Road to Selection Sunday: Field of 68 Projection

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An * denotes conference leader and/or RPI in multiple-bid conference.

FIELD OF 68 (through Feb. 14)
America East (1): Stony Brook (55)

American (3): UConn (42), Cincinnati (62), *Temple (63)

ACC (7): Virginia (5), *North Carolina (8), Miami (9), Duke (17), Notre Dame (19), Syracuse (40), Pitt (44)

Atlantic Sun (1): North Florida (175)

Atlantic 10 (2): *Dayton (12), Saint Joseph's (28)

Big East (4): *Villanova (3), Xavier (7), Providence (39), Seton Hall (49)

Big Sky (1): Montana (155)

Big South (1): Winthrop (149)

B1G (7): Maryland (6), *Iowa (10), Michigan State (18), Purdue (20), Indiana (36), Wisconsin (46), Michigan (50)

Big XII (7): *Kansas (1), Oklahoma (2), West Virginia (11), Iowa State (15), Texas (21), Baylor (30), Texas Tech (32)

Big West (1): Hawaii (85)

Colonial (1): NC Wilmington (65)

Conference USA (1): UAB (99)

Horizon (1): Valparaiso (66)

Ivy (1): Yale (60)

MAAC (1): Monmouth (35)

MAC (1): Akron (48)

MEAC (1): Hampton (189)

Missouri Valley (1): Wichita State (52)

Mountain West (1): San Diego State (47)

Northeast (1): Wagner (200)

Ohio Valley (1): Belmont (97)

Pac 12 (8): *Oregon (4), Utah (16), Arizona (22), Cal (23), USC (24), Colorado (25), Oregon State (38), Washington (61)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (195)

SEC (6): *Kentucky (13), Texas A&M (26), South Carolina (27), Florida (31), Alabama (37), LSU (72)

Southern (1): Chattanooga (33)

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (111)

SWAC (1): Texas Southern (215)

Summit (1): South Dakota State (45)

Sun Belt (1): UALR (51)

West Coast (1): Gonzaga (57)

WAC (1): New Mexico State (125)
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Last 4 In: Pitt (44), Seton Hall (49), Washington (61), LSU (72)

First 4 Out: George Washington (53), Florida State (54), Vanderbilt (56), Butler (64)

Others Considered (9): Saint Bonaventure (34), Tulsa (43), VCU (58), Georgia (67), UCLA (68), BYU (69), Saint Mary's (70), Creighton (81), Clemson (89)

Non-Power 6 At-Larges (3): Saint Joseph's (28), UConn (42), Cincinnati (62)

 

[Winnipegopher]

Texas Tech in? That will be interesting. People don't like comparisons (because the current coach looks bad) but Tech was a tire fire when Smith took over. Hard not to compare the two programs trajectories.

 

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Tech has a strong RPI but still a lot of work to do. Still a bubble team. They took a big step last week, certainly, beating a pair of sure-fire NCAA tourney teams, Iowa State and Baylor (in Waco). Beating a potential #1 seed like Oklahoma in Lubbock this week would make it awfully difficult for Tech not to make the tournament provided they didn't freefall down the stretch.

 

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Latest Joe Lunardi & Jerry Palm projections

My only major quip is, Lunardi is stoned having Saint Mary's in the field. I guarantee you, the only reason he has the Gaels in the field is because they play @ Gonzaga on Saturday night on ESPN2. Lunardi has become a sell-out leading up to Selection Sunday. He and ESPN quite often use that little trick to try & help promote games airing on the ESPN family.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Lunardi and I currently differ on 4 at-larges. He has Florida State, Saint Mary's, Vanderbilt, and VCU in the field, in their place I have Alabama, Oregon State, Texas Tech, and Washington.

Palm and I differ on 2 at-larges. He has Butler & Florida State in the field, in their place I have Seton Hall & Washington.

Lunardi Last 4 In: Cincinnati, Florida State, Saint Mary's, Vanderbilt
Palm Last 4 In: Cincinnati, LSU, Saint Joseph's, UConn
SS Last 4 In: LSU, Pitt, Seton Hall, Washington

Lunardi First 4 Out: Alabama, Butler, Clemson, Washington
Palm First 4 Out: George Washington, Seton Hall, Tulsa, Washington
SS First 4 Out: Butler, Florida State, George Washington, Vanderbilt