An Early Look at the NCAA Tournament Seedings

The NCAA Tournament is just five weeks away, but it is never to early to project the field of 65 teams. Conference play and the postseason tournament will likely have an effect on who gets in and who doesn't. The NCAA has reportedly placed a bigger emphasis on tournament teams having winning record. This means that Alabama, Indiana and Texas Tech may be disappointed on Selection Sunday. The following is my look at the projected NCAA tournament field which will be announced March 16th.

Conference	Team	Sagarin	RPI	COMPOSITE	SEED
Conference USA	Louisville	1	1	2	1
Pacific Ten	Arizona	2	4	6	1
Southeastern	Kentucky	3	6	9	1
Big Twelve	Texas	8	2	10	1
Southeastern	Florida	4	7	11	2
Big East	Notre Dame	6	8	14	2
Big Twelve	Kansas	9	11	20	2
Atlantic Coast	Duke	11	10	21	2
Big Twelve	Oklahoma State	5	5	10	3
Atlantic Coast	Wake Forest	7	16	23	3
Big Twelve	Oklahoma	14	9	23	3
Big East	Pittsburgh	5	20	25	3
Southeastern	Georgia	13	3	16	4
Conference USA	Marquette	10	17	27	4
Big Twelve	Missouri	23	12	35	4
Big Ten	Illinois	19	28	47	4
Big East	Syracuse	17	19	36	5
Atlantic Ten	Xavier	18	23	41	5
Missouri Valley	Creighton (at large)	12	42	54	5
Atlantic Coast	Maryland	24	32	56	5
Pacific Ten	California	27	22	49	6
Conference USA	Cincinnati	26	18	44	6
Southeastern	Mississippi State	21	27	48	6
Big Ten	Wisconsin	22	30	52	6
Big Ten	Purdue	20	13	33	7
Mountain West	BYU	25	15	40	7
Pacific Ten	Stanford	30	14	44	7
Atlantic Ten	St. Joseph's	16	31	47	7
Mountain West	Utah	31	21	52	8
Pacific Ten	Arizona State	29	29	58	8
Southeastern	Auburn	35	24	59	8
Atlantic Ten	Dayton	37	25	62	8
Big Ten	Michigan State	39	33	72	9
Horizon	Butler (at large)	28	44	72	9
Pacific Ten	Oregon	38	36	74	9
Southeastern	Tennessee	36	40	76	9
Mid-American	Kent State (at large)	42	35	77	10
Atlantic Coast	Virginia	44	38	82	10
West Coast	Gonzaga*	32	52	84	10
Big Twelve	Colorado	41	47	88	10
Big East	Connecticut	43	50	93	11
Atlantic Coast	Georgia Tech	45	51	96	11
Conference USA	Memphis	58	46	104	11
Metro Atlantic	Manhattan (at large)	50	57	107	11
Big Ten	Minnesota	65	45	110	12
Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	49	63	112	12
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina State	54	62	116	12
Colonial	North Carolina Wilmington*	51	68	119	12
Mountain West	Wyoming	60	59	119	13
Big Sky	Weber State*	68	54	122	13
Western Athletic	Fresno State	67	55	122	13
Sun Belt	Louisiana-Lafayette*	55	76	131	13
Patriot League	Holy Cross*	66	97	163	14
Southern	College of Charleston*	97	72	169	14
Big West	Utah State*	88	83	171	14
Mid-Continent	Valparaiso*	87	92	179	14
Atlantic Sun	Troy State*	95	86	181	15
America East	Boston University*	104	119	223	15
Northeast	Wagner*	157	118	275	15
Ohio Valley	Morehead State*	121	173	294	15
Southland	Sam Houston*	146	161	307	16
Big South	Charleston Southern*	190	171	361	16
Ivy League	Brown*	179	195	374	16
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State*	222	211	433	16
SWAC	Alcorn State*	296	297	593	16