Last Four In: Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota
First Four Out: Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, Harvard, Stanford
Despite losing back-to-back games, LSU remains a 2-seed. Ole Miss makes the jump to a 5-seed with the chance to earn a top 4-seed should they make a deep run in the SEC Tournament. There have been a few changes in the top 16 overall seeding over the past week as some upsets have occurred. Washington takes Virginia Tech’s place as part of the Last Four In. Stanford makes a surprising jump to the First Four Out after nearly being forgotten about this season. Conference tournaments begin this week and next with Selection Sunday being next Sunday, not this coming up Sunday. It is my opinion that, in general, conference tournaments do not do a team any good if they are safely in the tournament as an at-large bid. If anything, it could potentially hurt you should you have an early exit. If you are on the bubble (Last Four In, First Four Out), then you have the opportunity to make a run in order to solidify as spot as an at-large, however, the possibility always looms of bid-stealers from conferences who only typically send one team to the tournament.
ACC: *Notre Dame, North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Florida State, Georgia Tech, California, Louisville
American: UTSA
Big East: Connecticut*, Creighton
Big 12: TCU*, Kansas State, Baylor, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Utah, Arizona, Iowa State, Colorado
Big Ten: USC*, UCLA, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois, Oregon, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Minnesota, Washington
SEC: Texas*, South Carolina, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State
A-10: Richmond
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: High Point
Big West: Hawaii
CAA: North Carolina A&T
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: Green Bay
Ivy: Columbia
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Ball State
MEAC: Norfolk State
MVC: Missouri State
MWC: UNLV
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
OVC: Tennessee Tech
Patriot: Lehigh
Southern: UNC Greensboro
Southland: SE Louisiana
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: James Madison
SWAC: Southern
WAC: Grand Canyon
WCC: Portland
