How The Field of 68 Looks 6 Days from Selection Sunday

[SelectionSunday]

RPI numbers are through Sunday, March 6. Bold/italic denotes already earned automatic bid.

Automatic Qualifiers/Highest Remaining Seed in Conference Tournament (32)
Kansas (1) -- Big XII
Villanova (3) -- Big East
Oregon (4) -- Pac 12
North Carolina (9) -- ACC
Indiana (19) -- B1G
Dayton (21) -- Atlantic 10
Texas A&M (22) -- SEC
Akron (34) -- MAC
Saint Mary's (35) -- West Coast
Valparaiso (39) -- Horizon
San Diego State (42) -- Mountain West
Yale (43) -- Ivy
Monmouth (47) -- MAAC
UALR (50) -- Sun Belt
Hofstra (52) -- Colonial
Temple (54) -- American
Chattanooga (59) -- Southern
Fort Wayne (61) -- Summit
Stony Brook (62) -- America East
Northern Iowa (70) -- Missouri Valley
UAB (78) -- Conference USA
Stephen F. Austin (79) -- Southland
Hawaii (92) -- Big West
New Mexico State (113) -- WAC
Weber State (130) -- Big Sky
NC-Asheville (136) -- Big South
Lehigh (156) -- Patriot
Wagner (173) -- Northeast
Hampton (180) -- MEAC
Texas Southern (183) -- SWAC
Austin Peay (188) -- Ohio Valley
Florida Gulf Coast (215)

Locks (22)
Virginia (2)
Oklahoma (5)
Xavier (6)
Miami-Florida (7)
Utah (8)
West Virginia (10)
Maryland (12)
Kentucky (13)
Michigan State (14)
Cal (15)
Purdue (16)
Duke (18)
Iowa State (20)
Texas (23)
Iowa (24)
Arizona (25)
Texas Tech (26)
Baylor (28)
Colorado (29)
Wisconsin (31)
Seton Hall (32)
Notre Dame (37)

On the Bubble/Longshots (28 teams battling for 14 bids)
Saint Bonaventure (27)
Oregon State (30)
Saint Joseph's (33)
Cincinnati (40)
VCU (41)
Providence (44)
USC (45)
Butler (46)
Wichita State (48)
Vanderbilt (49)
Tulsa (51)
South Carolina (53)
Florida (55)
Pitt (56)
UConn (58)
Syracuse (60)
George Washington (63)
Gonzaga (64)
Michigan (68)
Florida State (69)
Georgia Tech (71)
Georgia (72)
BYU (73)
Houston (75)
Alabama (76)
Ohio State (77)
Washington (82)
LSU (90)

 

[Holy Man]

Selection, are the Gales a lock if Gonzaga sneaks up on them in WCC tournament?

 

[SelectionSunday]

Selection, are the Gales a lock if Gonzaga sneaks up on them in WCC tournament?

I don't think so, but I think this is a year where 2-3 of those mid-major regular-season champions that don't earn the auto bid have a pretty good shot at getting at-large bids. Not all those bids are going to go to 12- or 13-loss teams from the major conferences.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Updated: How Field of 68 Looks 5 Days From Selection Sunday (through March 7)

RPI numbers are through Sunday, March 7. Bold/italic denotes already earned automatic bid.

Automatic Qualifiers/Highest Remaining Seed in Conference Tournament (32)
Kansas (1) -- Big XII
Villanova (3) -- Big East
Oregon (4) -- Pac 12
North Carolina (8) -- ACC
Indiana (20) -- B1G
Dayton (21) -- Atlantic 10
Texas A&M (22) -- SEC
Akron (33) -- MAC
Saint Mary's (35) -- West Coast
South Dakota State (36) -- Summit
San Diego State (41) -- Mountain West
Yale (42) -- Ivy
NC-Wilmington (45) -- Colonial
UALR (50) -- Sun Belt
Chattanooga (52) -- Southern
Temple (55) -- American
Stony Brook (64) -- America East
Northern Iowa (71) -- Missouri Valley
UAB (78) -- Conference USA
Stephen F. Austin (79) -- Southland
Iona (80) -- MAAC
Hawaii (91) -- Big West
New Mexico State (113) -- WAC
Weber State (133) -- Big Sky
NC-Asheville (139) -- Big South
Wright State (140) -- Horizon
Lehigh (156) -- Patriot
Wagner (175) -- Northeast
Hampton (178) -- MEAC
Texas Southern (183) -- SWAC
Austin Peay (189) -- Ohio Valley
Florida Gulf Coast (213)

Locks (22)
1 Virginia (2)
2 Oklahoma (5)
3 Xavier (6)
4 Miami-Florida (7)
5 Utah (9)
6 West Virginia (10)
7 Maryland (12)
8 Kentucky (13)
9 Cal (14)
10 Michigan State (15)
11 Purdue (16)
12 Duke (18)
13 Iowa State (19)
14 Iowa (23)
15 Texas (24)
16 Arizona (25)
17 Texas Tech (26)
18 Baylor (28)
19 Colorado (29)
20 Wisconsin (31)
21 Seton Hall (32)
22 Notre Dame (37)

On the Bubble (29 teams battling for 14 bids)
1 Saint Bonaventure (27)
2 Oregon State (30)
3 Saint Joseph's (34)
4 Cincinnati (39)
5 VCU (40)
6 Providence (43)
7 Butler (44)
8 USC (46)
9 Wichita State (47) -- SEASON COMPLETE
10 Tulsa (48)
11 Vanderbilt (49)
12 Valparaiso (51) -- SEASON COMPLETE
13 Monmouth (53) -- SEASON COMPLETE
14 South Carolina (54)
15 Florida (57)
16 Pitt (58)
17 UConn (59)
18 Gonzaga (60)
19 Syracuse (61)
20 George Washington (62)
21 Michigan (67)
22 Florida State (69)
23 Georgia Tech (70)
24 Georgia (72)
25 Houston (74)
26 Alabama (75)
27 Ohio State (76)
28 Washington (83)
29 LSU (90)

 

[howeda7]

Does SDSU have any shot of an at-large if they lose tonight? I'm thinking not, but that RPI is pretty impressive.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Does SDSU have any shot of an at-large if they lose tonight? I'm thinking not, but that RPI is pretty impressive.

No.

Best win is Fort Wayne (#69).

No RPI top-50 wins.

Only 3 top-100 wins.

Only wins over teams in or projected to be in the tournament would be NDSU, Weber State, and Florida Gulf Coast.

5 bad losses.