![]() I will have and update tomorrow with the focus shifting to automatic bids for a couple of days. Then, Rutgers is in 9th at 10-9, with Penn State in 10th at 9-10, and Wisconsin and Nebraska tied for 11 at 8-11. Seven teams currently have 11-8 conference records, including Michigan State, which wrapped up its regular-season yesterday. considering Purdue is 14-5 in conference play and Ohio State and Minnesota have combined to win 7 league games total, the middle may become too difficult to untangle. In terms of regular-season finales, maybe we’ll finally get some clarity on the Big Ten standings. How big of a deal is this? KSU’s 25 wins smash the program’s previous record of, uh, 14. The Owls, also headed to C-USA eventually, are one of college basketball’s great stories, as head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim has navigated this woebegone program to not only a regular-season title, but it’s first ever winning season. Last, but not least, the ASUN concludes with traditional power Liberty (last NCAA bid, 2021)-looking for one more conference title before heading off to Conference USA-visiting Kennesaw State (3, ESPN2).Remember, the Valley usually delivers Championship Fortnight Drama! The Braves last qualified in 2019, while the Bulldogs earned an at-large in 2021. The top two seeds in the Arch Madness final (2, CBS), Bradley and Drake, meet in a rubber match.While the Bulldogs last appeared in the NCAAs in 2016, the Fighting Camels’ drought dates back to 1992. Regular-season champ UNC Asheville meets 7 seed Campbell in the Big South title game (1, ESPN2).The order of importance within each window is my editorial decision.įor conference tournament schedules, please visit Conference Tournament Central, featuring daily schedule at the top of the page.įor starters, three automatic bids will be awarded today: ![]() Teams still in contention are italicized. (Sun Belt), Tennessee Tech (OVC), Utah Valley (WAC) The Games Ahead Out For Now: Arizona State, Nevada, Southern Miss. New Entrants: Louisiana (Sun Belt), Penn State, Sam Houston State (WAC), Southeast Missouri State (OVC), Wisconsins Highest-ranked KenPom exclusion: Nevada (39) Bids By ConferenceĢ3 single-bid conferences Ins and Outs (5, 2 at-large) Highest-ranked NET exclusion: Nevada (38) Lowest-ranked KenPom at-large: Wisconsin (71) Lowest-ranked NET at-large: Wisconsin (78) Graphics by Chris Dobbertean using logos from either, Wikimedia Commons, or the institutions’ websites. Colors next to seed numbers indicate bracket movement: yellow (new), green (seed up), red (seed down) relative to Saturday’s bracket.Numbers in red squares indicate team’s position in the bracket’s top 16 (top four seed lines).If a team is just the regular-season champ/highest seed remaining in the conference tournament, the logo will remain on the right. If a team has secured its league’s auto bid, the conference logo will appear next to the team logo. Conference logos indicate auto bid holders.Text-Only Bracket for Screen Readers and Seed List Key: The Warriors are in their final reclassification year, so they are ineligible for the NCAA or NIT. In the Northeast Conference, top-seeded Merrimack defeated Sacred Heart in the first semifinal, which allowed Fairleigh Dickinson to clinch its first bid since 2019 by topping St. Southeast Missouri State recovered from Tennessee Tech’s overtime-forcing late rally to win the OVC title to qualify for the first time since 2000. Two teams are officially in the field.Texas, who routed KU in Austin, moves up to a two seed, with Kansas State dropping to seed line 3 after losing in Morgantown. 1 overall after both the Jayhawks and Alabama lost. At the top of the bracket, Kansas remains No.Wisconsin and Penn State replace Arizona State and Nevada in the field, but both will be in action today (see the schedule below), so there may not be 10 Big Ten teams in tomorrow’s update.Joining the Red Raiders and Sun Devils (who dropped out) as losers are teams such as Pittsburgh (went from having a share of the ACC regular-season title to not even earning a bye to the quarters after losing at Miami), departure Nevada (who picked a terrible time to record two Quad 3 losses, first to Wyoming, then to UNLV), and North Carolina (who likely needs to win the ACC Tournament to dance).Saturday’s big bubble winners included West Virginia (over Kansas State at home), Auburn (over Tennessee at home), Utah State (over Boise State, again, at home), USC (hey, hey, another home winner over fellow bubble team Arizona State), and Oklahoma State (an actual road win over Texas Tech). ![]()
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