Last Eight In: California, East Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan State, Mississippi, Missouri, Notre Dame, Tulane
First Eight Out: Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana, Liberty, Memphis, NC State, Nebraska, South Carolina
With two weeks left in the season before the selection show, the American Athletic Conference has a great chance to get upwards of five teams into the field. Five teams from the conference are currently in the top 60 of the RPI and Memphis sits just outside with an RPI of 61. Houston has climbed back in to the mix for a host site and are a lock for the field. UCF looked like a lock for the tournament earlier this year, but after falling to 9-12 in conference play, they are on the wrong side of the bubble. South Florida should join Houston in the field as the Bulls sport an RPI of 28 with six top 50 wins. The race for the other at-large bids from the conference should be a close one. Four teams, East Carolina, Tulane, Connecticut and Memphis are separated by one game in the conference standings. If the field were released today, East Carolina and Tulane would likely get in due to their top 50 RPI’s. Tulane and Memphis square off this weekend in a matchup that should be an elimination series for postseason chances. Whoever wins that will likely get a bid. Connecticut has a tough road with a series with Houston, while East Carolina squares off with last place Cincinnati. It’s going to be an interesting finish. Four teams from the conference seems likely, but if another team gets hot late, more are possible.
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ACC: Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia
American: East Carolina, Houston, South Florida, Tulane
Big East: St. Johns
Big 12: Oklahoma State, TCU
Big Ten: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon State, UCLA, USC
SEC: Auburn, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
A-10: St. Louis
America East: Stony Brook
A-Sun: North Florida
Big South: Coastal Carolina, Radford
Big West: Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara
CAA: Charleston, UNC-Wilmington
C-USA: Rice, Florida Atlantic
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Columbia
MAAC: Rider
MAC: Central Michigan
MEAC: Norfolk State
MVC: Bradley, Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
MWC: Nevada
NEC: Bryant
OVC: Southeast Missouri
Patriot: Navy
Southern: Mercer
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: South Alabama
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: Seattle
WCC: San Diego
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