Last Four In: Ole Miss, UCLA, Tulsa, Marquette
First Four Out: Old Dominion, Oregon State, Wichita State, Rhode Island
With non-conference games winding down, the picture is becoming clearer on who's real and who's not as we slowly begin conference play. Connecticut has taken a major fall this season as they drop to their lowest ranking in 16 years with a 6-3 record. Still, I have them making a top 4 seed at the end of the regular season. Kim Mulkey at LSU has already made an impact as the Lady Tigers continue on a ten-game winning streak (11-1) as they begin SEC play late next week. In the Big Ten, Michigan is a little surprising to me. The Wolverines continue to play well and work their way up the poll.
ACC: NC State*, Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
American: UCF*, USF, Tulsa
Big East: Connecticut*, DePaul, Marquette
Big 12: Baylor*, Texas, Iowa State, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Kansas
Big Ten: Michigan*, Indiana, Maryland, Iowa, Ohio State, Nebraska
Pac-12: Arizona*, Stanford, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, UCLA
SEC: South Carolina*, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas A&M, LSU, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss
A-10: Massachusetts
America East: Stony Brook
A-Sun: FGCU
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: USC-Upstate
Big West: Long Beach State
CAA: Towson
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: IUPUI
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Quinnipiac
MAC: Buffalo
MEAC: Morgan State
MVC: Missouri State
MWC: Colorado State
NEC: Wagner
OVC: Murray State
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Mercer
Southland: SE Louisiana
Summit: UMKC
Sun Belt: Georgia Southern
SWAC: Jackson State
WAC: Stephen F. Austin
WCC: BYU*, Gonzaga
*projected automatic bid in multi-bid conferences
