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UPDATED THROUGH: Friday, March 5 results
Here's a breakdown of how I view the Field of 68 and (potential) bubble teams as we finish the last week of the regular season and dive in to conference tournaments. I will update this post daily up until Selection Sunday (March 13). The next opponent for non-"Locked & Loaded" teams is noted in parentheses.
Bold indicates a team moved to a different group after the previous day's results.
ESTIMATED 1-BID CONFERENCES (23)
LOCKED & LOADED (35) -- lock for NCAA field even if lose remaining games:
1 Alabama
2 Arizona (Pac 12 auto bid holder)
3 Arkansas
4 Auburn (SEC auto bid holder)
5 Baylor
6 Boise (Mountain West auto bid holder)
7 Colorado State
8 Duke (ACC auto bid holder)
9 Gonzaga (WCC auto bid holder)
10 Houston (American auto bid holder)
11 Iowa
12 Illinois
13 Kansas (Big XII auto bid holder)
14 Kentucky
15 LSU
16 Marquette
17 Miami-Florida
18 Michigan State
19 Murray (OVC auto bid)
20 North Carolina
21 Ohio State
22 Providence (Big East auto bid holder)
23 Purdue
24 Saint Mary's
25 San Diego State
26 San Francisco
27 Seton Hall
28 Tennessee
29 Texas
30 Texas Tech
31 UCLA
32 UConn
33 USC
34 Villanova
35 Wisconsin
LOCK WITH WIN IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2)
1 Memphis (Sunday: Houston)
2 Rutgers (Sunday: Penn State)
HIGHLY LIKELY IN, BUT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WIN LOCKS IT UP (4)
1 Creighton (Thursday: vs. Marquette)
2 Iowa State (Thursday: vs. Texas Tech)
3 Notre Dame (Thursday: vs. Virginia Tech/Clemson/NC State)
4 TCU (Thursday: vs. Texas)
SQUARELY ON THE BUBBLE (10)
1 BYU (season complete)
2 Dayton (Friday: vs. George Washington/UMass)
3 Florida (Thursday: vs. Texas A&M)
4 Loyola-Chicago (Sunday: vs. Drake)
5 Michigan (Sunday: @ Ohio State)
6 SMU (Sunday: Tulane)
7 VCU (Friday: vs. Richmond/Rhode Island/Duquesne)
8 Wake Forest (Wednesday: vs. Pitt/Boston College)
9 Wyoming (Thursday: vs. UNLV)
10 Xavier (Wednesday: vs. Butler)
LONGSHOT (6) -- must win 2 or 3 in conference tourney to get a sniff
1 Indiana (Wednesday: vs. TBD)
2 Oklahoma (Thursday: vs. Baylor)
3 Texas A&M (Thursday: vs. Florida)
4 UAB (Thursday: vs. FAU/UTSA/Southern Miss)
5 Virginia (Wednesday: vs. Louisville/Georgia Tech)
6 Virginia Tech (Wednesday: vs. Clemson/NC State)
Here's a breakdown of how I view the Field of 68 and (potential) bubble teams as we finish the last week of the regular season and dive in to conference tournaments. I will update this post daily up until Selection Sunday (March 13). The next opponent for non-"Locked & Loaded" teams is noted in parentheses.
Bold indicates a team moved to a different group after the previous day's results.
ESTIMATED 1-BID CONFERENCES (23)
LOCKED & LOADED (35) -- lock for NCAA field even if lose remaining games:
1 Alabama
2 Arizona (Pac 12 auto bid holder)
3 Arkansas
4 Auburn (SEC auto bid holder)
5 Baylor
6 Boise (Mountain West auto bid holder)
7 Colorado State
8 Duke (ACC auto bid holder)
9 Gonzaga (WCC auto bid holder)
10 Houston (American auto bid holder)
11 Iowa
12 Illinois
13 Kansas (Big XII auto bid holder)
14 Kentucky
15 LSU
16 Marquette
17 Miami-Florida
18 Michigan State
19 Murray (OVC auto bid)
20 North Carolina
21 Ohio State
22 Providence (Big East auto bid holder)
23 Purdue
24 Saint Mary's
25 San Diego State
26 San Francisco
27 Seton Hall
28 Tennessee
29 Texas
30 Texas Tech
31 UCLA
32 UConn
33 USC
34 Villanova
35 Wisconsin
LOCK WITH WIN IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2)
1 Memphis (Sunday: Houston)
2 Rutgers (Sunday: Penn State)
HIGHLY LIKELY IN, BUT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WIN LOCKS IT UP (4)
1 Creighton (Thursday: vs. Marquette)
2 Iowa State (Thursday: vs. Texas Tech)
3 Notre Dame (Thursday: vs. Virginia Tech/Clemson/NC State)
4 TCU (Thursday: vs. Texas)
SQUARELY ON THE BUBBLE (10)
1 BYU (season complete)
2 Dayton (Friday: vs. George Washington/UMass)
3 Florida (Thursday: vs. Texas A&M)
4 Loyola-Chicago (Sunday: vs. Drake)
5 Michigan (Sunday: @ Ohio State)
6 SMU (Sunday: Tulane)
7 VCU (Friday: vs. Richmond/Rhode Island/Duquesne)
8 Wake Forest (Wednesday: vs. Pitt/Boston College)
9 Wyoming (Thursday: vs. UNLV)
10 Xavier (Wednesday: vs. Butler)
LONGSHOT (6) -- must win 2 or 3 in conference tourney to get a sniff
1 Indiana (Wednesday: vs. TBD)
2 Oklahoma (Thursday: vs. Baylor)
3 Texas A&M (Thursday: vs. Florida)
4 UAB (Thursday: vs. FAU/UTSA/Southern Miss)
5 Virginia (Wednesday: vs. Louisville/Georgia Tech)
6 Virginia Tech (Wednesday: vs. Clemson/NC State)
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