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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 9 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: Kansas (Big 12)
1: Oklahoma (Big 12)
1: Michigan State (Big 10)
1: Xavier (Big East)
2: North Carolina (ACC)
2: Villanova (Big East)
2: Maryland (Big 10)
2: Miami Florida (ACC)
3: Virginia (ACC)
3: Duke (ACC)
3: Kentucky (SEC)
3: West Virginia (Big 12)
4: Iowa State (Big 12)
4: Arizona (Pac-12)
4: Providence (Big East)
4: Louisville (ACC)
5: Purdue (Big 10)
5: Butler (Big East)
5: Texas A&M (SEC)
5: Iowa (Big 10)
6: Pitt (ACC)
6: South Carolina (SEC)
6: Oregon (Pac-12)
6: Gonzaga (WCC)
7: Dayton (A-10)
7: Texas Tech (Big 12)
7: Utah (Pac-12)
7: George Washington (A-10)
8: Baylor (Big 12)
8: Connecticut (AAC)
8: Florida (SEC)
8: UCLA (Pac-12)
9: USC (Pac-12)
9: Indiana (Big 10)
9: Michigan (Big 10)
9: Oregon State (Pac-12)
10: St. Mary’s (WCC)
10: Colorado (Pac-12)
10: Cincinnati (AAC)
10: California (Pac-12)
11: Seton Hall (Big East)
11: Texas (Big 12)
11: Arizona State (Pac-12)
11: Notre Dame (ACC)
11: Wichita State (MVC)
11: Arkansas Little-Rock (Sun Belt)
12: Boise State (MWC)
12: Monmouth (MAAC)
12: Valparaiso (Horizon)
12: Texas-Arlington (Sun Belt)
13: Chattanooga (SoCon)
13: Akron (MAC)
13: South Dakota State (Summit)
13: Louisiana Tech (CUSA)
14: Northeastern (CAA)
14: Hawaii (Big West)
14: Stony Brook (America East)
14: Yale (Ivy)
15: Belmont (OVC)
15: Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (Southland)
15: High Point (Big South)
15: Idaho (Big Sky)
16: Army (Patriot)
16: Cal State Bakersfield (WAC)
16: North Florida (Atlantic Sun)
16: Jackson State (SWAC)
16: Wagner (NEC)
16: Hampton (MEAC)
CONFERENCE: # OF TEAMS
AAC: 2
America East: 1
ACC: 7
Atlantic Sun: 1
A-10: 2
Big East: 5
Big Sky: 1
Big South: 1
Big 10: 6
Big 12: 7
Big West: 1
CAA: 1
CUSA: 1
Horizon: 1
Ivy: 1
MAAC: 1
MAC: 1
MEAC: 1
MVC: 1
MWC: 1
NEC: 1
OVC: 1
Pac-12: 9
Patriot: 1
SEC: 6
SoCon: 1
Southland: 1
SWAC: 1
Summit: 1
Sun Belt: 2
WCC: 2
WAC: 1
Was this bracket made before or after yesterday’s games?
I think after…but it has been a busy weekend so no promises!
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How far is Wisconsin from a bid at this point?
I fear they are pretty far for a variety of reasons:
9-8 record, 3 home losses to teams outside top-100,
best wins are over VCU by 1 PT and over Syracuse in OT, etc.
that being said, their 3 conference losses to good teams are by a combined 10 PTS,
and due to strength of the big 10 they will have LOTS of chances for good wins,
so if they can take care of business against the bad teams,
and somehow upset a good team like the Spartans or hawkeyes,
then win a couple of games in the conference tourney,
I suppose they have a shot, but it is an uphill battle at the moment.