In? Out?
Obviously, no one will know until March 15.
SEE RELATED:
But for now, here’s a little at-large board exercise to line things up.
First off, a list of teams that are being counted as automatic qualifiers (for now). Fluctuations in this group will affect whoever is on the at-large board going forward.
Those teams are North Carolina (ACC), Xavier (A-10), Kansas (Big 12), Connecticut (Big East), Michigan State (Big Ten), Memphis (Conference USA), Butler (Horizon), Siena (Metro Atlantic), Creighton (Missouri Valley), Utah (Mountain West), Washington (Pac-10), Louisiana State (Southeastern), Utah State (WAC) and Gonzaga (WCC)
Not all 14 of those teams are certain at-large possibilities. In fact, Siena and Utah State probably wouldn’t crack the top 40 on this list. Their inclusion is merely for thoroughness.
Onward to the at-large board:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Oklahoma
3. Louisville
4. Duke
5. Villanova
6. Missouri
7. Wake Forest
8. Purdue
9. Clemson
10. Marquette
11. Illinois
12. UCLA
13. Florida State
14. Syracuse
15. Arizona State
16. West Virginia
17. Texas
18. California
19. Texas A&M
20. Wisconsin
21. Minnesota
22. Ohio State
23. Brigham Young
24. Boston College
25. Oklahoma State
26. Tennessee
27. Arizona
28. Dayton
29. South Carolina
30. UNLV
LAST FOUR IN
31. Penn State
32. Florida
33. Virginia Tech
34. Maryland
LAST FOUR OUT
35. Providence
36. Michigan
37. Miami
38. Kentucky
NEXT FOUR OUT
39. Southern California
40. Saint Mary’s
41. Cincinnati
42. Rhode Island
ON THE MARGINS
43. Kansas State
44. Georgetown
45. San Diego State
46. UAB
47. Auburn
48. Notre Dame
49. New Mexico
50. Baylor
—- Patrick Stevens
