Field of 68 Projection, Pre-Championship Week Style

[SelectionSunday]

Here's our "Field of 68" projection heading into the start of Championship Week, which begins tonight with conference tournament games in the ASUN, Big South, Horizon, and Patriot. An * denotes the conference leader/tournament's highest remaining seed in a multiple-bid conference. NET ranking is in parentheses.

FIELD OF 68 (through games played March 2)
America East (1): Vermont (80)

American (3): *Houston (19), Wichita State (45), Cincinnati (53)

ACC (4): Duke (6), Louisville (8), *Florida State (11), Virginia (50)

ASUN (1): Liberty (66)

Atlantic 10 (2): *Dayton (3), Richmond (48)

Big East (7): *Seton Hall (12), Creighton (13), Villanova (17), Butler (20), Marquette (25), Xavier (43), Providence (44)

Big Sky (1): Montana (129)

Big South (1): Radford (177)

Big Ten (10): Michigan State (7), *Maryland (15), Ohio State (16), Michigan (24), Penn State (26), Iowa (29), Wisconsin (30), Rutgers (34), Illinois (36), Indiana (54)

Big XII (4): *Kansas (1), Baylor (5), West Virginia (21), Oklahoma (41)

Big West (1): UC-Irvine (107)

Colonial (1): Hofstra (123)

Conference USA (1): North Texas (90)

Horizon (1): Wright State (120)

Ivy (1): Yale (63)

MAAC (1): Siena (168)

MAC (1): Bowling Green (150)

MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (255)

Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa (37)

Mountain West (2): San Diego State (4), Utah State (38)

NEC (1): Robert Morris (213)

OVC (1): Belmont (106)

Pac 12 (7): Arizona (10), Oregon (18), Colorado (23), Stanford (27), USC (39), Arizona State (49), *UCLA (76)

Patriot (1): Colgate (115)

SEC (4): *Kentucky (14), Auburn (28), LSU (32), Florida (33)

SoCon (1): East Tennessee State (40)

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (79)

SWAC (1): Prairie View A&M (188)

Summit (1): North Dakota State (132)

Sun Belt (1): Little Rock (136)

WCC (3): *Gonzaga (2), BYU (9), Saint Mary's (31)

WAC (1): New Mexico State (113)
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Last 4 In: Utah State (38), Wichita State (45), Richmond (48), Cincinnati (53)

First 4 Out: Texas Tech (22), Rhode Island (51), Mississippi State (52), NC State (57)

Others Under Consideration (7): Purdue (35), Alabama (42), Arkansas (47), Texas (59), Memphis (62), South Carolina (65), Clemson (73)

Non-Power 6 At-Larges (6): BYU (10), Saint Mary's (31), Utah State (38), Wichita State (47), Richmond (48), Cincinnati (53)

 

[SelectionSunday]

 

[bizzle22]

We differ on one. Also, I updated mine through Tuesday’s games.

I have Texas IN.

I have Utah State OUT.

Last 4 In: Richmond, Texas, Rutgers, Indiana

First 4 Out: Purdue, NC State, Utah State, Rhode Island

 

[obobo55]

Think Xavier, Oklahoma, and WichitaSt all need to win their finale this weekend.

I think Purdue wins and will get in. Texas wins and will be right there. If Tulsa beats WichitaSt and claims the American title, they slip in as well.

 

[howeda7]

I want Texas to miss so Shaka is available.

 

[MplsGopher]

We differ on one. Also, I updated mine through Tuesday’s games.

I have Texas IN.

I have Utah State OUT.

Last 4 In: Richmond, Texas, Rutgers, Indiana

First 4 Out: Purdue, NC State, Utah State, Rhode Island

Mountain West is a two bid league

 

[bizzle22]

Mountain West is a two bid league

We'll see. Utah St is squarely on the bubble at this point. They lose to Wyoming tonight (up 3 with 15 to go right now), things won't look good. Win tonight and beat San Diego St tomorrow, then obviously they're in. Win tonight and lose to the Aztecs tomorrow, it depends on what else happens.

Remember -- teams gets NCAA bids, not conferences.

 

[MplsGopher]

You’re of course right. I’m only saying that because I want Craig Smith hired as our coach.

They did beat Wyoming though. Rematch of last year’s championship game vs SDSU tonight.