Bracketology, Dec. 31: ACC leads with 10 teams in the field

For these projections, teams are evaluated on what they have accomplished (or failed to accomplish) to this point in the season without looking ahead.

32 spots are given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections.

Automatic bids are determined by the projected winner of each conference according to KenPom. Auto bid winners are in italics.

 

		SOUTH			MIDWEST
Oklahoma City	1	Oklahoma		1	Kansas	St. Louis
	16	Southern/New Mexico State		16	Norfolk State/Wagner
	8	UCLA		8	USC
	9	Indiana		9	South Carolina
Spokane	5	Utah		5	Iowa	Providence
	12	Valparaiso		12	Geo. Washington/Wake Forest
	4	Iowa State		4	Duke
	13	Syracuse/Colorado		13	South Dakota State
Providence	6	Connecticut		6	Dayton	Des Moines
	11	Alabama		11	Cincinnati
	3	Miami (Fla.)		3	Maryland
	14	Old Dominion		14	San Diego State
Des Moines	7	Oregon		7	Pittsburgh	New York
	10	Notre Dame		10	Arizona State
	2	Purdue		2	Butler
	15	Stephen F. Austin		15	Yale
		WEST			EAST
Raleigh	1	Virginia		1	Michigan State	St. Louis
	16	High Point		16	Weber State
	8	Michigan		8	Seton Hall
	9	Chattanooga		9	Florida
Denver	5	Villanova		5	Texas A&M	Spokane
	12	Hawaii		12	Wichita State
	4	Kentucky		4	Louisville
	13	William & Mary		13	Akron
Oklahoma City	6	Gonzaga		6	West Virginia	Denver
	11	Monmouth		11	Vanderbilt
	3	Arizona		3	Providence
	14	Belmont		14	Army
New York	7	Texas Tech		7	Baylor	Raleigh
	10	Florida State		10	Little Rock
	2	Xavier		2	North Carolina
	15	Stony Brook		15	North Florida

 

First five out: St. Joseph’s, California, St. Mary’s, Northwestern, Marquette

Bids by conference:

ACC – 10

Pac-12 – 7

Big 12 – 6

Big Ten — 6

SEC – 6

Big East – 5

American – 2

Atlantic 10 – 2