World Famous College Basketball Preview

This is Matt Green's World Famous College Basketball Preview. This year I will give you my pick for each major conference winner, my sleeper in each conference, the best player in each conference and what teams from that conference that I believe will be in the tournament. For the smaller, one-bid conferences, I will only pick who I believe will win the conference. Furthermore, I will pick my preseason All-Americans, and make my bracket predictions from the Sweet 16 all the way to the National Championship. Also, I will preview, as always, the College Hoops Tip-off Marathon in 2 weeks, so look for that. So, without further ado, let's get it going...

Here is the format for each conference:

Conference Name

My pick for Conference Winner

My Sleeper for that conference

The best player in that conference

Which teams from that conference will make the tournament

Which teams have a chance at the tourney but right now are not in

ACC

Duke

Miami

Harrison Barnes, F, UNC

Duke, UNC, Flor St, Clem, UVA, Miami

MD, BC, NC State, VT

Atlantic 10

Temple

St Bonaventure

Tu Holloway, G, Xavier

Tem, Xav, Day

StBon, Rich

Big East

Syracuse

Rutgers

Kris Joseph, F, Syracuse

Syr, Lou, Conn, Pitt, Rut, Marq, Cincy, WVU

G'Town, Nova, StJ, ND

Big Ten

Wisconsin

Nebraska

Jared Sullinger, F-C, Ohio State

Wisc, OHSt, Mich, Pur, MichSt, Minn, Ind

Neb, Ill, PSU

Big 12

Kansas

Kansas St

Perry Jones III, F, Baylor

Kan, Mizz, Bay, A&M, Tex

KSU, OKSt, IowaSt

CAA

George Mason

Drexel

Ryan Pearson, F, George Mason

Mason

ODU, VCU, Drexel

Conference USA

Memphis

UCF

Marcus Jordan, G, UCF

Mem, UCF

UAB, Marsh, UTEP

Missouri Valley

Indiana State

Creighton

Kyle Weems, F, Missouri State

IndSt, Creigh

WichSt, MOSt, NorIA

Mountain West

UNLV

Boise State

Drew Gordon, F, New Mexico

UNLV, New Mexico

SDSU, ColoSt, Boise

Pac-12

Arizona

Stanford

Reeves Nelson, F, UCLA

Arizona, UCLA, Wazzu, Wash, Cal, Oreg

Stan, Colo

SEC

Vanderbilt

Tennessee

Terrence Jones, F, Kentucky

Vandy, UK, Flor, UGA, Bama

Tenn, MissSt, SoCar

West Coast

Gonzaga

BYU

Elias Harris, F, Gonzaga

Zags, SMC

BYU

America East: Boston Univ

Atlantic Sun: Belmont

Big Sky: Montana

Big South: Coastal Carolina

Big West: Long Beach St

Horizon: Butler

Ivy: Harvard

MAAC: Iona

MAC: Kent St

MEAC: Bethune-Cookman

NEC: Long Island

OVC: Austin Peay

Patriot: Bucknell

SoCon: Davidson

Southland: Nicholls St

SWAC: Alabama St

Summit: Oral Roberts

Sun Belt: Florida Atlantic

WAC: New Mexico St

Preseason All-Americans

G: Tu Holloway, Xavier

G: Peyton Siva, Louisville

F: Harrison Barnes, North Carolina

F: Terrence Jones, Kentucky

F: Jared Sullinger, Ohio St

Bracket Predictions from Sweet 16 forward

(Sweet 16)

EAST

1 Syracuse over 4 Arizona

3 Kentucky over 2 Ohio State

WEST

1 North Carolina over 4 Gonzaga

3 Vanderbilt over 10 Washington State

MIDWEST

1 Louisville over 4 Florida

3 Missouri over 7 Cal

SOUTH

4 Michigan over 1 Duke

3 Memphis over 2 UConn

(Elite 8)

EAST

1 Syracuse over 3 Kentucky

WEST

1 North Carolina over 3 Vanderbilt

MIDWEST

3 Missouri over 1 Louisville

SOUTH

4 Michigan over 3 Memphis

FINAL 4 & NC

1 North Carolina over 1 Syracuse

3 Missouri over 4 Michigan

1 North Carolina over 3 Missouri

So, even though I am not a huge fan, Roy Williams has too much talent in Chapel Hill to fail this year...

Look for my College Hoops Tipoff Marathon Preview coming in a couple weeks! College Hoops is starting, get to your TV everyone...