Field of 68 Projection (through March 8)

[SelectionSunday]

RPI is noted in parentheses. ALL CAPS bold/italic = already earned automatic bid.

FIELD OF 68 (3 days 'til Selection Sunday)
Automatic Bids/Top Remaining Seed In Conference Tournament (32)
America East: Vermont (47)
American: SMU (17)
ACC: North Carolina (4)
Atlantic Sun: FLORIDA GULF COAST (85)
Atlantic 10: Dayton (21)
Big East: Villanova (1)
Big Sky: North Dakota (172)
Big South: WINTHROP (70)
B1G: Purdue (19)
Big XII: Kansas (2)
Big West: UC Irvine (135)
Colonial: NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (26)
Conference USA: Middle Tennessee (36)
Horizon: NORTHERN KENTUCKY (88)
Ivy: Princeton (51)
MAAC: IONA (90)
MAC: Akron (59)
MEAC: North Carolina Central (215) -- vs. Bethune-Cookman, 5 (ESPN3)
Missouri Valley: WICHITA STATE (27)
Mountain West: Nevada (33)
Northeast: MOUNT SAINT MARY'S (152)
Ohio Valley: JACKSONVILLE STATE (151)
Pac 12: Oregon (8)
Patriot: BUCKNELL (63)
SEC: Kentucky (7)
Southern: EAST TENNESSEE STATE (56)
Southland: New Orleans (177)
SWAC: Texas Southern (115)
Summit: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (155)
Sun Belt: Texas-Arlington (38)
West Coast: GONZAGA (10)
WAC: Bakersfield (82)

Locks (24)
Louisville (3)
Florida (5)
Baylor (6)
Arizona (9)
Florida State (11)
Butler (12)
Cincinnati (13)
Duke (14)
Virginia (15)
UCLA (16)
Saint Mary's (18) -- season complete
Minnesota (20)
West Virginia (22)
VCU (23)
Maryland (24)
Notre Dame (25)
Arkansas (28)
Iowa State (29)
Creighton (30)
South Carolina (32)
Miami (37)
Wisconsin (39)
Virginia Tech (42)
Michigan (46)

(* denotes currently in Field of 68)

Strong Bubblers/In With 1 Win (4)
*Oklahoma State (35)
*Seton Hall (44)
*Providence (52)
*Marquette (55)

Just Above, On, Or Below The Bubble (16)
*Illinois State (31) -- season complete
*Xavier (34)
*Wake Forest (40) -- season complete
*USC (41)
Rhode Island (43)
*Vanderbilt (45)
*Michigan State (49)
Houston (50)
Georgia (53)
*Northwestern (54)
Cal (57)
Illinois (58)
*Kansas State (60)
Ole Miss (68)
Iowa (72)
Syracuse (84) -- season complete
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Last 4 In: Illinois State (31), Xavier (34), Northwestern (54), Kansas State (60)

First 4 Out: Rhode Island (43), Illinois (58), Iowa (72), Syracuse (84)

Others Considered (4): Houston (50), Georgia (53), Cal (57), Ole Miss (68)

Non-Power 6 At-Larges (4): Cincinnati (13), Saint Mary's (18), VCU (23), Illinois State (31)

BUBBLE TEAMS WITH WINS OVER AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
Michigan State (2): Florida Gulf Coast, vs. Wichita State
Cal (1): South Dakota State
Illinois (1): Northern Kentucky
Illinois State (1): Wichita State
Oklahoma State (1): @ Wichita State
Wake Forest (1): Bucknell

GOPHERS PROJECTED SEED, OPPONENT, LOCATION
#5 Gophers vs. #12 Vermont, Orlando

GOPHERS VS. THE PROJECTED FIELD (8-6)
Texas-Arlington (W)
Mount Saint Mary's (W)
Arkansas (W)
@ Florida State (L)
vs. Vanderbilt (W)
Michigan State (L)
@ Purdue (W)
@ Northwestern (W)
@ Michigan State (L)
Wisconsin (L)
Maryland (L)
Michigan (W)
@ Maryland (W)
@ Wisconsin (L)

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Palm currently has us as the highest #5 seed. If we get to conf champ game, can we get a 4th seed?

 

[Mark in Indy]

Palm currently has us as the highest #5 seed. If we get to conf champ game, can we get a 4th seed?

We are now showing as the lowest #4. As I understand it that would very likely have is in Milwaukee or here in Indy. (Insert prayer here! LOL)



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