Bonus Field of 68 Projection Heading to the Weekend

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We'll sneak in an extra Field of 68 projection in advance of Sunday night's weekly "Road to Selection Sunday" musings. Current NET ranking is noted in parentheses.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 1/16/25)
America East (1): Bryant (165)

American (2): Memphis (36), *UAB (133)

ACC (5): *Duke (2), Louisville (28), Pitt (31), North Carolina (34), Clemson (36)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (77) replaces Queens (172); ineligible for NCAA Tournament

Atlantic 10 (2): Dayton (65), *George Mason (79)

Big East (4): *Marquette (13), UConn (24), Saint John’s (30), Creighton (52)

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado (114)

Big South (1): Radford (161)

Big Ten (9): Illinois (7), Purdue (14), Michigan (15), *Michigan State (17), Oregon (21), Wisconsin (23), Maryland (25), UCLA (37), Nebraska (50)

Big XII (8): *Houston (3), Iowa State (5), Kansas (9), Arizona (12), Texas Tech (19), Baylor (22), West Virginia (33), UCF (74)

Big West (1): UC-Irvine (44)

Coastal (1): William & Mary (168)

Conference USA (1): New Mexico State (128)

Horizon (1): Cleveland State (176)

Ivy (1): Yale (81)

MAAC (1): Marist (188)

MAC (1): Akron (122)

MEAC (1): Howard (297)

Missouri Valley (1): Bradley (75)

Mountain West (3): *Utah State (38), San Diego State (40), New Mexico (61)

NEC (1): LIU (282)

OVC (1): Morehead State (264)

Patriot (1): Colgate (234)

SEC (11): *Auburn (1), Tennessee (4), Florida (6), Alabama (8), Kentucky (10), Ole Miss (16), Mississippi State (18), Texas A&M (20), Missouri (26), Georgia (27), Oklahoma (56)

SoCon (1): Samford (94)

Southland (1): McNeese (63)

SWAC (1): Southern U (198)

Summit (1): Omaha (217)

Sun Belt (1): South Alabama (105)

WCC (2): Gonzaga (11), *Saint Mary’s (32)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (139)
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Last 4 In: Maryland (25), Nebraska (50), New Mexico (61), UCF (74)

First 4 Out: Ohio State (29), Texas (35), Iowa (49), Drake (66)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Colgate (234), Morehead State (264), LIU (282), Howard (297)

On the Radar O’Reilly (15): Cincinnati (39), Vanderbilt (42), Boise State (43), SMU (45), BYU (46), UC-San Diego (47), Penn State (48), Villanova (53), Oregon State (54), Northwestern (55), Arizona State (60), Saint Bonaventure (71), Georgetown (72), USC (73), Wake Forest (78)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (5): Gonzaga (11), San Diego State (40), Memphis (41), New Mexico (61), Dayton (65)
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Record vs. the Field (12 Most Bubblicious Teams) -- with wins vs. NET top 50
Drake (1-0) -- vs. #42 Vanderbilt
Boise State (2-2) -- vs. #32 Saint Mary's, #36 Clemson
(IN) Dayton (3-3) -- #13 Marquette, vs. #24 UConn
(IN) Nebraska (3-3) -- #37 UCLA
(IN) New Mexico (2-2) -- vs. #37 UCLA, #40 San Diego State
(IN) Oklahoma (3-3) -- vs. #15 Michigan, vs. #12 Arizona, vs. #28 Louisville
(IN) UCF (2-3) -- @ #19 Texas Tech, #20 Texas A&M
Iowa (2-4) -- #50 Nebraska
Texas (2-4) -- none
(IN) Maryland (1-3) -- #29 Ohio State, #37 UCLA
Ohio State (1-7) -- vs. #10 Kentucky, vs. #35 Texas
Vanderbilt (0-2) -- none
 

We'll sneak in an extra Field of 68 projection in advance of Sunday night's weekly "Road to Selection Sunday" musings. Current NET ranking is noted in parentheses.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 1/16/25)
America East (1): Bryant (165)

American (2): Memphis (36), *UAB (133)

ACC (5): *Duke (2), Louisville (28), Pitt (31), North Carolina (34), Clemson (36)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (77) replaces Queens (172); ineligible for NCAA Tournament

