Last Four In: Troy, Virginia Tech, Xavier, Kansas State
First Four Out: Notre Dame, Baylor, Cal Poly, Western Kentucky
Another shakeup in the Top 16 National Seeds this week as Auburn launches themselves back in – all the way up to the No. 8 overall seed. UC Irvine and Ole Miss drop back out and Coastal Carolina is back in as the No. 15 overall seed. There are so many teams sitting on the fence of being a Regional host – UC Irvine, Ole Miss, UCLA, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Dallas Baptist. Florida, a team that wasn’t even in the tournament a few weeks ago has a shot at hosting a Regional in my opinion due to their strong showing in the second half of their season, which has bolstered their RPI considerably.
ACC: Florida State*, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC State, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech
American: UTSA
Big East: Connecticut*, Xavier
Big 12: West Virginia*, Kansas, Arizona, TCU, Arizona State, Kansas State
Big Ten: Iowa*, UCLA, Oregon, USC
SEC: Texas*, Tennessee, LSU, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Oklahoma, Auburn, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Mississippi State
Independent: Oregon State
A-10: George Mason
America East: Bryant
A-Sun: Austin Peay
Big South: High Point
Big West: UC Irvine
CAA: Northeastern
C-USA: Dallas Baptist
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Columbia
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Wright State
MVC: Missouri State
MWC: Nevada
NEC: Central Connecticut
OVC: Southeast Missouri
Patriot: Holy Cross
Southern: East Tennessee State
Southland: UTRGV
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Coastal Carolina*, Troy, Southern Miss
SWAC: Bethune-Cookman
WAC: Sacramento State
WCC: San Diego