Field of 68 Projection: 5 Tickets Punched to March Madness, 63 to Go

[SelectionSunday]

This it it until my final projection posted in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning. See you then.

In multiple-bid conferences, automatic qualifiers (champion or highest remaining seed in conference tournament) are noted with a * NET rankings are through March 8 and will be updated here sometime Monday.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 3/9/25)
America East (1): Bryant (149)

American (1): Memphis (45)

ACC (3): *Duke (1), Clemson (22), Louisville (23)

ASUN (1): LIPSCOMB (87)

Atlantic 10 (2): *VCU (31), Dayton (66)

Big East (5): *Saint John’s (17), Marquette (25), UConn (32), Creighton (38), Xavier (44)

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado (126)

Big South (1): HIGH POINT (83)

Big Ten (9): Maryland (10), *Michigan State (11), Purdue (14), Illinois (15), Wisconsin (20), UCLA (24), Michigan (27), Oregon (29), Indiana (52)

Big XII (8): *Houston (3), Texas Tech (7), Iowa State (9), Arizona (13), Kansas (18), BYU (26), Baylor (33), West Virginia (47)

Big West (1): UC-San Diego (35)

Coastal (1): Towson (142)

Conference USA (1): Liberty (64)

Horizon (1): Robert Morris (145)

Ivy (1): Yale (70)

MAAC (1): Quinnipiac (192)

MAC (1): Akron (97)

MEAC (1): Norfolk State (180)

Missouri Valley (1): DRAKE (59)

Mountain West (3): Utah State (37), *New Mexico (41), San Diego State (51)

NEC (1): Central Connecticut (157)

OVC (1): SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (217)

Patriot (1): American (237)

SEC (13): *Auburn (2), Florida (4), Tennessee (5), Alabama (6), Kentucky (12), Texas A&M (20), Missouri (21), Ole Miss (28), Georgia (30), Mississippi State (34), Arkansas (39), Vanderbilt (43), Oklahoma (46)

SoCon (1): Furman (124)

Southland (1): McNeese (61)

SWAC (1): Southern (221)

Summit (1): OMAHA (170)

Sun Belt (1): Troy (106)

WCC (2): Gonzaga (8), *Saint Mary’s (19)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (109)
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Last 4 In: Oklahoma (46), Baylor (33), Arkansas (39), (last team in) Dayton (66)

First 4 Out: (first team out) UC-Irvine, Colorado State (55), Boise State (45), Wake Forest (68)

Next 4 Out: North Carolina (40), Ohio State (36), SMU (49), Texas (42)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Quinnipiac (192), SIU-Edwardsville (217), Southern (221), American (237)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Gonzaga (8), Utah State (37), San Diego State (51), Dayton (66)

 

[howeda7]

Doesn't UC Irvine give the Big West two teams and make 5 non Power 5 at large bids?

 

[JZABR]

Doesn't UC Irvine give the Big West two teams and make 5 non Power 5 at large bids?

I would give it to them over Ohio State

 

[SelectionSunday]

Doesn't UC Irvine give the Big West two teams and make 5 non Power 5 at large bids?

Good catch, thanks Howeda. I counted wrong, had to take UC-Irvine out. Dayton now last team in. Fixed.

 

[Gophers7633]

13 outta the SEC looks pretty likely at this point. I'd be surprised if they only got 12. I guess if Arkansas lost to South Carolina again you could keep them out. But even if Vandy and OU lose it's only a Q1 loss.

 

[Minnesconsin fan]

Wofford wins the SOCON-- there isn't the pipeline from Minneapolis to Wofford like there used to be, but I have Boston Terriers so they are still one of my favorite teams - even if Cam Rundles and Jamar Diggs are long gone from there.

sidenote to Gopher fans that want better free throw shooting-- Wofford has a guy that shoots them underhanded, Rick Barry style. I missed the first half so I saw him go 2 for 2 and thought that was the answer. Upon a deeper look into the stats- he was 3 for 7 tonight and 31% on the year.