NCAA Tournament Bids By Conference

The NCAA Tournament field will be announced next Sunday. The following is my latest look at the expected bracket. Twenty-one conferences will likely receive just one bid, while the other ten leagues made up the other 44 teams. Two conferences should get at least six teams into the Big Dance.

America East (1) Vermont
Atlantic Coast (7) Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Atlantic Sun (1) East Tennessee State
Atlantic Ten (3) Richmond, Temple, Xavier
Big East (8) Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
Big Sky (1) Montana
Big South (1) Winthrop
Big Ten (5) Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big Twelve (7) Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Big West (1) UC Santa Barbara
Colonial (1) Old Dominion
Conference USA (2) Houston, UTEP
Horizon (1) Butler
Ivy League (1) Cornell
Metro Atlantic (1) Siena
Mid-American (1) Ohio
Mid-Eastern (1) Morgan State
Missouri Valley (2) Northern Iowa, Wichita State
Mountain West (4) BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV
Northeast (1) Robert Morris
Ohio Valley (1) Murray State
Pacific Ten (2) Washington , California
Patriot League (1) Lehigh
Southeastern (3) Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Southern (1) Wofford
Southland (1) Sam Houston State
SWAC (1) Arkansas Pine Bluff
Summit (1) Oakland
Sun Belt (1) North Texas State
West Coast (2) Gonzaga, St. Mary’s
Western Athletic (1) New Mexico State