Projected NCAA Tournament Bids by Conference

The NCAA Tournament committee will have another tough job to pick the field of 65 teams. The ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big 10, Big Twelve, Conference USA, Pac 10 and SEC could get as many as 38 bids. Despite the glut of major programs, several mid major schools, such as Kent State, Creighton, Manhattan and Butler, have shown that they deserve a spot, even if they should fail to win their conference tournament. If they slip up, that could mean two NCAA Tournament bids for their leagues.

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