Penultimate Field of 68 Projection Has 9 Bids for Big Ten, Can That Stick?

[SelectionSunday]

Only 6 days until Selection Sunday. My next (and final) projection will come at you in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning.

An * denotes the automatic qualifier (highest remaining seed in conference tournament) in a multiple-bid conference. Bolded ALL CAPS teams have clinched an automatic bid. Current NET ranking is noted in parentheses.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played March 5)
America East (1): Vermont (114)

American (2): *Houston (1), Memphis (34)

ACC (3): Duke (25), Virginia (30), *Miami (35)

ASUN (1): KENNESAW STATE (113)

Atlantic 10 (1): VCU (67)

Big East (5): UConn (6), *Marquette (13), Creighton (14), Xavier (22), Providence (51)

Big Sky (1): Montana State (103)

Big South (1): UNC-ASHEVILLE (139)

Big Ten (9): *Purdue (5), Maryland (26), Indiana (29), Michigan State (31), Illinois (33), Iowa (37), Northwestern (38), Penn State (56), Wisconsin (78)

Big XII (8): *Kansas (7), Texas (10), Baylor (12), Kansas State (17), Iowa State (20), West Virginia (24), TCU (28), Oklahoma State (43)

Big West (1): UC-Irvine (95)

Colonial (1): Hofstra (82)

Conference USA (1): FAU (15)

Horizon (1): Youngstown State (117)

Ivy (1): Yale (62)

MAAC (1): Iona (64)

MAC (1): Toledo (81)

MEAC (1): Howard (226)

Missouri Valley (1): DRAKE (52)

Mountain West (4): *San Diego State (16), Utah State (21), Boise State (27), Nevada (36)

NEC (1): FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (300)

OVC (1): SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (244)

Pac 12 (4): *UCLA (4), Arizona (11), USC (45), Arizona State (65)

Patriot (1): Colgate (99)

SEC (8): *Alabama (2), Tennessee (3), Arkansas (18), Kentucky (19), Texas A&M (23), Auburn (32), Mississippi State (46), Missouri (48)

SoCon (1): Furman (88)

Southland (1): Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (188)

SWAC (1): Alcorn State (240)

Summit (1): Oral Roberts (42)

Sun Belt (1): Louisiana (90)

WCC (2): *Saint Mary’s (7), Gonzaga (9)

WAC (1): Sam Houston (60)
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Last 4 In: Nevada (36), Penn State (56), Arizona State (65), Wisconsin (78)

First 4 Out: Rutgers (40), NC State (41), Pitt (58), Vanderbilt (83)

Still Under Consideration (5): Oregon (47), North Carolina (49), College of Charleston (53), Michigan (54), Clemson (61)

Non-Power 6 At-Large Bids (5): Gonzaga (9), Utah State (21), Boise State (27), Memphis (34), Nevada (36)

First 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Howard (226), Alcorn State (240), Southeast Missouri State (244), Fairleigh Dickinson (300)
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In With the New (5): Louisiana, Penn State, Sam Houston, Southeast Missouri State, Utah State

Out With the Old (5): Morehead State, NC State, Rutgers, Southern Miss, Utah Valley

FINAL PROJECTION: final projection in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning

 

[BleedGopher]

wisconsin is in? FFS...

Go Gophers!!

 

[SelectionSunday]

wisconsin is in? FFS...

Go Gophers!!

Not safe by any means! But resume stacks up very well vs. other bubble teams.

That said, If they lose to Ohio State, there's no way I will include Badgers in the final projection. Losing on Weakling Wednesday would be a fatal blow.

 

[Holy Man]

Not safe by any means! But resume stacks up very well vs. other bubble teams.

That said, If they lose to Ohio State, there's no way I will include Badgers in the final projection. Losing on Weakling Wednesday would be a fatal blow.

I hate the color red, but I am all in on the Buckeyes on Wednesday evening. I don't predict, but I think the Buckeyes will win, and maybe easily. They are playing better, have better athletes, and could possibly be playing for their coach's job.