Michael Lazarus' Big Board
The College Basketball Big Board is updated through Wednesday 3/11. Some small changes near the bubble along with some reevaluation puts North Carolina State in the bracket. New teams in: North Carolina State, Boston U. Teams out: Northern Iowa, Colgate. The board is designed to show the projected NCAA Tournament field of 68 teams in seed order while also including the projected region for each team. The field consists of 32 automatic qualifiers and 36 at-large teams. The top remaining seed in the conference tournament is the AQ.
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| Seed | Region | Rank | Team | Conf | W/L | NET | Comment | AQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MW | 1. | BIG12 | 28-3 | Another Big 12 title goes to the Jayhawks. | ✔ | ||
| W | 2. | WCC | 31-2 | Baylor will probably need to win Big 12 to reclaim No. 2 spot. | ✔ | |||
| S | 3. | BIG12 | 26-4 | Bears might be hoping Kansas will do a little load management in Big 12. | ||||
| E | 4. | A10 | 29-2 | Dream season but still only two wins over teams in tourney (St. Mary's, North Texas) | ✔ | |||
| 2 | W | 5. | MWC | 30-2 | VERY close to Dayton, but idea of less travel to LA for regional is the difference. | |||
| S | 6. | ACC | 26-5 | Seminoles in best position to grab final No. 1 seed if they win ACC. | ✔ | |||
| E | 7. | BTEN | 22-9 | Of course this team is peaking in March. | ||||
| MW | 8. | BIGE | 24-7 | Bluejays grab No. 1 seed in Big East. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | E | 9. | BIGE | 21-9 | With 2 and 3 seed lines very close, still room to jump back up. | |||
| MW | 10. | ACC | 24-7 | Latest to fall victim to Cavs' run. | ||||
| S | 11. | BIGE | 24-7 | Got a big lead then held on vs. Georgetown. | ||||
| W | 12. | BTEN | 24-7 | Was looking at a possible 1 last week, Terps going wrong direction. | ||||
| 4 | S | 13. | SEC | 25-6 | Tremendous second-half comeback vs. FLA without Ashton Hagans. | ✔ | ||
| E | 14. | ACC | 25-6 | Season sweep of UNC doesn't mean as much as most seasons. | ||||
| W | 15. | PAC12 | 24-7 | Will Ducks get Chris Duarte back? | ✔ | |||
| MW | 16. | BTEN | 21-10 | Badgers keep moving up and will be top seed in Big 10. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | W | 17. | BTEN | 21-10 | Another win over a tourney team means Buckeyes are highest 5. | |||
| E | 18. | BTEN | 19-12 | Tough ask to win at Maryland Sunday. | ||||
| S | 19. | BTEN | 20-11 | This group of Big 10 teams is very interchangable. | ||||
| MW | 20. | SEC | 25-6 | Restored back to the 5 line. | ||||
| 6 | W | 21. | BIGE | 22-9 | Likely to face WSU/No. Iowa play-in winner. | |||
| E | 22. | ACC | 23-7 | 8 game win streak heading into ACC Tournament. | ||||
| MW | 23. | WCC | 24-8 | Only Kansas had held the Cougars under 60 until Monday night. | ||||
| S | 24. | BTEN | 21-10 | Looks like maybe Nittany Lions peaked a month ago? | ||||
| 7 | MW | 25. | BTEN | 21-10 | Survived a late rally in a testy matchup with Iowa. | |||
| E | 26. | BIG12 | 21-10 | Home win over Baylor definitely helps hold seeding. | ||||
| W | 27. | BIGE | 19-12 | Definitely peaking the last 3 weeks. | ||||
| S | 28. | PAC12 | 21-11 | Yes, the Wildcats have the wackiest NET rating in the country. | ||||
| 8 | E | 29. | SEC | 19-12 | That was not a good collapse Saturday vs. Kentucky. | |||
| S | 30. | BIGE | 18-12 | Late-season slide VERY similar to last year. | ||||
| W | 31. | SEC | 21-10 | Georgia never had a chance Saturday. | ||||
| MW | 32. | AAC | 23-8 | Inflated NET keeping Cougars safely in for now. | ||||
| 9 | S | 33. | PAC12 | 21-11 | Dropped another one to Washington State on Wednesday. | |||
