Michael Lazarus' Big Board
Big Board updated through TUESDAY's games. Last teams in: Xavier, Boise State, Colorado State, Drake. First teams out: Seton Hall, Saint Louis, Utah State, Duke. New teams in: none. Teams out: none. Baylor and Michigan swapped No. 1 seed positions but doesn't really make a big difference in the overall bracket. Georgia Tech and Michigan State were winners among bubble teams while Boise State and Xavier slid into the first four games after losing.
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| Seed | Region | Rank | Team | Conf | W/L | NET | Comment | AQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | 1. | WCC | 24-0 | 1 | If Bulldogs run the table, no chance of slipping past No. 1 overall. | ✔ | |
| R2 | 2. | BIG12 | 19-1 | 2 | Looked MUCH better in Morgantown. | ✔ | ||
| R3 | 3. | BTEN | 18-2 | 3 | Drop from 2 to 3 overall not really much of a difference. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 4. | BTEN | 19-6 | 4 | Illini now a step above the rest in the chase for the last No. 1. | |||
| 2 | R2 | 5. | BTEN | 18-7 | 6 | Big road win vs. Ohio State means a big jump. | ||
| R4 | 6. | SEC | 20-6 | 7 | Tide may be at their ceiling -- no current clear path to a No. 1. | ✔ | ||
| R1 | 7. | BTEN | 18-7 | 8 | Rough 3-game stretch for Buckeyes. | |||
| R3 | 8. | BIG12 | 17-7 | 14 | A decent-sized gap from top 7 for now. | |||
| 3 | R3 | 9. | BIGE | 15-4 | 11 | Not the greatest performance vs. Butler Sunday. | ✔ | |
| R4 | 10. | ACC | 14-4 | 16 | Mild surprise Seminoles slipped up vs. UNC. | ✔ | ||
| R1 | 11. | BIG12 | 18-8 | 10 | Some questioned Jayhawks at 3 seed; not as many questioning now. | |||
| R2 | 12. | AAC | 20-3 | 5 | Cougars seem to be hitting their stride, although vs. easy competition. | |||
| 4 | R2 | 13. | SEC | 20-5 | 12 | Still rolling along in the SEC. | ||
| R4 | 14. | BIG12 | 16-8 | 13 | Middle tier of Big 12 all very, very close together. | |||
| R3 | 15. | BIG12 | 17-6 | 31 | Bedlam sweep makes Cowboys biggest recent riser in Big 12. | |||
| R1 | 16. | BTEN | 17-8 | 21 | Held serve Tuesday vs. Wisconsin. | |||
| 5 | R1 | 17. | BIG12 | 14-8 | 30 | Can't afford a loss to Texas or this spot may slip. | ||
| R4 | 18. | BIGE | 17-6 | 23 | Big matchup looming at Villlanova. | |||
| R2 | 19. | BTEN | 16-10 | 25 | Ok a mild tumble after another loss. | |||
| R3 | 20. | PAC12 | 19-7 | 15 | Huge home weekend -- can Buffs keep up momemtum? | |||
| 6 | R4 | 21. | BIG12 | 15-7 | 27 | Had to drop from 5 to 6 seed for conference conflicts. | ||
| R2 | 22. | ACC | 16-6 | 20 | Got back on the road to recovery Monday. | |||
| R3 | 23. | SEC | 13-6 | 26 | Held off Kentucky at Rupp, get reeling Mizzou and Tennessee next. | |||
| R1 | 24. | PAC12 | 19-6 | 24 | Lost control of Pac-12 race somewhere in the mountains. | |||
| 7 | R1 | 25. | SEC | 16-7 | 22 | Win over Arkansas feels like a long time ago, because it was. | ||
| R4 | 26. | WCC | 19-5 | 19 | R1 and R4 play on Thu/Sat. With Gonzaga in R1 no choice for Cougars. | |||
| R3 | 27. | PAC12 | 17-6 | 37 | Pac-12 rescheduling means big week -- Eugene first then revenge vs. USC? | ✔ | ||
| R2 | 28. | MWC | 19-4 | 17 | Boise sweep no longer quite as impressive. | ✔ | ||
| 8 | R3 | 29. | ACC | 15-5 | 45 | Hokies looked a little better second game after pause. | ||
| R2 | 30. | PAC12 | 17-5 | 35 | How exhausted will Ducks be by the tourney? | |||
| R1 | 31. | BTEN | 15-10 | 28 | Who had Terps as hottest Big 10 team outside of Ann Arbor? | |||
| R4 | 32. | ACC | 15-5 | 33 | When your worst loss is at Duke, that's a pretty good season. | |||
| 9 | R4 | 33. | SEC | 15-8 | 29 | Right now set up for Tigers' matchup in first round. | ||
| R3 | 34. | SEC | 14-7 | 46 | No drop from the weekend but trending in a very bad direction. | |||
| R2 | 35. | BTEN | 13-10 | 38 | Did not expect a blowout loss to Cornhuskers. | |||
