Last Eight In: Minnesota, Mississippi State, Marquette, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco, Louisville, UCF, St. Bonaventure
First Eight Out: Memphis, Michigan, Clemson, Northwestern, Utah State, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Virginia
Conference play is ramping up and the number of teams on or around the bubble will begin to dwindle as we move along. The ACC has almost half the conference on the bubble as just Duke and UNC are safely in the field. The Big Ten also has several teams on the cusp with Michigan and Maryland underperforming while Northwestern and Minnesota overachieve. The Pac-12 has three teams in the top-3 seed lines, but no other teams in the field or on the bubble. These power conferences struggling to find tournament teams will help the smaller schools such as San Francisco and St. Bonaventure remain on the right side of the bubble.
ACC: Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Wake Forest
American: Houston, UCF
Big East: Connecticut, Creighton, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Pac-12: Arizona, UCLA, USC
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee
A-10: Davidson, St. Bonaventure
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: UAB
Horizon: Oakland
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Loyola (IL)
MWC: Colorado State, San Diego State
WCC: BYU, Gonzaga, San Francisco, St. Mary’s
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Liberty
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Winthrop
Big West: UC Irvine
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Howard
NEC: Wagner
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Navy
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Nicholls State
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
