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NORTHWOOD, IOWA -- Fresh off its third straight true road win, this one over Michigan in Ann Arbor, my fourth in-season Field of 68 projection welcomes the Minnesota Golden Gophers and 14 other new teams to our tournament field. This is our first projection using the NCAA’s NET rankings, which on Monday the NCAA started releasing daily. Also, for the first time, the projection now focuses primarily on tournament resumes, and is no longer a projection of future results. Brand names, beware!
The Big East, Big Ten, and Big XII lead our current field with 7 bids apiece. Among the non-Power 6 conferences, the WCC is having a strong non-conference showing, with 4 teams currently in the field.
Automatic qualifiers (team with best conference record and/or best KenPom ranking) from multiple-bid conferences are noted in bold.
IN-SEASON FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION #4 (through games played December 11)
America East (1): Vermont (104)
American (2): Houston (4), Cincinnati (47)
ACC (4): Duke (10), Wake Forest (31), Virginia Tech (32), North Carolina (33)
ASUN (1): Jacksonville (143)
Atlantic 10 (2): Davidson (53), Saint Bonaventure (81)
Big East (7): Villanova (5), UConn (14), Xavier (15), Seton Hall (22), Providence (39),Creighton (58), Marquette (76)
Big Sky (1): Weber (91)
Big South (1): Campbell (92)
Big Ten (7): Purdue (6), Michigan State (16), Ohio State (19), Wisconsin (27), Illinois (35), Minnesota (36), Michigan (49)
Big XII (7): Baylor (3), Kansas (7), Iowa State (17), Texas Tech (20), Texas (24), Oklahoma (38), West Virginia (57)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (54)
Colonial (1): Towson (74)
Conference USA (1): UAB (29)
Horizon (1): Oakland (59)
Ivy (1): Princeton (108)
MAAC (2): Monmouth (43), Iona (56)
MAC (1): Buffalo (73)
MEAC (1): UMES (181)
Missouri Valley (1): Loyola (18)
Mountain West (3): Wyoming (21), Colorado State (25), Utah State (45)
NEC (1): Wagner (48)
OVC (1): Belmont (37)
Pac 12 (3): Arizona (1), USC (11), UCLA (23)
Patriot (1): Navy (77)
SEC (6): LSU (2), Tennessee (9), Auburn (12), Alabama (13), Florida (44), Arkansas (67)
SoCon (1): Chattanooga (26)
Southland (1): Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (155)
SWAC (1): Texas Southern (191)
Summit (1): Western Illinois (79)
Sun Belt (1): South Alabama (66)
WCC (4): Gonzaga (8), San Francisco (28), BYU (30), Saint Mary’s (40)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (83)
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Last 4 In: Virginia Tech (32), Michigan (49), Iona (56), Creighton (58)
First 4 Out: Iowa (34), Indiana (50), Kentucky (52), New Mexico State (85)
6 to Watch: Northwestern (41), Washington State (42), Murray State (46), DePaul (51), TCU (64), Florida State (82)
Non-Power 6 At-Large Bids (8): Colorado State (25), San Francisco (28), BYU (30), Saint Mary’s (40), Utah State (45), Cincinnati (47), Iona (56), Saint Bonaventure (81)
New to the Field (15): Chattanooga, Creighton, Davidson, Jacksonville, Minnesota, Monmouth, Princeton, South Alabama, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Towson, UMES, Utah Valley, Virginia Tech, Western Illinois, Wyoming
Dropped from the Field (15): Cornell, Furman, Georgia State, Hofstra, Howard, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, New Mexico State, Nicholls, South Dakota State, Syracuse, Virginia
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Ineligible for NCAA Tournament (9): Oklahoma State (61), UC-San Diego (113), Cal Baptist (161), Saint Thomas (202), Bellarmine (249), Dixie (253), North Alabama (257), Merrimack (269), Tarleton (281)
The Big East, Big Ten, and Big XII lead our current field with 7 bids apiece. Among the non-Power 6 conferences, the WCC is having a strong non-conference showing, with 4 teams currently in the field.
Automatic qualifiers (team with best conference record and/or best KenPom ranking) from multiple-bid conferences are noted in bold.
IN-SEASON FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION #4 (through games played December 11)
America East (1): Vermont (104)
American (2): Houston (4), Cincinnati (47)
ACC (4): Duke (10), Wake Forest (31), Virginia Tech (32), North Carolina (33)
ASUN (1): Jacksonville (143)
Atlantic 10 (2): Davidson (53), Saint Bonaventure (81)
Big East (7): Villanova (5), UConn (14), Xavier (15), Seton Hall (22), Providence (39),Creighton (58), Marquette (76)
Big Sky (1): Weber (91)
Big South (1): Campbell (92)
Big Ten (7): Purdue (6), Michigan State (16), Ohio State (19), Wisconsin (27), Illinois (35), Minnesota (36), Michigan (49)
Big XII (7): Baylor (3), Kansas (7), Iowa State (17), Texas Tech (20), Texas (24), Oklahoma (38), West Virginia (57)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (54)
Colonial (1): Towson (74)
Conference USA (1): UAB (29)
Horizon (1): Oakland (59)
Ivy (1): Princeton (108)
MAAC (2): Monmouth (43), Iona (56)
MAC (1): Buffalo (73)
MEAC (1): UMES (181)
Missouri Valley (1): Loyola (18)
Mountain West (3): Wyoming (21), Colorado State (25), Utah State (45)
NEC (1): Wagner (48)
OVC (1): Belmont (37)
Pac 12 (3): Arizona (1), USC (11), UCLA (23)
Patriot (1): Navy (77)
SEC (6): LSU (2), Tennessee (9), Auburn (12), Alabama (13), Florida (44), Arkansas (67)
SoCon (1): Chattanooga (26)
Southland (1): Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (155)
SWAC (1): Texas Southern (191)
Summit (1): Western Illinois (79)
Sun Belt (1): South Alabama (66)
WCC (4): Gonzaga (8), San Francisco (28), BYU (30), Saint Mary’s (40)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (83)
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Last 4 In: Virginia Tech (32), Michigan (49), Iona (56), Creighton (58)
First 4 Out: Iowa (34), Indiana (50), Kentucky (52), New Mexico State (85)
6 to Watch: Northwestern (41), Washington State (42), Murray State (46), DePaul (51), TCU (64), Florida State (82)
Non-Power 6 At-Large Bids (8): Colorado State (25), San Francisco (28), BYU (30), Saint Mary’s (40), Utah State (45), Cincinnati (47), Iona (56), Saint Bonaventure (81)
New to the Field (15): Chattanooga, Creighton, Davidson, Jacksonville, Minnesota, Monmouth, Princeton, South Alabama, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Towson, UMES, Utah Valley, Virginia Tech, Western Illinois, Wyoming
Dropped from the Field (15): Cornell, Furman, Georgia State, Hofstra, Howard, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, New Mexico State, Nicholls, South Dakota State, Syracuse, Virginia
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Ineligible for NCAA Tournament (9): Oklahoma State (61), UC-San Diego (113), Cal Baptist (161), Saint Thomas (202), Bellarmine (249), Dixie (253), North Alabama (257), Merrimack (269), Tarleton (281)
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