March is here! That means a couple things. Spring Training and March Madness. With Cornell already locking up the first bid to the tournament, 64 more teams have to lock up their bids. Here is who I think will be in on selection day.
America East: UMBC is the top team, but I am going with Hartford.
A-10: Xavier, UMASS. Temple and Saint Josephs need strong finishes, if both get to the the A-10 tourney championship game, that would help. TOTAL TEAMS: 3
ACC: Duke, North Carolina, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Maryland. Miami (FL) needs a strong finish. TOTAL TEAMS: 8
Atlantic Sun: Belmont
Big 12: Kansas, Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, Oklahoma. TOTAL TEAMS: 14
Big East: Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, UConn, Marquette, Pittsburgh, West Virginia. Villanova and Syracuse need to make it to the Big East Championship game to have a chance this year. TOTAL TEAMS: 21
Big Sky: Northern Arizona
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan State. Minnesota and Ohio State need to win out to have a chance. TOTAL TEAMS: 27
Big West: Tough call here. I am going to go with Pacific. This should be a very entertaining conference tourney. Four teams have double figure wins in conference and have 19-21 wins a piece.
CAA: Virginia Commonwealth. George Mason could throw a wrench into the gears though.
Conference USA: Memphis, UAB, Houston. UCF needs a strong showing in the conference tourney to have a chance. TOTAL TEAMS: 32
Horizon League: Butler is the only lock. Wright State or Cleveland State could steal the conference tourney. Valparaiso is a dark horse as well.
Ivy League: Cornell. I'm guaranteed to get at least one right!
Metro Atlantic: Another tough one here. I am going to go with Siena. I'll be watching this one closely as it unfolds.
MAC: Akron, they have a bad taste in their mouth from getting snubbed last year. Kent State and Western Michigan head to the NIT if they don't win the tourney.
MEAC: Hampton
Missouri Valley: Creighton, Drake, Illinois State. Southern Illinois needs to win out to get in. Remember a few years ago when having two teams from this conference in the Big Dance was a big deal? TOTAL TEAMS: 40
Mountain West: New Mexico, BYU. UNLV gets left out if they don't win the conference tourney.
Northeast: Wagner
Ohio Valley: Austin Peay
PAC-10: UCLA, Washington State, USC, Stanford, Arizona State, Arizona. Arizona could be out if they lose anymore, even with the number 1 Strength of Schedule. TOTAL TEAMS: 50
Patriot: Navy
SEC: Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Florida. Remember when Mississippi started out 14-0? TOTAL TEAMS: 57
Southern Conference: Davidson. If they don't win the conference tourney, they could bump another bubble team.
Southland: Stephen F. Austin. Too bad their nickname isn't "Stone Cold"
SWAC: Alabama State
Summit League: IUPUI and Oral Roberts both deserve to go, but I will take the hometown pick - IUPUI.
Sun Belt: Western Kentucky. I'd love to see Indianapolis native, Courtney Lee make the tournament in his final season.
West Coast: Gonzaga, St. Mary's TOTAL TEAMS: 64
WAC: New Mexico State. Boise State and Nevada get sent to the NIT
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Come on, you know you smiled when you read it...even if it was one of those "that's cheesy" grins.
I think after the stone cold comment that they are giving you too many pain meds on your time off