| MW | 34. | WCC | 26-8 | Maybe lost just a bit of steam in second half of WCC final. | ||||
| W | 35. | BIG12 | 19-12 | Monster comeback vs. TCU avoids disaster. | ||||
| E | 36. | BIG12 | 18-13 | So many close losses, really needs to beat Texas in Big 12 Tournament. | ||||
| 10 | W | 37. | PAC12 | 22-9 | Huge win over UCLA probably secures bid and first-round Pac-12 bye. | |||
| S | 38. | MWC | 26-8 | Aggies were resilient and knocked off Aztecs for auto-bid. | ✔ | |||
| MW | 39. | SOUTH | 30-4 | At this point ETSU might make it even without the auto-bid. | ✔ | |||
| E | 40. | BTEN | 20-11 | Win AT Purdue was bigger than Maryland at home for NCAA chances. | ||||
| 11 | E | 41. | PAC12 | 19-12 | It's far from over for Bruins but can't afford a stumble. | |||
| MW | 42. | PAC12 | 20-11 | Slide out of the First Four for the time being. | ||||
| S | 43. | AAC | 23-8 | Shockers drop into First Four and might drop more after playing Houston. | ||||
| W | 44. | BTEN | 20-12 | Is Archie going to be mad at me too for putting Hoosiers in First Four? | ||||
| S | 45. | BIGE | 19-13 | Musketeers loss to DePaul did not help. | ||||
| W | 46. | ACC | 20-12 | Moves into field after Pitt win and some reevaluation. | ||||
| 12 | E | 47. | AAC | 20-10 | Top seed in American means Bearcats get back in the field. | ✔ | ||
| MW | 48. | IVY | 23-7 | Advances as regular-season champ. | ✔ | |||
| S | 49. | ASUN | 30-4 | Auto-bid secured for Flames. | ✔ | |||
| W | 50. | SLAND | 28-3 | Bumps up a seed thanks to MVC meltdown. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | MW | 51. | AEAST | 26-7 | Just like A-Sun, only two teams with winning records in America East. | ✔ | ||
| E | 52. | MAC | 24-7 | Top seed secured for MAC Tourney. | ✔ | |||
| W | 53. | WAC | 25-6 | Update, Cal Baptist did not challenge the Aggies. | ✔ | |||
| S | 54. | BSKY | 23-8 | Eagles get top seed in Big Sky Tournament. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | E | 55. | BIGW | 21-11 | Surprising home loss to CSUN, still with hefty Big West lead. | ✔ | ||
| S | 56. | OVC | 26-7 | Bruins second team to be officially in! | ✔ | |||
| MW | 57. | CUSA | 20-11 | Took OT, but Mean Green avenged loss to WKU. | ✔ | |||
| W | 58. | MVC | 23-11 | Braves were able to take advantage of crazy Arch-Madness. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | E | 59. | CAA | 26-8 | First NCAA bid since 2001 for the Pride. | ✔ | ||
| MW | 60. | HORIZ | 23-9 | Back to back NCAAs for Norse. | ✔ | |||
| W | 61. | SUMM | 25-8 | Little doubt in dismantling of North Dakota. | ✔ | |||
| S | 62. | PAT | 21-13 | Terriers do own a win over South Carolina. | ✔ | |||
| 16 | E | 63. | SBELT | 21-10 | Tuesday loss means little chance of anything higher than a 15. | ✔ | ||
| S | 64. | MAAC | 20-10 | Saints jump out of the first four! | ✔ | |||
| W | 65. | BSOU | 24-10 | Hampton knocked off Radford, will try do to the same vs Winthrop. | ✔ | |||
| MW | 66. | NEC | 20-14 | With Merrimack ineligible due to DI transition, Colonials are top seed in NE. | ✔ | |||
| MW | 67. | SWAC | 19-13 | Back to back losses but still to seed in SWAC. | ✔ | |||
| W | 68. | MEAC | 18-13 | Eagles have won back-to-back OT games. | ✔ |
Conference Breakdown: America East (1), American (3), Atlantic 10 (1), Atlantic Coast (5), Atlantic Sun (1), Big 12 (5), Big East (7), Big Sky (1), Big South (1), Big Ten (10), Big West (1), Colonial (1), Conference USA (1), Horizon (1), Ivy League (1), Metro Atlantic Athletic (1), Mid-American (1), Mid-Eastern (1), Missouri Valley (1), Mountain West (2), Northeast (1), Ohio Valley (1), Pac-12 (6), Patriot League (1), Southeastern (4), Southern (1), Southland (1), Southwestern Athletic (1), Summit (1), Sun Belt (1), West Coast (3), Western Athletic (1)