
6. Cincinnati
7. St. John’s
8. Pittsburgh
9. Georgetown
10. Seaton Hall
11. Syracuse
12. Marquette
13. Rutgers
14. South Florida
15. Providence
16. DePaul
Big Ten
1. Purdue
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan
5. Minnesota
6. Illinois
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. Northwestern
10. Indiana
11. Iowa
Big XII
1. Kansas
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Kansas State
5. Oklahoma State
6. Texas A&M
7. Missouri
8. Iowa State
9. Baylor
10. Nebraska
11. Colorado
12. Texas Tech
Conference USA
1. Memphis
2. Tulsa
3. Houston
4. UTEP
5. Marshall
6. Central Florida
7. Tulane
8. UAB
9. Southern Mississippi
10. East Carolina
11. SMU
12. Rice
MAC
East
1. Akron
2. Buffalo
3. Miami (OH)
4. Bowling Green
5. Kent State
6. Ohio
West
1. Northern Illinois
2. Eastern Michigan
3. Central Michigan
4. Ball State
5. Western Michigan
6. Toledo
MVC
1. Northern Iowa
2. Creighton
3. Illinois State
4. Wichita State
5. Southern Illinois
6. Bradley
7. Indiana State
8. Missouri State
9. Drake
10. Evansville
MWC
1. BYU
2. UNLV
3. San Diego State
4. Utah
5. New Mexico
6. TCU
7. Wyoming
8. Colorado State
9. Air Force
Pac-10
1. California
2. Washington
3. Oregon State
4. Arizona
5. UCLA
6. Oregon
7. Washington State
8. Arizona State
9. Stanford
10. USC
WAC
1. Utah State
2. New Mexico State
3. Idaho
4. Nevada
5. Fresno State
6. Boise State
7. San Jose State
8. Louisiana Tech
9. Hawaii
Mid-Majors
Big West
1. Long Beach State
2. UC-Santa Barbara
3. UC-Riverside
4. Cal State-Northridge
5. Cal State-Fullerton
6. UC-Davis
7. UC-Irvine
8. Pacific
9. Cal Poly
Colonial
1. Old Dominion
2. Virginia Commonwealth
3. Northeastern
4. Hofstra
5. George Mason
6. James Madison
7. Drexel
8. UNC-Wilmington
9. Delaware
10. Towson
11. William and Mary
12. Georgia State
Horizon
1. Butler
2. Wright State
3. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4. Cleveland State
5. Illinois-Chicago
6. Wisconsin-Green Bay
7. Loyola-Chicago
8. Valparaiso
9. Youngstown State
10. Detroit
Southern
North
1. Western Carolina
2. Appalachian State
3. Samford
4. UNG-Greensboro
5. Elon
6. UT-Chattanooga
South
1. Wofford
2. Citadel
3. College of Charleston
4. Davidson
5. Furman
6. Georgia Southern
SBC
West
1. North Texas
2. Denver
3. Louisiana-Monroe
4. Louisiana-Lafayette
5. Arkansas-Little Rock
6. Arkansas State
7. New Orleans
East
1. Western Kentucky
2. Troy
3. Middle Tennessee State
4. Florida Atlantic
5. Florida International
6. South Alabama
WCC
1. Gonzaga
2. Portland
3. St. Mary’s
4. San Francisco
5. San Diego
6. Pepperdine
7. Santa Clara
8. Loyola-Marymount
Low Majors
America East
1. Boston
2. Binghamton
3. Vermont
Atlantic Sun
1. Jacksonville
2. Lipscomb
3. Mercer
4. East Tennessee State
Big Sky
1. Weber State
2. Idaho State
3. Montana
4. Montana State
5. Portland State
Big South
1. Radford
2. Winthrop
3. Gardner Webb
4. UNC-Ashville
5. Charleston Southern
Ivy
1. Cornell
2. Princeton
Metro Atlantic
1. Siena
2. Niagara
3. Rider
MEAC
1. Morgan State
2. Norfolk State
3. South Carolina State
Northeast
1. Robert Morris
2. Mount St. Mary’s
3. Quinnipiac
OVC
1. Morehead State
2. Murray State
3. Austin Peay
Patriot
1. Holy Cross
2. Leigh
3. Bucknell
4. Colgate
Southland
West
1. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2. Sam Houston State
3. UT-San Antonio
East
1. South Eastern Louisiana
SWAC
1. Jackson State
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Prairie View A&M
4. Alabama State
5. Alabama A&M
Summit
1. Oakland
2. IUPUI
3. South Dakota State
4. Oral Roberts
Conference Champions
ACC: North Carolina
America East: Boston
Atlantic-10: Dayton
Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville
Big Ten: Purdue
Big XII: Kansas
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Radford
Big West: Long Beach State
Colonial: Old Dominion
Conference USA: Memphis
Horizon: Butler
Ivy: Cornell
Metro Atlantic: Siena
MAC: Akron
MEAC: Morgan State
MVC: Northern Iowa
MWC: BYU
Northeast: Robert Morris
OVC: Morehead State
Pac-10: California
Patriot: Holy Cross
SEC: Kentucky
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Summit: Oakland
SBC: Western Kentucky
SWAC: Jackson State
WAC: Utah State
WCC: Gonzaga
At Large Tournament Teams
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Virginia Tech
