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Here's a thumbnail look at how I see the Field of 68 shaping up just 3 days shy of Selection Sunday (if there is one). The next opponent for all non-automatic qualifiers & non-locks is listed in parentheses.
If we have a Selection Sunday, my final Field of 68 projection will be posted at Gopher Hole sometime in the wee hours of Sunday morning after all the Saturday championship games have been completed. Crossing my fingers we'll have one.
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (32)
1 Gonzaga (1)
2 Kansas (2)
3 Dayton (3)
4 Florida State (10)
5 Creighton (11)
6 Oregon (12)
7 Kentucky (21)
8 Wisconsin (23)
9 East Tennessee State (36)
10 Utah State (40)
11 Cincinnati (51)
12 Liberty (67)
13 Yale (69)
14 Akron (73)
15 Stephen F. Austin (77)
16 Vermont (79)
17 North Texas (95)
18 Belmont (101)
19 Bradley (102)
20 New Mexico State (104)
21 UC-Irvine (114)
22 Hofstra (118)
23 North Dakota State (130)
24 Eastern Washington (135)
25 Little Rock (140)
26 Winthrop (148)
27 Northern Kentucky (150)
28 Siena (151)
29 Boston U (160)
30 Prairie View A&M (201)
31 Robert Morris (203)
32 NCCU (256)
LOCKS (26)
1 San Diego State (4) -- 5-1 vs. my current Field of 68
2 Baylor (5)
3 Duke (6)
4 Michigan State (7)
5 Louisville (8)
6 BYU (9) -- 5-5 vs. my current Field of 68
7 Villanova (13)
8 Arizona (14)
9 Seton Hall (15)
10 Ohio State (16)
11 West Virginia (17)
12 Maryland (18)
13 Butler (19)
14 Houston (20)
15 Michigan (24)
16 Colorado (25) -- 9-7 vs. my current Field of 68
17 Auburn (27)
18 LSU (28)
19 Rutgers (30)
20 Saint Mary’s (31) -- 5-6 vs. my current Field of 68
21 Iowa (34)
22 Penn State (35)
23 Providence (37)
24 Illinois (39)
25 Virginia (44)
26 USC (45)
Obviously, there will be some shifting/changing of the automatic qualifiers, locks, etc., over the next 4 days, but as of today that leaves us with the 23 teams listed below jostling for 10 remaining at-large bids. 10, that is, until the bubble almost certainly shrinks.
IN GOOD SHAPE BUT NEED 1 WIN TO LOCK (5)
1 Marquette (26) (Seton Hall, Thursday)
2 Florida (29)(Georgia, Thursday)
3 Oklahoma (46) (West Virginia, Thursday)
4 NC State (53) (Duke, Thursday)
5 Indiana (56) (Penn State, Thursday)
IN DECENT SHAPE BUT NEED 2 WINS TO LOCK (4)
1 Texas Tech (22) (Texas, Thursday)
2 Arizona State (54) (Washington State, Thursday)
3 Texas (70) (Texas Tech, Thursday)
4 UCLA (76) (Cal, Thursday)
BUBBLE CROSSHAIRS (7)
1 Stanford (33) -- 4-7 vs. my current Field of 68
2 Richmond (38) (Davidson/La Salle, Friday)
3 Wichita State (41) (UConn/Tulane, Friday)
4 Xavier (47) -- 4-11 vs. my current Field of 68
5 Northern Iowa (48) -- 3-1 vs. my current Field of 68
6 Mississippi State (50) (Florida/Georgia, Friday)
7 Memphis (59) (East Carolina, Thursday)
LONGSHOTS/NEED AT LEAST 2 WINS TO ENTER BUBBLE CONVERSATION (7)
1 Purdue (32) (Ohio State, Thursday)
2 Arkansas (43) (South Carolina, Thursday)
3 Saint Louis (49) (Saint Bonaventure/George Mason, Friday)
4 Notre Dame (52) (Virginia, Thursday)
5 Rhode Island (57) (Duquesne/Fordham, Friday)
6 Tennessee (63) (Alabama, Thursday)
7 South Carolina (66) (Arkansas, Thursday)
If we have a Selection Sunday, my final Field of 68 projection will be posted at Gopher Hole sometime in the wee hours of Sunday morning after all the Saturday championship games have been completed. Crossing my fingers we'll have one.
