Big Board Projection FINAL (5:30 PM Eastern). Last Teams in: Notre Dame, Wyoming, Davidson Xavier. First Teams out: Texas A&M, Rutgers, Wake Forest, SMU. New teams in: Richmond, Akron, Cal State Fullerton, TAMU-CC, Texas Southern. Teams out: Texas A&M, Kent State, Long Beach State, SE Louisiana, Alcorn State. Richmond's win is Texas A&M's loss on our Big Board. Xavier keeps the last spot based on the full body of work of the season, even though it's been a terrible final month for the Musketeers.
Seed | Region | Rank | Team | Conf | W/L | NET | Comment | AQ |
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1 | W | 1. | WCC | 19-4 | The No. 1 overall seed is a done deal. | ✔ | ||
S | 2. | PAC12 | 20-3 | If Kriisa is back for tourney, Wildcats might become the favorite. | ✔ | |||
MW | 3. | BIG12 | 18-4 | Easy choice for the 3 spot after Big 12 tourney win. | ✔ | |||
E | 4. | BIG12 | 16-6 | Remember it's the whole season -- 10-5 vs. Q1 beats everyone else. | ||||
2 | MW | 5. | SEC | 15-7 | Will have to settle for top No. 2. | |||
E | 6. | SEC | 18-4 | Everyone talked up Kentucky, everyone slept on Volunteers. | ✔ | |||
S | 7. | SEC | 17-5 | Welp that's enough to drop to the two line. | ||||
W | 8. | BIGE | 10-12 | Resume is simply stronger than Blue Devils. | ✔ | |||
3 | E | 9. | ACC | 16-6 | At least Blue Devils will stay out East. | |||
MW | 10. | BTEN | 22-1 | Boilermakers keep surviving to get to Big 10 final. | ||||
S | 11. | BTEN | 13-8 | Loss to MSU had some shades of 2000 Final Four matchup. | ||||
W | 12. | BIG12 | 12-10 | Very solid debut season for Mark Adams. | ||||
4 | MW | 13. | PAC12 | 18-4 | Came up just a little short vs. AZ, another Final Four run possible. | |||
W | 14. | BTEN | 14-8 | Has put together a VERY solid six weeks. | ✔ | |||
E | 15. | BTEN | 16-6 | Neither team led by more than 5 in loss to Indiana. | ||||
S | 16. | BIGE | 17-6 | Well, Friars still rule in close games -- Friday wasn't close. | ||||
5 | W | 17. | SEC | 15-7 | Right on 4/5 edge, dropped back down for now. | |||
S | 18. | BIG12 | 18-4 | Came up just a little short in Big 12 quarterfinals. | ||||
E | 19. | AAC | 21-2 | Ok apparently Okla State is now a Q1 win which gives Cougars...1. | ✔ | |||
MW | 20. | BIGE | 17-6 | Very solid season turned in by Huskies. | ||||
6 | MW | 21. | BIGE | 14-9 | Pirates seem locked on the six seed line. | |||
S | 22. | WCC | 20-4 | No shame in getting one of three from the Zags. | ||||
W | 23. | SEC | 12-10 | Last-minute losses an LSU staple for 30 years | ||||
E | 24. | SEC | 19-3 | Great schedule, but man 13 losses. | ||||
7 | S | 25. | MWC | 18-5 | Seemed like every MWC game went to the wire and Broncos prevailed. | ✔ | ||
MW | 26. | PAC12 | 16-6 | Trojans need to find nonconference success again. | ||||
E | 27. | BIGE | 18-5 | Feels like a gap starts here. | ||||
W | 28. | BTEN | 14-8 | Ok Sparty beat someone besides Maryland. | ||||
8 | S | 29. | BTEN | 11-11 | Pretty good season, pretty bad last 11 days. | |||
MW | 30. | MWC | 10-13 | Top 3 MWC teams you can pick out of a hat...all very close. | ||||
E | 31. | BIGE | 14-8 | No doubt here -- top 8 seed locked up. | ||||
