Field of 68 Projection (through Feb. 22)

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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)
 





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