NCAA East Region Bracket

This page contains information about the east region bracket of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. It will be updated as soon as more information is available.

In the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, all 65 teams were named and seeded on Selection Sunday, March 14, 2010, with the Kentucky Wildcats taking the top seed in the region. The men's tournament opened with the play-in game on March 16, 2010. Dayton, New Orleans, Providence, San Jose, Oklahoma City, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Jacksonville and Spokane served as the host locations for the first and second rounds, which were played from March 18 to March 21.

The East Region Bracket continued from March 25 to March 28 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, hosted by Syracuse University. The winner of those games, the West Virginia Mountaineers, continued on to the 2010 Final Four, held on April 3 and April 5, 2010, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the third-seeded Villanova Wildcats upset the top-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers 78-76 to win the East Region Bracket and earn a trip to the 2009 Final Four. Villanova however lost in the first game of the Final Four to the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, who then lost in the title game to the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team.

East Bracket Winners

2009: Villanova
2008: North Carolina
2007: Georgetown
2006: George Mason
2005: North Carolina
2004: Oklahoma State
2003: Syracuse
2002: Maryland

2001: Duke
2000: Florida
1999: Duke
1998: North Carolina
1997: North Carolina
1996: Massachusetts
1995: Oklahoma State
1994: Florida

NCAA East Region Bracket 2010

First round March 18 & 19			Second round March 20 & 21			Regional Semifinals March 25 & 26			Regional Finals March 27 & 28

1	Kentucky	100
16	East Tenn. State	71
			1	Kentucky	90

			9	Wake Forest	60
8	Texas	80

9	Wake Forest	81
						1	Kentucky	62

						12	Cornell	45
5	Temple	65

12	Cornell	78
			12	Cornell	87

			4	Wisconsin	69
4	Wisconsin	53

13	Wofford	49
									1	Kentucky	66

									2	West Virginia	73
6	Marquette	78

11	Washington	80
			11	Washington	82

			3	New Mexico	64
3	New Mexico	62

14	Montana	57
						11	Washington	56

						2	West Virginia	69
7	Clemson	78

10	Missouri	86
			10	Missouri	59

			2	West Virginia	68
2	West Virginia	77

15	Morgan State	50