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (32)
1 Gonzaga (1)
2 Kansas (2)
3 Dayton (3)
4 Florida State (10)
5 Creighton (11)
6 Oregon (12)
7 Kentucky (21)
8 Wisconsin (23)
9 East Tennessee State (36)
10 Utah State (40)
11 Cincinnati (51)
12 Liberty (67)
13 Yale (69)
14 Akron (73)
15 Stephen F. Austin (77)
16 Vermont (79)
17 North Texas (95)
18 Belmont (101)
19 Bradley (102)
20 New Mexico State (104)
21 UC-Irvine (114)
22 Hofstra (118)
23 North Dakota State (130)
24 Eastern Washington (135)
25 Little Rock (140)
26 Winthrop (148)
27 Northern Kentucky (150)
28 Siena (151)
29 Boston U (160)
30 Prairie View A&M (201)
31 Robert Morris (203)
32 NCCU (256)
LOCKS (26)
1 San Diego State (4) -- 5-1 vs. my current Field of 68
2 Baylor (5)
3 Duke (6)
4 Michigan State (7)
5 Louisville (8)
6 BYU (9) -- 5-5 vs. my current Field of 68
7 Villanova (13)
8 Arizona (14)
9 Seton Hall (15)
10 Ohio State (16)
11 West Virginia (17)
12 Maryland (18)
13 Butler (19)
14 Houston (20)
15 Michigan (24)
16 Colorado (25) -- 9-7 vs. my current Field of 68
17 Auburn (27)
18 LSU (28)
19 Rutgers (30)
20 Saint Mary’s (31) -- 5-6 vs. my current Field of 68
21 Iowa (34)
22 Penn State (35)
23 Providence (37)
24 Illinois (39)
25 Virginia (44)
26 USC (45)
Obviously, there will be some shifting/changing of the automatic qualifiers, locks, etc., over the next 4 days, but as of today that leaves us with the 23 teams listed below jostling for 10 remaining at-large bids. 10, that is, until the bubble almost certainly shrinks.
IN GOOD SHAPE BUT NEED 1 WIN TO LOCK (5)
1 Marquette (26) (Seton Hall, Thursday)
2 Florida (29)(Georgia, Thursday)
3 Oklahoma (46) (West Virginia, Thursday)
4 NC State (53) (Duke, Thursday)
5 Indiana (56) (Penn State, Thursday)
IN DECENT SHAPE BUT NEED 2 WINS TO LOCK (4)
1 Texas Tech (22) (Texas, Thursday)
2 Arizona State (54) (Washington State, Thursday)
3 Texas (70) (Texas Tech, Thursday)
4 UCLA (76) (Cal, Thursday)
BUBBLE CROSSHAIRS (7)
1 Stanford (33) -- 4-7 vs. my current Field of 68
2 Richmond (38) (Davidson/La Salle, Friday)
3 Wichita State (41) (UConn/Tulane, Friday)
4 Xavier (47) -- 4-11 vs. my current Field of 68
5 Northern Iowa (48) -- 3-1 vs. my current Field of 68
6 Mississippi State (50) (Florida/Georgia, Friday)
7 Memphis (59) (East Carolina, Thursday)
LONGSHOTS/NEED AT LEAST 2 WINS TO ENTER BUBBLE CONVERSATION (7)
1 Purdue (32) (Ohio State, Thursday)
2 Arkansas (43) (South Carolina, Thursday)
3 Saint Louis (49) (Saint Bonaventure/George Mason, Friday)
4 Notre Dame (52) (Virginia, Thursday)
5 Rhode Island (57) (Duquesne/Fordham, Friday)
6 Tennessee (63) (Alabama, Thursday)
7 South Carolina (66) (Arkansas, Thursday)
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