I’ll be listing the 68 teams I think should be in the NCAA Tournament if the season were to end this very second. Automatic Qualifiers will be given to those winning their conference right now.
Teams will be listed in alphabetical order. This was done on January 22nd before any games were played today.
1 – Duke Michigan State* Tennessee* Virginia
2 – Gonzaga* Kansas* Michigan North Carolina*
3 – Buffalo* Kentucky Marquette Nevada*
4 – Auburn Houston* Iowa State Texas Tech
5 – LSU Maryland Mississippi State Villanova*
6 – Iowa K-State Ole Miss Virginia Tech
7 – Cincy Louisville NC State Purdue
8 – Florida State St. John’s Syracuse Wisconsin
9 – Indiana Ohio State Oklahoma Washington*
10 – Nebraska Temple Saint Louis* Seton Hall
11 – Davidson Murray State* UCF
11 First Four – Arizona State VCU
12 – Hofstra* San Francisco Wofford*
12 First Four – Baylor UNCG
13 – Loyola-Chicago* Northern Kentucky* North Texas* South Dakota State*
14 – CSU Bakersfield* Liberty* Texas State* Vermont*
15 – Princeton* Radford* Rider* Weber State*
16 – Bucknell* UCSB*
16 First Four – Norfolk State* Prairie View A&M* Robert Morris* Sam Houston State*
Automatic Qualifiers will have a * next to name
32 Automatic Qualifiers – 32/32
36 At-Large Bids – 36/36
