Bracketology: Minnesota, Ole Miss Join Field
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As
always, the field
below is a prediction
of what the committee would do as things stand today, not what they
should do. This is done by taking into account standings, polls, computer
rankings, and the committee's historical biases. Check out the follow up
Bubble Watch for rankings
and standings of teams on the NCAA Tournament Bubble
Notes:
Arrows
indicate how many seeds a
team has moved up or down since the previous update. Teams in Green
are new to the field today. Teams in CAPS have locked up a bid. **=Projected
Conference Champs
| ONE |
Syracuse**
Kentucky**
| TWO |
Duke**
| THREE |
Xavier**
| FOUR |
| FIVE |
| SIX |
Stanford**
| SEVEN |
Harvard**
| EIGHT |
UNLV**
|
NINE |
|
TEN |
| ELEVEN |
| TWELVE + 2 |
Minnesota
West Virginia
Mississippi / Temple
Kansas St/ Wichita
St
| THIRTEEN |
Belmont**
Kent St**
Tulane**
| FOURTEEN |
Iona
**Nevada**
Charleston**
MTSU**
|
FIFTEEN |
Weber St**
UCSB**
South Dakota St**
Coastal Carolina**
| SIXTEEN + 2 |
American**
CCSU**
Lamar** / Texas Southern**
Norfolk St** / Albany**
Last In: Wichita St, Temple, Kansas St, Ole Miss
First Out:
New Mexico, BYU, Virginia Tech, MarshallFurther Four: Oklahoma, Oregon, Miami, St. Joseph's
New (at-large):
Minnesota, Ole Miss, West Virginia, Wichita St
| Conference Bids |
- Multiple Bid Leagues
Big Ten - 9
Big East - 8
Big 12 -
6
SEC - 6
ACC - 4
A-10 - 3
MVC - 3
Pac-12 - 3
CUSA - 2
MWC - 2
WCC - 2
------------------- (20 one-bid leagues)
| League Leaders/Winners (31) |
- #1 projected team for now.
- New leaders in green
America East -
Albany
A-10 - Xavier
ACC - Duke
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
Big 12 - Baylor
Big East - Syracuse
Big Sky - Weber St
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - Ohio St
Big West - UCSB
CAA - George Mason
Conference USA - Tulane
Horizon - Cleveland St
Ivy - Harvard
MAAC - Iona
MAC - Kent St
MEAC - Norfolk St
MVC - Creighton
MWC - UNLV
Northeast - CCSU
Ohio Valley - Murray St
Pac-12 - Stanford
Patriot - American
SEC - Kentucky
Southern - Charleston
Southland - Lamar
SWAC - Texas Southern
Summit - South Dakota St
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee
WAC - Nevada
WCC - St. Mary's
Check out the companion Bubble Watch for a more in-depth look at teams on the NCAA Bubble.
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