Last Eight In: La Salle, Boise State, Alabama, Temple, California, Illinois, Iowa State, San Diego State
First Eight Out: Maryland, Tennessee, Southern Miss, Iowa, Mississippi, Arizona State, Baylor, Villanova
The two newcomers in this week’s bracket are La Salle and Boise State. They replace Mississippi and Maryland. And that may be a trend over the next two weeks as conferences like the Atlantic 10 and the Mountain West keep making better and better cases to get a whole lot of teams into the tournament. Right now we have five A-10 teams in and five Mountain West teams in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. It is quite conceivable that the SEC ends up with two or three teams. The perception is that the A-10 and MW have a lot of bubble teams, so those should be some great conference tournaments. However, a quality loss to a team like Saint Louis or New Mexico should not put an end to La Salle or Boise State’s NCAA dreams.
See the Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Duke, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia
Big East: Georgetown, Louisville, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Notre Dame, Cincinnati
Big 12: Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa State
Big Ten: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois
Pac-12: Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Colorado, California
SEC: Florida, Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama
A-10: Saint Louis, Butler, VCU, Temple, La Salle
CAA: Northeastern
C-USA: Memphis
Horizon: Valparaiso
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Wichita State, Creighton
MWC: New Mexico, Colorado State, UNLV, San Diego State, Boise State
WAC: Louisiana Tech
WCC: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Mercer
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Charleston Southern
Big West: Long Beach State
Ivy League: Harvard
MAAC: Loyola (MD)
MEAC: Norfolk State
NEC: Robert Morris
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Davidson
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Middle Tennessee
SWAC: Southern
See the Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