Atlantic 10 (2): Dayton (65), *George Mason (79)

Big East (4): *Marquette (13), UConn (24), Saint John’s (30), Creighton (52)

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado (114)

Big South (1): Radford (161)

Big Ten (9): Illinois (7), Purdue (14), Michigan (15), *Michigan State (17), Oregon (21), Wisconsin (23), Maryland (25), UCLA (37), Nebraska (50)

Big XII (8): *Houston (3), Iowa State (5), Kansas (9), Arizona (12), Texas Tech (19), Baylor (22), West Virginia (33), UCF (74)

Big West (1): UC-Irvine (44)

Coastal (1): William & Mary (168)

Conference USA (1): New Mexico State (128)

Horizon (1): Cleveland State (176)

Ivy (1): Yale (81)

MAAC (1): Marist (188)

MAC (1): Akron (122)

MEAC (1): Howard (297)

Missouri Valley (1): Bradley (75)

Mountain West (3): *Utah State (38), San Diego State (40), New Mexico (61)

NEC (1): LIU (282)

OVC (1): Morehead State (264)

Patriot (1): Colgate (234)

SEC (11): *Auburn (1), Tennessee (4), Florida (6), Alabama (8), Kentucky (10), Ole Miss (16), Mississippi State (18), Texas A&M (20), Missouri (26), Georgia (27), Oklahoma (56)

SoCon (1): Samford (94)

Southland (1): McNeese (63)

SWAC (1): Southern U (198)

Summit (1): Omaha (217)

Sun Belt (1): South Alabama (105)

WCC (2): Gonzaga (11), *Saint Mary’s (32)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (139)
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Last 4 In: Maryland (25), Nebraska (50), New Mexico (61), UCF (74)

First 4 Out: Ohio State (29), Texas (35), Iowa (49), Drake (66)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Colgate (234), Morehead State (264), LIU (282), Howard (297)

On the Radar O’Reilly (15): Cincinnati (39), Vanderbilt (42), Boise State (43), SMU (45), BYU (46), UC-San Diego (47), Penn State (48), Villanova (53), Oregon State (54), Northwestern (55), Arizona State (60), Saint Bonaventure (71), Georgetown (72), USC (73), Wake Forest (78)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (5): Gonzaga (11), San Diego State (40), Memphis (41), New Mexico (61), Dayton (65)
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Record vs. the Field (12 Most Bubblicious Teams) -- with wins vs. NET top 50
Drake (1-0) -- vs. #42 Vanderbilt
Boise State (2-2) -- vs. #32 Saint Mary's, #36 Clemson
(IN) Dayton (3-3) -- #13 Marquette, vs. #24 UConn
(IN) Nebraska (3-3) -- #37 UCLA
(IN) New Mexico (2-2) -- vs. #37 UCLA, #40 San Diego State
(IN) Oklahoma (3-3) -- vs. #15 Michigan, vs. #12 Arizona, vs. #28 Louisville
(IN) UCF (2-3) -- @ #19 Texas Tech, #20 Texas A&M
Iowa (2-4) -- #50 Nebraska
Texas (2-4) -- none
(IN) Maryland (1-3) -- #29 Ohio State, #37 UCLA
Ohio State (1-7) -- vs. #10 Kentucky, vs. #35 Texas
Vanderbilt (0-2) -- none
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, lot of work here I'm guessing. Santa Clara caught my eye after beating Gonzaga last night. I didn't realize Herb Sendek has been there 8 years now. Some tough losses this season, but has some talent. . .
 
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Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, lot of work here I'm guessing. Santa Clara caught my eye after beating Gonzaga last night. I didn't realize Herb Sendek has been there 8 years now. Some tough losses this season, but has some talent. . .
Santa Clara has a decent resume, but the 3 Quad 3 losses are killers. The win over the Zags definitely puts them on the radar for next week.
 

Richard and the New Mexico Lobos have a one game lead with 8 wins and 1 loss in the Mountain West. Played two more games than some teams. They have two bad losses (one in conference) that put them fourth in the conference NET rankings despite playing and beating two of those teams soundly..14 and 19 point wins over teams ahead of them in the NET. I believe New Mexico is 3 and 2 now over Net Top 50 teams.
But, I can't type fast enough for this to be true when you read it...Richard seems to attract catastrophe.
 
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