Updated March 13, 2016 at 4:07 p.m. CT — FINAL
Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections!
The bracket is broken down into 32 spots are given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections.
Here are the automatic qualifiers so far: Connecticut (AAC), Stony Brook (A-East), Florida Gulf Coast (A-Sun), North Carolina (ACC), Saint Joseph’s (A-10), Seton Hall (Big East), Weber State (Big Sky), UNC Asheville (Big South), Purdue/Michigan State (Big Ten), Hawaii (Big West), Kansas (Big 12), UNC Wilmington (CAA), Middle Tennessee (Conference USA), Green Bay (Horizon), Yale (Ivy), Iona (MAAC), Buffalo (MAC), Hampton (MEAC), Northern Iowa (MVC), Fresno State (MWC), Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC), Austin Peay (OVC), Oregon (Pac-12), Holy Cross (Patriot), Kentucky (SEC), Chattanooga (SoCon), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), South Dakota State (Summit), Little Rock (Sun Belt), Southern (SWAC), Cal State Bakersfield (WAC) and Gonzaga (WCC).
MIDWEST |
EAST |
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Des Moines |
1 | Kansas | 1 | Michigan State |
St. Louis |
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| 16 | Austin Peay/Holy Cross | 16 | Fairleigh Dickinson/Southern | |||
| 8 | Dayton | 8 | Wisconsin | |||
| 9 | Oregon State | 9 | Connecticut | |||
Denver |
5 | California | 5 | Iowa State |
Oklahoma City |
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| 12 | Northern Iowa | 12 | UNC Wilmington | |||
| 4 | Indiana | 4 | Duke | |||
| 13 | South Dakota State | 13 | Iona | |||
St. Louis |
6 | Notre Dame | 6 | Baylor |
Providence |
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| 11 | Little Rock | 11 | Temple | |||
| 3 | Xavier | 3 | Miami Fla. | |||
| 14 | Green Bay | 14 | Buffalo | |||
New York |
7 | Iowa | 7 | Providence |
Raleigh |
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| 10 | VCU | 10 | Cincinnati | |||
| 2 | Villanova | 2 | Virginia | |||
| 15 | UNC Asheville | 15 | Middle Tennessee | |||
WEST |
SOUTH |
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Spokane |
1 | Oregon | 1 | North Carolina |
Raleigh |
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| 16 | Hampton | 16 | Florida Gulf Coast | |||
| 8 | Texas Tech | 8 | USC | |||
| 9 | Butler | 9 | St. Bonaventure | |||
Oklahoma City |
5 | Maryland | 5 | Seton Hall |
Providence |
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| 12 | Chattanooga | 12 | Yale | |||
| 4 | Texas A&M | 4 | Purdue | |||
| 13 | Stephen F. Austin | 13 | Stony Brook | |||
Denver |
6 | Texas | 6 | Arizona |
Des Moines |
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| 11 | Saint Mary’s/Michigan | 11 | Gonzaga | |||
| 3 | Utah | 3 | Kentucky | |||
| 14 | Hawaii | 14 | Fresno State | |||
New York |
7 | Saint Joseph’s | 7 | Colorado |
Oklahoma City |
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| 10 | Pittsburgh | 10 | Wichita State/Monmouth | |||
| 2 | West Virginia | 2 | Oklahoma | |||
| 15 | Weber State | 15 | Cal State Bakersfield |
Last four in: Wichita State, Monmouth, Saint Mary’s, Michigan
On the outside looking in: San Diego State, Syracuse, South Carolina, Valparaiso
Bids by conference:
Big 12 — 7
Big Ten — 7
Pac-12 — 7
ACC — 6
Big East — 5
A10 — 4
AAC — 3
MAAC — 2
MVC — 2
SEC — 2
WCC — 2
