Christmas Field of 68 Projection

SelectionSunday said:

Merry Christmas to all!

RPI noted in parentheses. Teams with an * denotes conference leader or, in the event of a tie, the team with the best RPI.

FIELD OF 68 (through games played. Dec. 24)
America East (1): Vermont (85)

American (5): *Temple (13), Wichita State (23), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

ACC (8): Duke (1), North Carolina (4), Syracuse (16), Clemson (20), Virginia (25), Miami (35), Florida State (39), *Boston College (79)

Atlantic Sun (1): Lipscomb (24)

Atlantic 10 (2): *Rhode Island (21), Saint Bonaventure (30)

Big East (6): *Xavier (2), Villanova (5), Seton Hall (14), Saint John's (19), Butler (38), Creighton (57)

Big Sky (1): Portland State (48)

Big South (1): Radford (98)

B1G (4): *Michigan State (7), Purdue (12), Michigan (36), Minnesota (51)

Big XII (7): *TCU (6), Oklahoma (10), Kansas (18), West Virginia (27), Texas Tech (42), Texas (43), Iowa State (45)

Big West (1): UCSB (46)

Colonial (1): Towson (53)

Conference USA (1): Middle Tennessee (37)

Horizon (1): Oakland (87)

Ivy (1): Penn (115)

MAAC (1): Rider (110)

MAC (1): Buffalo (41)

MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (176)

Missouri Valley (1): Illinois State (65)

Mountain West (2): *Nevada (22), Boise State (28)

Northeast (1): Wagner (78)

Ohio Valley (1): Belmont (68)

Pac 12 (4): *Arizona State (3), Arizona (21), USC (44), UCLA (59)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (104)

SEC (6): *Texas A&M (8), Tennessee (9), Arkansas (11), Missouri (15), Auburn (26), Alabama (29)

Southern (1): Wofford (91)

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (61)

SWAC (1): Prairie View A&M (160)

Summit (1): South Dakota State (82)

Sun Belt (1): UT Arlington (83)

WCC (2): *Saint Mary's (47), Gonzaga (49)

WAC (1): New Mexico State (31)
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Non-Power 6 At-Larges (7): Wichita State (23), Boise State (28), Saint Bonaventure (30), Gonzaga (49), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

Last 4 In: Boise State (28), UCLA (59), Houston (62), Cincinnati (73)

First 4 Out: Louisville (33), Kentucky (34), Washington (70), Virginia Tech (76)

Others Considered (8): Northern Iowa (32), Georgia (50), San Diego State (54), BYU (55), Ohio State (60), UCF (63), Notre Dame (86), Florida (99)

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builtbadgers said:

May want to pay more attention to Kenpom. The selection committee is very much going that way and for all the right reasons.

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howeda7 said:

Kentucky is #16 in the AP poll and #25 in the RPI (per ESPN) and they're out? Not that I'm complaining.

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