W | 32. | ACC | 15-7 | We thought Tar Heels were safer than most, now there's no doubt. | ||||
9 | MW | 33. | MVC | 13-10 | Will be curious to see Racers' actual seed after dominating league. | ✔ | ||
E | 34. | MWC | 17-5 | So close to grabbing MWC, fell one point short. | ||||
S | 35. | ACC | 13-9 | We were higher on Hokies than most, leaped past a lot of bubble teams anyway. | ✔ | |||
W | 36. | BIG12 | 17-5 | Trying to beat Kansas again proved to be too much. | ||||
10 | S | 37. | BIG12 | 15-6 | 31-point loss will leave a mark. | |||
W | 38. | AAC | 17-5 | Beat Houston and Tigers could jump to a single-digit seed. | ||||
MW | 39. | WCC | 15-10 | Beating BYU should end any worry about ending NCAA drought. | ||||
E | 40. | BTEN | 12-10 | Everything says Wolverines should be in except for 17-14. | ||||
11 | E | 41. | A10 | 7-14 | Held off Drake for MVC title. | ✔ | ||
W | 42. | BTEN | 15-7 | Knocking off Illinois pulls Hoosiers out of play-in. | ||||
S | 43. | ACC | 17-5 | If BC's shot had gone in, Hurracanes might've had to sweat. | ||||
MW | 44. | ACC | 10-12 | After further review, Irish still in but it's getting sketchy. | ||||
MW | 45. | MWC | 7-14 | Trended badly the last few weeks, now gotta sweat a lot. | ||||
12 | E | 46. | A10 | 10-12 | Still in the field, but winds up in play-in. | |||
E | 47. | BIGE | 18-5 | The last team in, if Rutgers or Texas A&M were here I wouldn't argue. | ||||
W | 48. | AEAST | 12-10 | Emphatic title-game win. | ✔ | |||
S | 49. | CUSA | 16-7 | Blazer profile decent enough to hold onto 12 seed. | ✔ | |||
MW | 50. | SUMM | 13-11 | Was a little tighter than expected vs. Bison. | ✔ | |||
13 | S | 51. | A10 | 11-12 | Spiders are usually a scary tournament team. | ✔ | ||
E | 52. | SOUTH | 12-12 | Best end-of-game moment to clinch bid so far. | ✔ | |||
MW | 53. | WAC | 8-14 | WAC a little tougher this season, but Aggies still help up well. | ✔ | |||
W | 54. | BSKY | 16-8 | Big Sky usually overseeded, 13 might make sense this year. | ✔ | |||
14 | S | 55. | MAC | 16-6 | Zips snap up MAC bid. | ✔ | ||
W | 56. | IVY | 15-6 | Held off Princeton for Ivy title. | ✔ | |||
MW | 57. | PAT | 17-7 | Locked up Patriot league title and might get OK seed. | ✔ | |||
E | 58. | BSOU | 15-9 | Clinched first NCAA Division I tourney bid. | ✔ | |||
15 | W | 59. | BIGW | 12-12 | Just second bid since 2018 for Titans. | ✔ | ||
S | 60. | SBELT | 10-13 | Panthers third bid in last four tournaments. | ✔ | |||
E | 61. | CAA | 12-12 | Seeing Jameer Nelson Jr. at PG here makes me feel old. | ✔ | |||
MW | 62. | MAAC | 9-13 | Finished the job to get the MACC auto-bid. | ✔ | |||
16 | E | 63. | ASUN | 10-14 | Gets the auto-bid without despite losing in tourney semifinal. | ✔ | ||
MW | 64. | MEAC | 15-7 | Pretty certain the play-in has been avoided for MEAC champs. | ✔ | |||
S | 65. | HORIZ | 13-11 | Just second NCAAs in 15 years for Raiders. | ✔ | |||
W | 66. | AEAST | 14-8 | Conference final was no contest. | ✔ | |||
W | 67. | SWAC | 7-15 | Earned sixth bid since 2014. | ✔ | |||
S | 68. | SLAND | 14-9 | First NCAA's in 15 years for Islanders. | ✔ |