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Currently I have all 8 of the B1G's NCAA tourney hopefuls in the field. Illinois' home loss to MSU last night has the Illini sitting as one of the "last 4 in". Sparty will join Wisconsin, Maryland, and Indiana as B1G "locks" if it beats the Gophers on Thursday. I have the RPI top 35 all making the tournament. At this point the best RPI left out is #36 (Pitt).
This time we'll list the projected field in order of RPI instead of by conference. An * denotes the current conference leader/conference tournament #1 seed.
Field of 68 Projection (Feb. 23)
#1 *Kansas (Big XII #1)
#2 *Kentucky (SEC #1)
#3 *Virginia (ACC #1)
#4 Duke (ACC #2)
#5 *Villanova (Big East #1)
#6 *Wisconsin (Big Ten #1)
#7 *Arizona (Pac 12 #1)
#8 *Gonzaga (WCC)
#9 Iowa State (Big XII #2)
#10 Utah (Pac 12 #2)
#11 Maryland (Big Ten #2)
#12 *VCU (A-10 #1)
#13 North Carolina (ACC #3)
#14 Baylor (Big XII #3)
#15 Wichita State (MVC #1)
#16 Oklahoma (Big XII #4)
#17 *Northern Iowa (MVC #2)
#18 *SMU (American #1)
#19 Louisville (ACC #4)
#20 Arkansas (SEC #2)
#21 Georgetown (Big East #2)
#22 Providence (Big East #3)
#23 Butler (Big East #4)
#24 West Virginia (Big XII #5)
#25 *San Diego State (Mountain West #1)
#26 Colorado State (Mountain West #2)
#27 Notre Dame (ACC #5)
#28 Michigan State (Big Ten #3)
#29 Oklahoma State (Big XII #6)
#30 Xavier (Big East #5)
#31 Temple (American #2)
#32 Ole Miss (SEC #3)
#33 Indiana (Big Ten #4)
#34 Texas A&M (SEC #4)
#35 Dayton (A-10 #2)
#37 Georgia (SEC #5)
#43 Ohio State (Big Ten #5)
#44 Oregon (Pac 12 #3)
#45 *Iona (MAAC)
#46 Saint John's (Big East #6)
#47 UCLA (Pac 12 #4)
#49 Cincinnati (American #3)
#50 *Wofford (Southern)
#52 NC State (ACC #6)
#54 LSU (SEC #6)
#55 Iowa (Big Ten #6)
#56 *Harvard (Ivy)
#58 Illinois (Big Ten #7)
#61 Purdue (Big Ten #8)
#65 *Valparaiso (Horizon)
#66 *Louisiana Tech (C-USA)
#67 Miami- Florida (ACC #7)
#70 *Murray State (OVC)
#73 *UC-Davis (Big West)
#85 *Kent State (MAC)
#88 *South Dakota State (Summit)
#91 *William & Mary (CAA)
#93 *High Point (Big South)
#97 *Sam Houston State (Southland)
#102 *Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
#111 *NCCU (MEAC)
#112 *New Mexico State (WAC)
#118 *Albany (America East)
#137 *Georgia Southern (Sun Belt)
#140 *Bucknell (Patriot)
#142 *Sacramento State (Big Sky)
#150 *Texas Southern (SWAC)
#164 *Saint Francis-NY (NEC)
Last 4 In: Dayton (35), UCLA (47), Illinois (58), Miami-Florida (67)
First 4 Out: Pitt (36), Texas (40), Boise State (41), Stanford (51)
Others Considered (7): Massachusetts (38), Tulsa (39), Old Dominion (48), Davidson (57), BYU (59), Rhode Island (63), Wyoming (77)
This time we'll list the projected field in order of RPI instead of by conference. An * denotes the current conference leader/conference tournament #1 seed.
Field of 68 Projection (Feb. 23)
#1 *Kansas (Big XII #1)
#2 *Kentucky (SEC #1)
#3 *Virginia (ACC #1)
#4 Duke (ACC #2)
#5 *Villanova (Big East #1)
#6 *Wisconsin (Big Ten #1)
#7 *Arizona (Pac 12 #1)
#8 *Gonzaga (WCC)
#9 Iowa State (Big XII #2)
#10 Utah (Pac 12 #2)
#11 Maryland (Big Ten #2)
#12 *VCU (A-10 #1)
#13 North Carolina (ACC #3)
#14 Baylor (Big XII #3)
#15 Wichita State (MVC #1)
#16 Oklahoma (Big XII #4)
#17 *Northern Iowa (MVC #2)
#18 *SMU (American #1)
#19 Louisville (ACC #4)
#20 Arkansas (SEC #2)
#21 Georgetown (Big East #2)
#22 Providence (Big East #3)
#23 Butler (Big East #4)
#24 West Virginia (Big XII #5)
#25 *San Diego State (Mountain West #1)
#26 Colorado State (Mountain West #2)
#27 Notre Dame (ACC #5)
#28 Michigan State (Big Ten #3)
#29 Oklahoma State (Big XII #6)
#30 Xavier (Big East #5)
#31 Temple (American #2)
#32 Ole Miss (SEC #3)
#33 Indiana (Big Ten #4)
#34 Texas A&M (SEC #4)
#35 Dayton (A-10 #2)
#37 Georgia (SEC #5)
#43 Ohio State (Big Ten #5)
#44 Oregon (Pac 12 #3)
#45 *Iona (MAAC)
#46 Saint John's (Big East #6)
#47 UCLA (Pac 12 #4)
#49 Cincinnati (American #3)
#50 *Wofford (Southern)
#52 NC State (ACC #6)
#54 LSU (SEC #6)
#55 Iowa (Big Ten #6)
#56 *Harvard (Ivy)
#58 Illinois (Big Ten #7)
#61 Purdue (Big Ten #8)
#65 *Valparaiso (Horizon)
#66 *Louisiana Tech (C-USA)
#67 Miami- Florida (ACC #7)
#70 *Murray State (OVC)
#73 *UC-Davis (Big West)
#85 *Kent State (MAC)
#88 *South Dakota State (Summit)
#91 *William & Mary (CAA)
#93 *High Point (Big South)
#97 *Sam Houston State (Southland)
#102 *Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
#111 *NCCU (MEAC)
#112 *New Mexico State (WAC)
#118 *Albany (America East)
#137 *Georgia Southern (Sun Belt)
#140 *Bucknell (Patriot)
#142 *Sacramento State (Big Sky)
#150 *Texas Southern (SWAC)
#164 *Saint Francis-NY (NEC)
Last 4 In: Dayton (35), UCLA (47), Illinois (58), Miami-Florida (67)
First 4 Out: Pitt (36), Texas (40), Boise State (41), Stanford (51)
Others Considered (7): Massachusetts (38), Tulsa (39), Old Dominion (48), Davidson (57), BYU (59), Rhode Island (63), Wyoming (77)