| R1 | 36. | ACC | 15-9 | 44 | Two steps forward, one step back (or is it the other way around). | |||
| 10 | R1 | 37. | ACC | 13-5 | 49 | Losing Malik Williams again a tough break. | ||
| R3 | 38. | ACC | 14-8 | 40 | Took OT but finally beat Blue Devils for first time in a while. | |||
| R2 | 39. | MVC | 21-4 | 18 | Now clearly the team to beat in Arch Madness. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 40. | BTEN | 14-10 | 71 | Pretty much put Indiana out of it's at-large misery (had very little chance anyway). | |||
| 11 | R1 | 41. | A10 | 13-4 | 32 | Likely still safe without auto-bid, but lost some of the margin. | ✔ | |
| R3 | 42. | A10 | 17-6 | 36 | An early A-10 tournament exit could be very bad. | |||
| R2 | 43. | BIGE | 12-6 | 34 | Wednesday at Seton Hall might be game of the night. | |||
| R4 | 44. | BIGE | 13-6 | 53 | Loss at Hoyas not a disaster but slip back to play-n game. | |||
| R4 | 45. | MWC | 16-4 | 39 | Back playing again, still very close call. | |||
| 12 | R1 | 46. | MWC | 18-7 | 43 | Never a good time for a Q4 loss like Broncos just suffered. | ||
| R1 | 47. | MVC | 24-3 | 41 | Last team in, but trending in wrong direction. | |||
| R3 | 48. | AAC | 13-4 | 66 | Still holding onto auto-bid, still needs it. | ✔ | ||
| R2 | 49. | CUSA | 17-5 | 77 | Hilltoppers new CUSA rep after N. Texas stumble. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 50. | BIGW | 17-4 | 50 | NET still likes the Gauchos a little too much. | ✔ | ||
| 13 | R1 | 51. | MAC | 19-7 | 63 | Just an AWFUL loss for Rockets Tuesday warrants a seed drop. | ✔ | |
| R3 | 52. | ASUN | 20-5 | 83 | Did go 2-1 vs. the SEC. | ✔ | ||
| R2 | 53. | BSOU | 21-1 | 64 | Gaudy record, but hard to judge. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 54. | OVC | 24-3 | 81 | Stumbling into OVC tourney with rare losing streak. | ✔ | ||
| 14 | R2 | 55. | SOUTH | 18-8 | 93 | New representative replacing Furman. | ✔ | |
| R1 | 56. | PAT | 11-1 | 9 | This is the team that broke the NET -- seeding here still a wild guess. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 57. | AEAST | 14-5 | 129 | Expect a rematch with Vermont in the tourney final...at home. | ✔ | ||
| R3 | 58. | BSKY | 12-6 | 112 | Big Sky usually gets overseeded (perhaps due to geography). | ✔ | ||
| 15 | R3 | 59. | MAAC | 11-3 | 127 | One of the slower-playing teams in DI, (326 in possession length) | ✔ | |
| R1 | 60. | SLAND | 19-4 | 87 | Conference loss to a bad team warrants a seed drop. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 61. | CAA | 13-6 | 130 | Looking for first tourney bid since 2013. | ✔ | ||
| R2 | 62. | NEC | 14-5 | 131 | Jumped out of the play-in game after a bottom of the bracket scrub. | ✔ | ||
| 16 | R3 | 63. | SUMM | 15-6 | 115 | Jackrabbits been in this spot a lot over the years. | ✔ | |
| R2 | 64. | SBELT | 18-6 | 146 | Wichita St. not the only team with interim coach in line for auto-bid. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 65. | HORIZ | 17-7 | 164 | Horizon League already has the best tourney of the year- CSU survives in 3 OTS. | ✔ | ||
| R1 | 66. | WAC | 14-5 | 132 | This might finally be the year Antelopes make it. | ✔ | ||
| R1 | 67. | SWAC | 12-4 | 179 | Won't meet Jackson St. until SWAC tourney. | ✔ | ||
| R4 | 68. | MEAC | 11-10 | 284 | Clinched reg. season MEAC title. | ✔ |
Conference Breakdown: America East (1), American (2), Atlantic 10 (2), Atlantic Coast (7), Atlantic Sun (1), Big 12 (7), Big East (4), Big Sky (1), Big South (1), Big Ten (9), Big West (1), Colonial (1), Conference USA (1), Horizon (1), Metro Atlantic Athletic (1), Mid-American (1), Mid-Eastern (1), Missouri Valley (2), Mountain West (3), Northeast (1), Ohio Valley (1), Pac-12 (4), Patriot League (1), Southeastern (6), Southern (1), Southland (1), Southwestern Athletic (1), Summit (1), Sun Belt (1), West Coast (2), Western Athletic (1)
