Drexel

With most teams eliminated from competition, its time to start looking ahead to the 2012-13 season. Following up on yesterday's Early 2012-13 Top 15, here are teams 16 to 30.

 

There was no doubt that a lot was on the line in the CAA tournament final between two-seed VCU and top-seed Drexel, and that goes beyond the title that was at stake. A win would wrap up an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, which in turn would remove the need to worry about whether or not their gaudy win total would be enough to sway the selection committee.

Bracketology projections will be coming fast and furious this week. Tennessee enters the field for the first time all season, replacing Arizona, who choked in a loss to Arizona State. UCONN also returns, replacing South Florida. South Florida still has a strong chance to return, while Arizona has been replaced by Oregon as the Pac-12's third most likely team.

 

WCC: #1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga, 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)

Missouri Valley - Title Game
#4 Illinois State vs. #2 Creighton, 2:00 p.m. (CBS)

Our game prediction guru Greg Mengelt has been on fire this year. He'll be picking every conference tournament game over the next 2 weeks.

Robert Canady is covering the CAA Tournament for CollegeHoops.net. His quarterfinals preview:

 

#2  VCU 25-6 vs. #7 Northeastern 14-16

This has the potential to be one of the more lopsided games of the day.

Arizona (21-9, 12-5, #67 RPI)

Drexel (24-5, 16-2, #74 RPI)

Iona (24-6, 15-3, #40 RPI)

Oral Roberts (26-5, 17-1, #39 RPI)

Xavier (18-11, 9-6, #57 RPI)