Last Eight In: North Carolina State, Rutgers, Missouri, West Virginia, California, Louisville, Duquesne, Florida
First Eight Out: St. Bonaventure, San Diego, Oregon, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Virginia, Auburn
There are a lot of traditional powers that are struggling right now. North Carolina fell off the radar long ago, but now teams like Duke and Tennessee are following right along. The Blue Devils lost at home to North Carolina State on Thursday to drop to 1-3 in ACC play. They picked up a win against Boston College over the weekend, but this team still has a lot to prove. None of their losses are too terrible, but none of their wins are that great either. In the ACC they’ll have opportunities to pick up terrible losses and big wins. In another Thursday upset, Tennessee dropped to 11-5 and 2-2 in SEC play after losing at Arkansas. Next up for the Lady Vols is a trip to South Bend. As if the SEC isn’t brutal enough, they threw that game in there. Tennessee better start winning on the road or they could fall down the SEC pecking order pretty quickly. They have four road games left against teams currently ranked in the top 15. And it’s not like those trips to Vanderbilt or LSU are going to be easy for this group either.
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ACC: Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Syracuse
American: Connecticut, South Florida
Big East: DePaul, Seton Hall, St. John’s
Big 12: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington
SEC: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
A-10: Duquesne, George Washington
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: UTEP
Horizon: Green Bay
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Drake
MWC: Colorado State
WCC: BYU
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: UNC Asheville
Big West: UC Riverside
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Hampton
NEC: Robert Morris
OVC: Tennessee-Martin
Patriot: Army
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Central Arkansas
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas State
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
WAC: New Mexico State
See the Women's Basketball Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
