Predicting the 68-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Shannon Ryan predicts the 68-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament field:
(AQ denotes automatic qualifier)
American East: Boston (AQ).
Atlantic Coast: Duke (AQ), Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Maryland, Virginia Tech.
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb (AQ).
Atlantic Ten: Temple (AQ), Dayton, Richmond, Xavier.
Big East: Pittsburgh (AQ), Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia.
Big Sky: Weber State (AQ).
Big South: Coastal Carolina (AQ).
Big Ten: Michigan State (AQ), Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin.
Big 12: Kansas State (AQ), Baylor, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Texas A&M.
Big West: UC Santa Barbara (AQ).
Colonial Athletic: Old Dominion (AQ).
Conference USA: Memphis (AQ).
Horizon: Butler (AQ).
Ivy: Princeton (AQ).
Metro Atlantic: Fairfield (AQ).
Mid-American: Ohio (AQ).
Mid-Eastern Athletic: Morgan State (AQ).
Missouri Valley: Wichita State (AQ).
Mountain West: San Diego State (AQ), Brigham Young, Nevada Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Northeast: Quinnipiac (AQ).
Ohio Valley: Murray State (AQ).
Pacific 10: Washington (AQ), Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA.
Patriot: American (AQ).
Southeastern: Florida (AQ), Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
Southern: Wofford (AQ).
Southland: Texas State (AQ).
Summit: Oakland (AQ).
Sun Belt: North Texas (AQ).
Southwestern Athletic: Jackson State (AQ).
West Coast: Gonzaga (AQ).
Western Athletic: Utah State (AQ).
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