Projected NCAA Tournament Bids by Conference

The NCAA Tournament is just three 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. The following is my look at the projected NCAA tournament field which will be announced March 16th.

Conference	Team	Sagarin	RPI	COMPOSITE	SEED
America East	Boston University*	131	118	249	15
Atlantic Coast	Duke	11	7	18	2
Atlantic Coast	Wake Forest	10	12	22	3
Atlantic Coast	Maryland	17	24	41	5
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina State	51	67	118	12
Atlantic Sun	Troy State*	96	85	181	14
Atlantic Ten	Xavier	12	16	28	4
Atlantic Ten	Dayton	27	18	45	6
Atlantic Ten	St. Joseph's	20	28	48	6
Big East	Notre Dame	7	5	12	2
Big East	Pittsburgh	5	19	24	3
Big East	Syracuse	16	13	29	4
Big East	Connecticut	40	37	77	9
Big Sky	Weber State*	66	44	110	11
Big South	Winthrop*	198	176	374	16
Big Ten	Illinois	18	27	45	3
Big Ten	Wisconsin	22	30	52	7
Big Ten	Purdue	34	26	60	8
Big Ten	Indiana	32	36	68	8
Big Ten	Michigan State	44	38	82	10
Big Ten	Minnesota	61	46	107	11
Big Twelve	Oklahoma	8	1	9	1
Big Twelve	Kansas	9	14	23	2
Big Twelve	Oklahoma State	21	9	30	4
Big Twelve	Texas	6	2	8	1
Big Twelve	Missouri	26	23	49	6
Big Twelve	Colorado	36	43	79	9
Big West	Cal Irvine	108	97	205	15
Colonial	North Carolina Wilmington*	57	74	131	13
Conference USA	Louisville	3	11	14	3
Conference USA	Marquette	13	15	28	4
Conference USA	Cincinnati	29	22	51	7
Conference USA	Memphis	39	31	70	9
Horizon	Butler (at large)	30	39	69	8
Horizon	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	50	61	111	12
Ivy League	Penn*	45	66	111	12
Metro Atlantic	Manhattan (at large)	67	72	139	13
Mid-American	Kent State (at large)	55	71	126	13
Mid-Continent	Valparaiso*	82	75	157	14
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State*	235	214	449	16
Missouri Valley	Creighton (at large)	19	34	53	7
Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	48	54	102	11
Mountain West	Utah	23	10	33	5
Mountain West	BYU	24	17	41	5
Mountain West	Wyoming	63	47	110	11
Northeast	Wagner*	154	87	241	15
Ohio Valley	Morehead State*	109	122	231	15
Pacific Ten	Arizona	1	4	5	1
Pacific Ten	Stanford	25	20	45	6
Pacific Ten	Arizona State	28	29	57	7
Pacific Ten	California	31	33	64	8
Pacific Ten	Oregon	38	49	87	10
Patriot League	Holy Cross*	76	77	153	14
Southeastern	Kentucky	2	3	5	1
Southeastern	Florida	4	8	12	2
Southeastern	Georgia	14	6	20	5
Southeastern	Mississippi State	15	21	36	5
Southeastern	Auburn	41	32	73	9
Southeastern	Tennessee	42	48	90	10
Southern	College of Charleston*	101	80	181	14
Southland	Sam Houston*	135	111	246	16
Sun Belt	Louisiana-Lafayette*	54	62	116	12
SWAC	Mississippi Valley State*	246	246	492	16
West Coast	Gonzaga*	37	45	82	10
Western Athletic	Fresno State	74	68	142	13