Last Four In: Villanova, Arizona State, Utah, Columbia
First Four Out: BYU, Richmond, South Dakota State, Stanford
Tennessee continues to slide after yet another loss, but I don’t see them missing the tournament even if they lose their last regular season game against Vanderbilt on Sunday and get eliminated in their first game in Greenville in the SEC Tournament next week (in a close game), but it would definitely put them on the bubble and on the fence. I think they have done enough already and have the resume to keep them in even if they did drop two more, but it would be close. To me, there is no way for Mississippi State to make crawl back into the Tournament unless they can win against LSU on Sunday and pick up a win or two in Greenville and that could change the trajectory for them. Duke finally drops an ACC contest. Clemson upsets them and Virginia upsets Louisville which give both teams (Clemson & Virginia) a slight boost in their seeding. There should be some debate among the selection committee regarding who should get the No. 1 overall seed – UConn or UCLA. Although the Huskies are undefeated, the Bruins have played in a much tougher conference. UConn has no conference competition whatsoever. UCLA does have six more Q1 wins than UConn so that is something to consider for sure.
ACC: Duke*, Louisville NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Clemson
American: Rice
Big East: Connecticut*, Villanova
Big 12: TCU*, West Virginia, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Tech, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Utah
Big Ten: UCLA*, Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State, Iowa, Ohio State, Washington, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, USC
SEC: South Carolina*, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia
A-10: Rhode Island
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Eastern Kentucky
Big Sky: Idaho
Big South: High Point
Big West: UC Irvine
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Louisiana Tech
Horizon: Green Bay
Ivy: Princeton*, Columbia
MAAC: Fairfield
MAC: Miami (Ohio)
MEAC: Howard
MVC: Murray State
MWC: San Diego State
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
OVC: Western Illinois
Patriot: Navy
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: McNeese State
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Troy
SWAC: Alabama A&M
WAC: Cal Baptist
WCC: Gonzaga
