Last Eight In: Temple, Ohio State, Creighton, VCU, UCF, Arizona State, Indiana, Mississippi
First Eight Out: Oklahoma, Texas, Utah State, UNC Greensboro, Clemson, Arkansas, Oregon State
The Big 12 title race is shaping up to be very, very interesting. If history has taught us anything, Kansas will end up on top in the end, but the journey to get there will at least be fun to follow. Kansas State and Baylor, who deserve a lot of credit for putting together a great run of games following the injury to Tristan Clark, are on top of the pecking order at 6-2. Iowa State and the Jayhawks are right behind them at 6-3 and the way things are going Texas Tech, Texas and TCU should feel like they have an opportunity. At this point just about every conference game is huge and there are plenty of big ones coming up this week, highlighted by Kansas’ trip to Manhattan on Tuesday night.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
American: Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, UCF
Big East: Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech
Big Ten: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Washington
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee
A-10: Davidson, VCU
CAA: Hofstra
C-USA: Marshall
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAC: Buffalo
MVC: Loyola (IL)
MWC: Nevada
WCC: Gonzaga
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Lipscomb
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Radford
Big West: UC Irvine
Ivy League: Yale
MAAC: Rider
MEAC: North Carolina Central
NEC: Wagner
OVC: Murray State
Patriot: Lehigh
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
WAC: New Mexico State