Selection Sunday

Did you set your clocks forward yet? Normally I hate losing the sleep, but if it gets us closer to the NCAA tourney, I’m all for it.

The field is coming into picture nicely, but we still have a few lingering question marks.

Arkansas and NC State could upset the apple cart by winning automatic bids in the SEC and ACC tournament respectively.

Syracuse, Stanford, Kansas State, Drexel, Illinois, and Florida State will be debated by the committee for the last couple bids. If it were up to me, Drexel and Stanford would receive the final two bids, but my guess is Syracuse and Florida State will find their way in the dance.

Here’s a look at how I would field the top 16 seeds.
East
#1 North Carolina
#2 Wisconsin
#3 Memphis
#4 Southern Illinois
South
#1 Florida
#2 Texas A&M
#3 Oregon
#4 Notre Dame
Midwest
#1 Ohio State
#2 Georgetown
#3 Texas
#4 Washington State
West
#1 UCLA
#2 Kansas
#3 Pittsburgh
#4 Maryland

Did you catch Oregon's dominant win over USC saturday? Junior guard Brice Taylor shot 11-11, including 7-7 from 3point land for 32 points. The Ducks rolled through the Pac 10 tournament defeating Arizona, Cal, and USC by an average of 20 points. The quack attack is going to be a very tough out.
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NCAA Tourney Field of 65
Big Conference Locks 45
ACC-7
IN: Duke, Boston College, UNC, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia Tech
Bubble: Florida State,Clemson
Atlantic 10-2
IN: Xavier, George Washington
Big 12-5
IN: Texas A&M, Kansas, Texas, Kansas State, Texas Tech
Big East-7
IN: Pitt, Georgetown, Marquette, Villanova, Notre Dame, Louisville, Syracuse
Bubble: West Virginia
Big 10-5
IN: Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue
Bubble: Illinois
Conference USA-1
IN: Memphis
Horizon League-2
IN: Butler, Wright State
Missouri Valley-2
IN: Creighton, Southern Illinois
Bubble:Missouri State
Mountain West-3
IN: Air Force, BYU, UNLV
PAC 10 –5
IN: UCLA, Washington State, Arizona, Oregon, USC
Bubble: Stanford
SEC-4
IN: Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Bubble: Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss State
WAC-2
IN: Nevada, New Mexico State
One Bid Conferences-19
America East(Albany), Atlantic Sun(Belmont), Big Sky(Weber State), Big South(Winthrop), Big West(Long Beach State), Colonial (VCU) Ivy(Penn), MAAC(Niagra), Mid-Continent(Oral Roberts), MAC(Miami Ohio), MEAC(Florida A&M.), Patriot League (Holy Cross), NEC(Central Conneticut St.), OVC(Eastern Kentucky), Southern Conference(Davidson.), Southland(A&M-Corpus Christi.), SWAC(Jackson State), Sunbelt(North Texas) , WCC (Gonzaga)

Bubble Bids-1
1 of the Following Teams…
Stanford, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Drexel, Hofstra, Michigan, Florida State, Clemson, West Virginia, Missouri State.