NCAA Bracketology: Predicting 2017 March Madness tournament field
The conference tournaments have concluded, and the NCAA
Tournament Selection Show is less than an hour away. This is our final bracketology of 2016-17. Thanks for following along.
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The conference tournaments have concluded, and the NCAA
Tournament Selection Show is less than an hour away. This is our final bracketology of 2016-17. Thanks for following along.
Teams are listed from 1-68.
1: Villanova (Big East AQ), Kansas (Big 12 AQ), Gonzaga
(West Coast AQ), Duke (ACC AQ)
2: Arizona (Pac-12 AQ), North Carolina, Kentucky (SEC
AQ), UCLA
3: Louisville, Oregon, Baylor, Florida
4: Florida State, Notre Dame, Butler, Purdue
5: West Virginia, Cincinnati, Virginia, Minnesota
6: Saint Mary’s, SMU (AAC AQ), Iowa State (Big 12 AQ),
Michigan (Big Ten AQ)
7: Wisconsin, Maryland, Miami Fla., Dayton
8: Creighton, Marquette, Northwestern, South Carolina
9: Virginia Tech, Wichita State (Missouri Valley AQ),
Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt
10: Michigan State, Arkansas, Seton Hall, VCU
11: Xavier, Kansas State/USC, Providence/Wake Forest,
Middle Tennessee (C-USA AQ)
12: Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 AQ), UNC Wilmington (Colonial
AQ), Nevada (Mountain West AQ), Vermont (America East AQ)
13: Princeton (Ivy AQ), East Tennessee State (Southern
AQ), Bucknell (Patriot AQ), Winthrop (Big South AQ)
14: Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun AQ), New Mexico State
(Western Athletic AQ), Iona (MAAC AQ), Northern Kentucky (Horizon AQ)
15: Texas Southern (SWAC AQ), Kent State (Mid-American
AQ), North Dakota (Big Sky AQ), North Carolina Central (MEAC AQ)
16: New Orleans (Southland AQ), UC Davis (Big West AQ),
South Dakota State (Summit AQ)/Mount Saint Mary’s (Northeast AQ), Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley AQ)/Troy (Sun Belt AQ)
See ya in the NIT
Syracuse, Illinois State, California, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, UT Arlington, Georgia, Houston, Georgia Tech
Multi-bid conferences
ACC: 9
Big East: 7
Big Ten: 7
Big 12: 6
SEC: 5
Pac-12: 4
Atlantic 10: 3
AAC: 2
West Coast: 2