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StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament , College Basketball Invitational , and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament .

Northwestern has never made the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats are, however, a No. 13 seed in Andy Glockner's first bracket projection for 2012.

Check out his seeded 68-team field.

FACTS & STATS: Site: Reliant Stadium -- Houston, Texas. Television: CBS. NCAA Tournament Record: Butler 18-10, UConn 49-27.

Series Record: First-ever meeting.

If there was ever a perilous time to be a professional prognosticator, this is it. In case you haven't noticed, we so-called experts have been turned on our heads during this unforgettable NCAA tournament.

You might say we've been Shaka'd. That might not be great for us, but it sure is great for the sport. All season long the rule in college hoops has been to expect the unexpected.

So nobody should be surprised that our picks have been so wrong so often. Of course, we like it when our picks turn out to be correct, but isn't being wrong half the fun?

(That's called rationalizing.

Jimmer Fredette is The Associated Press' player of the year after leading the nation in scoring and BYU to one of its best seasons.

The senior guard averaged 28.5 points. The Cougars won the regular-season title in the Mountain West Conference and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Fredette received the award Friday.

Butler's Brad Stevens likes being the young coach from the small school whose second straight run deep into the NCAA tournament is capturing the imagination of the basketball-loving public.

More important to him, though, is how his players see it. "The cool part is -- our guys -- it's not above their imagination," Stevens said of upsetting one higher seed after another.

BYU had the best scorer on the court. Florida had the best team.Alex Tyus scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Florida beat BYU 83-74 in overtime Thursday night, chasing Jimmer Fredette and the Cougars out of the NCAA tournament.While Fredette was the star attraction, scoring 32 points on 11 for 29 shooting in the final game of his college ...

Sixteen teams -- including three No. 1s and four double-digit seeds -- still have title dreams. Luke Winn sizes up the Sweet 16, ranking them in order of their likelihood of winning it all.

Four double-digit seeds survived a weekend of buzzer-beaters and endgame insanity. VCU became the darling of the tournament, but FSU's run may be more improbable, says Luke Winn.