Welcome back to another year of NCAA tourney predictions. Last year HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the tourney, including 62 right on the money or within 1 spot of their actual seed. He will spend the next 10 weeks predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on Selection Sunday, with new updates each week. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today, and let us know if you agree or disagree in the comments section. To compare how we stack up with other websites, check out: www.bracketmatrix.com.
SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Oklahoma (Big 12)
1: Kansas (Big 12)
1: Michigan State (Big 10)
1: Virginia (ACC)
2: Villanova (Big East)
2: Xavier (Big East)
2: North Carolina (ACC)
2: Kentucky (SEC)
3: Duke (ACC)
3: Purdue (Big 10)
3: Maryland (Big 10)
3: Iowa State (Big 12)
4: Arizona (Pac-12)
4: Miami Florida (ACC)
4: Providence (Big East)
4: West Virginia (Big 12)
5: Louisville (ACC)
5: Butler (Big East)
5: Texas A&M (SEC)
5: Pitt (ACC)
6: Iowa (Big 10)
6: Dayton (A-10)
6: Cincinnati (AAC)
6: South Carolina (SEC)
7: George Washington (A-10)
7: Oregon (Pac-12)
7: Utah (Pac-12)
7: Gonzaga (WCC)
8: Vanderbilt (SEC)
8: Baylor (Big 12)
8: Florida (SEC)
8: Connecticut (AAC)
9: Texas Tech (Big 12)
9: Alabama (SEC)
9: UCLA (Pac-12)
9: Indiana (Big 10)
10: Notre Dame (ACC)
10: USC (Pac-12)
10: Colorado (Pac-12)
10: California (Pac-12)
11: Michigan (Big 10)
11: St. Joseph’s (A-10)
11: Wichita State (MVC)
11: Wake Forest (ACC)
11: UNLV (MWC)
11: Seton Hall (Big East)
12: Northern Iowa (MVC)
12: Monmouth (MAAC)
12: Valparaiso (Horizon)
12: Arkansas-Little Rock (Sun Belt)
13: Chattanooga (SoCon)
13: Akron (MAC)
13: South Dakota State (Summit)
13: Louisiana Tech (CUSA)
14: William & Mary (CAA)
14: Hawaii (Big West)
14: Belmont (OVC)
14: Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
15: Yale (Ivy)
15: High Point (Big South)
15: Montana (Big Sky)
15: Army (Patriot)
16: Albany (America East)
16: New Mexico State (WAC)
16: North Florida (Atlantic Sun)
16: Southern (SWAC)
16: Wagner (NEC)
16: Hampton (MEAC)
CONFERENCE: # OF TEAMS
AAC: 2
America East: 1
ACC: 8
Atlantic Sun: 1
A-10: 3
Big East: 5
Big Sky: 1
Big South: 1
Big 10: 6
Big 12: 6
Big West: 1
CAA: 1
CUSA: 1
Horizon: 1
Ivy: 1
MAAC: 1
MAC: 1
MEAC: 1
MVC: 2
MWC: 1
NEC: 1
OVC: 1
Pac-12: 7
Patriot: 1
SEC: 6
SoCon: 1
Southland: 1
SWAC: 1
Summit: 1
Sun Belt: 1
WCC: 1
WAC: 1
No Syracuse at this point?
would have said yes if you had asked me a week ago,
but the double-digit losses to pitt and miami scared me off,
and they are now 0-4 in true road games, which i assure you the committee will not like.
all that being said, if they can upset unc this saturday, they are probably back on the list.
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