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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

March Madness Updated

With more conference tournament action, more teams have punched their ticket to the dance. Here's another update:

Automatic Bids (8 + 14 one bid-conferences TBD)
America East: TBD
Atlantic Sun: Belmont
Big Sky: TBD
Big South: UNC-Asheville
Big West: TBD
Colonial: Old Dominion
Conference USA: TBD
Ivy: TBD
MAAC: St. Peter's
MAC: TBD
MEAC: TBD
Missouri Valley: Indiana St.
Northeast: TBD
Ohio Valley: Morehead St.
Patriot: TBD
Southern: Southern
Southland: TBD
SWAC: TBD
Summit: TBD
Sun Belt: TBD
WAC: TBD
West Coast: Gonzaga

Locks (35)
Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia, Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, Ohio St., Purdue, Wisconsin, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Duke, Florida St., North Carolina, Arizona, UCLA, Washington, BYU, San Diego St., UNLV, George Mason, Temple, Xavier, Utah St.
Update: I made a mistake in the last post. The Great West does not receive an auto-bid.

Should Be In (3)
Butler, Illinois, Marquette

Bubble (8 spots to fill)
Alabama, Baylor, Boston College, Clemson, Colorado, Georgia, Memphis, Michigan, Michigan St., Nebraska, Richmond, UAB, USC, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, Washington St., Missouri St., Wichita St., St. Mary's
Edit: I somehow forgot the WCC contenders Gonzaga and St. Mary's yesterday.

Ranking the Bubble (first 8 are in):

  1. St. Mary's
  2. Michigan
  3. Richmond
  4. UAB
  5. Michigan St.
  6. Colorado
  7. Virginia Tech
  8. Boston College
  9. Alabama
  10. Georgia
  11. Baylor
  12. Clemson
  13. USC
  14. Washington St.
  15. VCU
  16. Memphis
  17. Nebraska
  18. Wichita St.
  19. Missouri St.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ODU's win last night saved a team on the bubble