Last Four In: Duke, Missouri, Missouri State, Northwestern
First Four Out: DePaul, Creighton, Villanova, Florida State
It is here. Selection Sunday. This is our final projected bracket of the 2021-22 season. It has been a good one so far and we are ready for March Madness! Unfortunately, there have been a couple of bid stealers such as Northern Iowa/Illinois State and Massachusetts. The Big East is loaded with teams who just missed the cut including DePaul, Creighton, and Villanova. Seton Hall and Marquette would be after them. Kentucky has really made a run lately and I wouldn’t be surprised if they reach the Sweet 16 or further. Northwestern from the Big Ten barely makes in it along with Missouri State who did not win their conference tournament. Dayton is in the same boat at Missouri State in regard to not winning their conference tournament but getting an at-large bid. I feel like this will be an exciting NCAA Tournament full of surprises!
ACC: NC State*, Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Miami, Duke
American: UCF*, USF
Big East: Connecticut*
Big 12: Baylor, Texas*, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Kansas
Big Ten: Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, Iowa*, Ohio State, Nebraska, Northwestern
Pac-12: Arizona, Stanford*, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State
SEC: South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky*, Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Missouri, Florida
A-10: Massachusetts*, Dayton
America East: Albany
A-Sun: FGCU
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: Longwood
Big West: Hawaii
CAA: Delaware
C-USA: Charlotte
Horizon: IUPUI
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Buffalo
MEAC: Howard
MVC: Illinois State*, Missouri State
MWC: UNLV
NEC: Mt. St. Mary’s
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: American
Southern: Mercer
Southland: Incarnate Word
Summit: South Dakota
Sun Belt: UT-Arlington
SWAC: Jackson State
WAC: Stephen F. Austin
WCC: Gonzaga*, BYU