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.
Seed | Region | Rank | Team | Conf | W/L | NET | Comment | AQ |
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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. | ✔ |