Florida State
Duke
Xavier
Richmond
La Salle
West Virginia
Connecticut
Louisville
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Michigan State
Ohio State
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Washington
Tulsa
Mississippi State
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Alabama
New Mexico State
Virginia Commonwealth
#1 Seeds
North Carolina
Kansas
Villanova
Kentucky
Sweet 16
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Michigan State
Purdue
Kansas
Texas
California
Villanova
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Dayton
Butler
Elite 8
North Carolina
Kansas
Villanova
Kentucky
Purdue
West Virginia
Texas
Mississippi State
Final Four
North Carolina
Kansas
Villanova
Kentucky
Finals
Kansas
Villanova
Champion
Kansas
Conference Player of the Year Award Winners (Majors)
ACC: Ed Davis-F-North Carolina
Big East: Devin Ebanks-F-West Virginia
Big Ten: Evan Turner-G-Ohio State
Big XII: Willie Warren-G-Oklahoma
Conference USA: Aubrey Coleman-G-Houston
Pac-10: Jerome Randle-G-California
SEC: Tyler Smith-F-Tennessee
Atlantic-10: Chris Wright-F-Dayton
MVC: Osiris Eldridge-G/F-Illinois State
MWC: Jimmer Fredette-G-BYU
WAC: Luke Babbitt-F-Nevada
MAC: David Kool-G-Western Michigan
Conference Player of the Year Award Winners (Mid-Majors)
Big West: Kyle Austin-F-UC Riverside
Colonial: Charles Jenkins-G-Hofstra
Horizon League: Gordon Hayward-F-Butler
Southern: Noah Dahlman-F-Wofford
SBC: A.J. Slaughter-G-Western Kentucky
WCC: Dior Lowhorn-F-San Francisco
Conference Player of the Year Award Winners (Low Majors)
America East: D.J. Rivera-F-Binghamton
Atlantic Sun: James Florence-G-Mercer
Big Sky: Anthony Johnson-G-Montana
Big South: Art Parakhouski-C-Radford
Ivy: Ryan Wittman-F-Cornell
Metro Atlantic: Ryan Thompson-G-Rider
MEAC: Michael Deloach-G-Norfolk State
Northeast: Jeremy Goode-G-Mount St. Mary’s
OVC: Kenneth Faried-F/C-Morehead State
Patriot League: R.J. Evans-G-Holy Cross
Southland: Kevin Palmer-G/F-Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Summit League: Keith Benson-C-Oakland
SWAC: Grant Maxey-F-Jackson State
Conference Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners (Majors)
ACC: Solomon Alabi-C-Florida State
Big East: Hamady Ndiaye-C-Rutgers
Big Ten: JaJuan Johnson-C-Purdue
Big XII: Cole Aldrich-C-Kansas
Conference USA: Jerome Jordan-C-Tulsa
Pac-10: Michael Dunigan-C-Oregon
SEC: Jarvis Varnado-F/C-Mississippi State
Atlantic-10: Andrew Nicholson-F-St. Bonaventure
MVC: Kenny Lawson-C-Creighton
MWC: Djibril Thiam-F-Wyoming
WAC: Dario Hunt-F-Nevada
MAC: Jarrod Jones-F-Ball State
Conference Freshman Player of the Year Award Winners (Majors)
ACC: Derrick Favors-C-Georgia Tech
Big East: Lance Stephenson-F-Cincinnati
Big Ten: Royce White-F-Minnesota
Big XII: Avery Bradley-G-Texas
Conference USA: Hassan Whiteside-F-Marshall
Pac-10: Abdul Gaddy-G-Washington
SEC: John Wall-G-Kentucky
Atlantic-10: Aaric Murray-C-La Salle
MVC: Justin Clark-G-Illinois State
MWC: Kawhi Leonard-F-San Diego State
WAC: Greg Smith-C-Fresno State
MAC: Zeke Marshall-C-Akron
Conference Coach of the Year Award Winners (Majors)
ACC: Roy Williams-North Carolina
Big East: Jay Wright-Villanova
Big Ten: Matt Painter-Purdue
Big XII: Jeff Capel-Oklahoma
Conference USA: Josh Pastner-Memphis
Pac-10: Craig Robinson-Oregon State
SEC: John Calipari-Kentucky
Atlantic-10: John Giannini-La Salle
MVC: Ben Jacobson-Northern Iowa
MWC: Dave Rose-BYU
WAC: David Carter-Nevada
MAC: Keith Dambrot-Akron
National Awards
National Player of the Year: Willie Warren-G-Oklahoma
National Defensive Player of the Year: Jarvis Varnado-F/C-Mississippi State
Freshman Player of the Year: John Wall-G-Kentucky
National Coach of the Year: Josh Pastner-Memphis
1st Team All-American
G- Sherron Collins-Kansas
G- Willie Warren-Oklahoma
C- Craig Brackens-Iowa State
F- Ed Davis-North Carolina
F- Luke Harangody-Notre Dame
2nd Team All-American
G- John Wall-Kentucky
G- Scottie Reynolds-Villanova
F- Stanley Robinson-Connecticut
F- Tyler Smith-Tennessee
C- Cole Aldrich-Kansas
3rd Team All-American
G- Devin Downey-South Carolina
G- Kalin Lucas-Michigan State
G- Evan Turner-Ohio State
F- Devin Ebanks-West Virginia
C- Derrick Favors-Georgia Tech
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