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The following 35 teams are absolute locks (regardless of any potential losses before selection day):
The above 38 teams include 9 automatic qualifiers and 29 at-large teams. That would leave 7 remaining at-large bids available (since the expansion to a 68-team field means that 36 at-large bids will be awarded).
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The bubble. Those remaining 7 bids will likely come from the following pool of bubble teams. (I am defining "bubble" very liberally for purposes of inclusion in this list, for now; NET ranking as of 3/2 is noted in parentheses):
- ACC (7): NC State, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Miami
- Big 12 (5): Baylor, Iowa State, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
- Big Ten (6): Michigan, Maryland, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio State, Nebraska
- Pac-12 (5): Stanford, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, Utah
- SEC (7): South Carolina, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky
- Others (4): UConn, BYU, FGCU, UCF
- Kansas State,
Kansas, Colorado, Utah,Arkansas, Creighton, South Florida, Princeton
The above 38 teams include 9 automatic qualifiers and 29 at-large teams. That would leave 7 remaining at-large bids available (since the expansion to a 68-team field means that 36 at-large bids will be awarded).
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The bubble. Those remaining 7 bids will likely come from the following pool of bubble teams. (I am defining "bubble" very liberally for purposes of inclusion in this list, for now; NET ranking as of 3/2 is noted in parentheses):
- ACC: Boston College (48), Florida State (52), Duke (56)
- Big Ten: Northwestern (66), Michigan State (70)
- Pac-12: Washington State (58), Oregon State (54), UCLA (41)
- SEC: Missouri (50), Alabama (57), Mississippi State (60)
- Big East: DePaul (53), Villanova (71), Marquette (69)
- Others: Missouri State (44), Dayton (43), South Dakota State (36), Northern Iowa (49), Rhode Island** (61), Liberty (71), Tulane (74), Southern Illinois** (76),
Gonzaga* (25),UMass* (51),Belmont* (51),IUPUI* (67).
* Gonzaga, Belmont, UMass and IUPUI are stricken through because they have won automatic bids.
** Rhode Island, Tulane, Liberty and Southern Illinois are grayed because their conference tournament losses weaken their resumes significantly.
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