36 At-Larges Heading into Wednesday

[SelectionSunday]

The "second" Wednesday of Championship Week is when most of the fun really begins. The major conferences take center stage, but still with plenty of drama to be had in the mid- and small-major conference tournaments.

Here are my 36 at-larges as of Wednesday morning (NET ranking in parentheses). Let's see how many of these survive to make the final cut Selection Sunday morning. (please note, current automatic bid placeholders, for example Purdue, not listed here)

1 Auburn (6)
2 Alabama (8)
3 Iowa State (9)
4 Duke (10)
5 Creighton (11)
6 BYU (12)
7 Marquette (13)
8 Baylor (14)
9 Illinois (15)
10 Gonzaga (17)
11 Kansas (18)
12 Kentucky (19)
13 San Diego State (20)
14 Dayton (21)
15 Wisconsin (22)
16 Boise State (23)
17 Michigan State (24)
18 Texas (25)
19 Clemson (26)
20 Colorado (27)
21 New Mexico (28)
22 Indiana State (29)
23 Texas Tech (30)
24 Nevada (31)
25 FAU (34)
26 Florida (35)
27 Colorado State (36)
28 Nebraska (37)
29 TCU (40)
30 Pitt (44)
31 Washington State (45)
32 Texas A&M (47)
33 South Carolina (49)
34 Northwestern (50)
35 Virginia (51)
36 Seton Hall (62)

4 Most On the Cusp
Villanova (33)
Saint John's (39)
Oklahoma (42)
Providence (64)

 

[Holy Man]

Most curious about New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indiana State. I have recency bias against Oklahoma having seen them live a couple of weeks ago. New Mexico is obvious to see how their familiar late season free fall effects them. ISU is good but mid major schedule could hurt them.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]