preseason projection<\/a>.<\/p>\n(1) Midwest (Chicago, Fri.\/Sun.)<\/p>\n
(1) Michigan
(16) NC Central (MEAC)\/UMass Lowell (AE)<\/p>\n
(8) St. John\u2019s
(9) Texas A&M<\/p>\n
(5) Tennessee
(12) Utah Valley (WAC)<\/p>\n
(4) Texas Tech
(13) UNCW (CAA)<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City (Thurs.\/Sat.)<\/p>\n
(6) Arkansas
(11) Murray State (MVC)<\/p>\n
(3) Houston
(14) North Dakota State (Summit)<\/p>\n
(2) Duke (ACC)
(15) LIU (NEC)<\/p>\n
(4) East (Washington, D.C., Fri.\/Sun.)<\/p>\n
(1) Iowa State
(16) Southern Miss (Sun Belt)<\/p>\n
(5) North Carolina
(12) Miami (Ohio) (MAC)<\/p>\n
(4) Illinois
(13) High Point (Big South)<\/p>\n
(6) Clemson
(11) Creighton\/Baylor<\/p>\n
(3) Michigan State
(14) UT Martin (OVC)<\/p>\n
(7) Villanova
(10) Miami (Fla.)<\/p>\n
(2) Vanderbilt (SEC)
(15) Navy (Patriot)<\/p>\n
(2) West (San Jos\u00e9, Thurs.\/Sat.)<\/p>\n
(1) Arizona (Big 12)
(16) Dartmouth (Ivy)<\/p>\n
(5) Kansas
(12) NC State\/Texas<\/p>\n
(4) Alabama
(13) ETSU (SoCon)<\/p>\n
(6) Utah State (MW)
(11) McNeese (Southland)<\/p>\n
(3) Gonzaga (WCC)
(14) Austin Peay (ASUN)<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City (Thurs.\/Sat.)<\/p>\n
(7) Virginia
(10) Kentucky<\/p>\n
(2) Nebraska (Big Ten)
(15) Portland State (Big Sky)<\/p>\n
(3) South (Houston, Thurs.\/Sat.)<\/p>\n
(1) Purdue
(16) Merrimack (MAAC)\/Prairie View (SWAC)<\/p>\n
(5) Louisville
(12) Liberty (CUSA)<\/p>\n
(4) Florida
(13) Tulane (American)<\/p>\n
(6) SMU
(11) George Mason (A 10)<\/p>\n
(3) BYU
(14) UC Irvine (Big West)<\/p>\n
(7) Saint Mary\u2019s
(10) USC<\/p>\n
(2) UConn (Big East)
(15) Wright State (Horizon)<\/p>\n
Last Four Byes: Kentucky, TCU, USC, Miami (Fla.)
Last Four IN: Creighton, NC State, Texas, Baylor
First Four OUT: Indiana, UCLA, LSU, Akron
Next Four Out: Ohio State, New Mexico, Santa Clara, Butler<\/p>\n
There are 30 new teams in this projection when compared to the preseason version. Since this is the first real bracket of the new season, I\u2019m going to hold off on adding Arrivals and Departures until Friday.<\/p>\n
While there were only five multi-bid conferences in the preseason projection, that number has risen to seven. I wouldn\u2019t call the Atlantic 10\u2019s long-term chances of remaining in the group great, but the Mountain West will have the opportunity to replace it.<\/p>\n
Note that early conference schedules have led to a muddled picture near the Cut Line. So, you may be surprised to see the ACC, SEC, and Big East\u2019s relatively high bid totals when compared to the Big 12 and Big Ten\u2019s. With quality wins being the Committee\u2019s most important selection factor since the introduction of the NET, some teams with better metrics (Indiana, for example) are temporarily punished because of their schedules, compared to teams with worse metrics who have Quad 1 wins (Baylor, Creighton). This is something that will sort itself out over the next two months.<\/p>\n
SEC (10): Vanderbilt (auto bid), Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Texas (First Four)<\/p>\n
Big 12 (9): Arizona (auto bid), Iowa State, BYU, Houston, Texas Tech, Kansas, UCF, TCU, Baylor (First Four)<\/p>\n
ACC (8): Duke (auto bid), Louisville, North Carolina, Clemson, SMU, Virginia, Miami (Fla.), NC State<\/p>\n
Big Ten (8): Michigan, Purdue, Nebraska (auto bid), Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, USC<\/p>\n
Big East (5): UConn (auto bid), Villanova, St. John\u2019s, Seton Hall, Creighton (First Four)<\/p>\n
Atlantic 10 (2): Saint Louis, George Mason (auto bid)<\/p>\n
WCC (2): Gonzaga (auto bid), Saint Mary\u2019s<\/p>\n
My next update will come on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Selection Sunday is somehow only two months and two days away. Life, and college basketball, come at you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,73665,217,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-534235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bracket-projections","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115888895014525639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}