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UPDATED THROUGH: Thursday, March 10 games
Here's a breakdown of how I view the Field of 68 and (potential) bubble teams as we begin Selection Sunday weekend. The next opponent for non-"Locked & Loaded" teams is noted in parentheses. ALL CAPS bold indicates already earned automatic bid.
CURRENT AVAILABLE AT-LARGE BIDS: 5
NUMBER OF TEAMS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION: 11
EARNED LOCK STATUS ON THURSDAY: Wyoming
AUTOMATIC BIDS/AUTO BID PLACEHOLDERS (highest remaining seed) (32)
America East #1 Vermont
American: #1 Houston
ACC: #1 Duke
ASUN: #1 JACKSONVILLE STATE (courtesy of Bellarmine)
Atlantic 10: #1 Davidson
Big East: #1 Providence
Big Sky: #1 Montana State
Big South: #1 LONGWOOD
Big Ten: #1 Illinois
Big XII: #1 Kansas
Big West: #1 Long Beach
Colonial: #5 DELAWARE
Conference USA: #1 North Texas
Horizon: #4 WRIGHT
Ivy: #1 Princeton
MAAC: #2 Saint Peter's
MAC: #1 Toledo
MEAC: #1 Norfolk
Missouri Valley: #4 LOYOLA-CHICAGO
Mountain West: #1 Boise
NEC: #1 BRYANT
OVC: #1 MURRAY
Pac 12: #1 Arizona
Patriot: #1 COLGATE
SEC: #1 Auburn
SoCon: #1 CHATTANOOGA
Southland: #1 Nicholls
SWAC: #1 Alcorn
Summit: #1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Sun Belt: #3 GEORGIA STATE
WCC: #1 GONZAGA
WAC: #1 New Mexico State
LOCKED & LOADED (31)
1 Alabama
2 Arkansas
3 Baylor
4 Colorado State
5 Creighton
6 Iowa
7 Iowa State
8 Kentucky
9 LSU
10 Marquette
11 Memphis
12 Miami-Florida
13 Michigan State
14 North Carolina
15 Ohio State
16 Purdue
17 Rutgers
18 Saint Mary's
19 San Diego State
20 San Francisco
21 Seton Hall
22 Tennessee
23 Texas
24 TCU
25 Texas Tech
26 UCLA
27 UConn
28 USC
29 Villanova
30 Wisconsin
31 Wyoming
SQUARELY ON THE BUBBLE (11)
1 Dayton (Friday: vs. UMass)
2 Indiana (Friday: vs. Illinois)
3 Michigan (17-14) -- season complete
4 Notre Dame (21-10) -- season complete
5 Oklahoma (Friday: vs. Texas Tech)
6 SMU (Friday: vs. Tulsa)
7 Texas A&M (Friday: vs. Auburn)
8 VCU (Friday: vs. Richmond)
9 Virginia Tech (Friday: vs. North Carolina)
10 Wake Forest (23-9) -- season complete
11 Xavier (18-13) -- season complete
NO LONGER UNDER CONSIDERATION (3)
1 BYU (20-10)
2 Florida (19-13)
3 Virginia (19-13)
Here's a breakdown of how I view the Field of 68 and (potential) bubble teams as we begin Selection Sunday weekend. The next opponent for non-"Locked & Loaded" teams is noted in parentheses. ALL CAPS bold indicates already earned automatic bid.
CURRENT AVAILABLE AT-LARGE BIDS: 5
NUMBER OF TEAMS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION: 11
EARNED LOCK STATUS ON THURSDAY: Wyoming
AUTOMATIC BIDS/AUTO BID PLACEHOLDERS (highest remaining seed) (32)
America East #1 Vermont
American: #1 Houston
ACC: #1 Duke
ASUN: #1 JACKSONVILLE STATE (courtesy of Bellarmine)
Atlantic 10: #1 Davidson
Big East: #1 Providence
Big Sky: #1 Montana State
Big South: #1 LONGWOOD
Big Ten: #1 Illinois
Big XII: #1 Kansas
Big West: #1 Long Beach
Colonial: #5 DELAWARE
Conference USA: #1 North Texas
Horizon: #4 WRIGHT
Ivy: #1 Princeton
MAAC: #2 Saint Peter's
MAC: #1 Toledo
MEAC: #1 Norfolk
Missouri Valley: #4 LOYOLA-CHICAGO
Mountain West: #1 Boise
NEC: #1 BRYANT
OVC: #1 MURRAY
Pac 12: #1 Arizona
Patriot: #1 COLGATE
SEC: #1 Auburn
SoCon: #1 CHATTANOOGA
Southland: #1 Nicholls
SWAC: #1 Alcorn
Summit: #1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Sun Belt: #3 GEORGIA STATE
WCC: #1 GONZAGA
WAC: #1 New Mexico State
LOCKED & LOADED (31)
1 Alabama
2 Arkansas
3 Baylor
4 Colorado State
5 Creighton
6 Iowa
7 Iowa State
8 Kentucky
9 LSU
10 Marquette
11 Memphis
12 Miami-Florida
13 Michigan State
14 North Carolina
15 Ohio State
16 Purdue
17 Rutgers
18 Saint Mary's
19 San Diego State
20 San Francisco
21 Seton Hall
22 Tennessee
23 Texas
24 TCU
25 Texas Tech
26 UCLA
27 UConn
28 USC
29 Villanova
30 Wisconsin
31 Wyoming
SQUARELY ON THE BUBBLE (11)
1 Dayton (Friday: vs. UMass)
2 Indiana (Friday: vs. Illinois)
3 Michigan (17-14) -- season complete
4 Notre Dame (21-10) -- season complete
5 Oklahoma (Friday: vs. Texas Tech)
6 SMU (Friday: vs. Tulsa)
7 Texas A&M (Friday: vs. Auburn)
8 VCU (Friday: vs. Richmond)
9 Virginia Tech (Friday: vs. North Carolina)
10 Wake Forest (23-9) -- season complete
11 Xavier (18-13) -- season complete
NO LONGER UNDER CONSIDERATION (3)
1 BYU (20-10)
2 Florida (19-13)
3 Virginia (19-13)
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