August Off-Season Field of 68 Projection

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*Please note, for the 2019-20 season my "Power 6" conferences are the American, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big XII, and SEC.

AUGUST 12 FIELD OF 68
Automatic Qualifiers (32) -- determined by most NCAA Tournament appearances and/or tournament wins since 1999-2000 season
America East: Vermont
American: Cincinnati
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic 10: VCU
Big East: Xavier
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Michigan State
Big XII: Kansas
Big West: Hawaii
Colonial: NC-Wilmington
Conference USA: Western Kentucky
Horizon: Milwaukee
Ivy: Penn
MAAC: Iona
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: NCCU
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
Mountain West: San Diego State
NEC: LIU
OVC: Belmont
Pac 12: Arizona
Patriot: Bucknell
SEC: Kentucky
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
SWAC: Texas Southern
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Georgia State
WCC: Gonzaga
WAC: New Mexico State

At-Large Selections (36)
American (2): Memphis, Wichita State

ACC (6): Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia

Atlantic 10 (1): Davidson

Big East (4): Georgetown, Marquette, Seton Hall, Villanova

Big Ten (6): Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin

Big XII (5): Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech

Missouri Valley (1): Missouri State

Mountain West (1): Utah State

Pac 12 (3): Colorado, Oregon, Washington

SEC (6): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss

WCC (1): Saint Mary's
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Last 4 In: Arkansas, Wichita State, Missouri State, Notre Dame (last team in)

First 4 Out: Penn State (first team out), Creighton, Providence, Houston

Next 8 Out: Arizona State, BYU, College of Charleston, Dayton, Minnesota, Oregon State, Tennessee, West Virginia

Non-Power 6 At-Larges (7): Colorado, Davidson, Missouri State, Oregon, Saint Mary's, Utah State, Washington

Final 4: Kansas, Maryland, Michigan State, Seton Hall

National Champion: Michigan State
 
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South Dakota St.???.... probably meant South Dakota
 



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SelectionSunday said:
Not this season anyways. I take the 6 conferences with the most NCAA bids the previous season. I suspect the Pac 12 will get its spot back after the coming season.
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That may be your criteria, but selecting the American over the PAC12 is just ridiculous! Where would you rather play, Wichita State or over half of the PAC12 schools?
 



alchemy2u said:
That may be your criteria, but selecting the American over the PAC12 is just ridiculous! Where would you rather play, Wichita State or over half of the PAC12 schools?
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There's not really a whole lot of difference. Last year the American finished 6th and the Pac 12 7th in final conference rankings.

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2019/conferencerpi

To answer your question, I can come up with half the Pac 12 arenas as an opponent I'd rather play at than Wichita State. ... Cal, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington State. Those 6 usually are sleepy arenas, certainly not the case with Wichita State.

To be fair, the American has plenty of those, too. ... East Carolina, Tulane, UCF, and USF come immediately to mind.
 
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Pac 12 hasn't been a power conference for years. You must not watch much basketball.
 

NCAA tournament seeds the last three years for the Pac-12 and American:

Pac-12
2019: Sent 3 teams (Seeds: 9, 11, 12... would've been only two if Oregon didn't run the table in the Pac-12 tournament)
2018: Sent 3 teams (Seeds: 4, 11, 11)
2017: Sent 4 teams (Seeds: 2, 3, 3, 11)
Average seed: 7.7

American
2019: Sent 4 teams (Seeds: 3, 7, 9, 11)
2018: Sent 4 teams (Seeds: 2, 4, 6)
2018: Sent 2 teams (Seeds: 6, 6)
Average seed: 6

While the American is by no means a great conference, it has been better than the Pac-12 in the regular season the last few years.
 

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