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Thursday, March 8, 2007
Alabama needs win to help its case
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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WHO’S IN (14)
A-Sun: Belmont (23-9)
Big Sky: Weber State (20-11)
Big South: Winthrop (28-4)
Colonial: VCU (27-6)
Horizon: Wright State (23-9)
Ivy: Penn (22-8)
Metro Atlantic: Niagara (22-11)
Mid-Continent: Oral Roberts (23-10)
Missouri Valley: Creighton (22-10)
Northeast: Central Conn. St. (22-11)
Ohio Valley: Eastern Kentucky (21-11)
Southern: Davidson (29-4)
Sun Belt: North Texas (23-10)
West Coast: Gonzaga (23-10)
WHO HELPED THEIR CASE ON WEDNESDAY
Syracuse (22-9): The Orange solidified their NCAA bid by beating UConn (78-65) in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
WHO NEEDS A WIN ON THURSDAY
West Virginia (21-9), who beat Providence in the first round of the Big East Tournament, could play its way into the field with a win tonight over Louisville.
Michigan (20-10) should roll over Minnesota (9-21) today in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Then the Wolverines meet Ohio State.
Southern Cal (21-10) meets Stanford (18-11) in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament. Both have RPIs in the 50s so the loser is likely staying home.
Alabama (20-10) must beat Kentucky today at the SEC Tournament to have any shot of getting in the field. With Ronald Steele and Jamereo Davidson both hurting, it will be tough.
TOP 65 BY REGIONS
*—Already earned automatic bid. Other conference winners are projected.
YOU WANT TO CHANGE THESE SEEDS?
Give it a shot but consider this: Teams from the same conference cannot meet until a regional championship game. So in any one regional they cannot be on these same seeds in the bracket: 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16 OR 2,3,6,7,10,11,14,15.
EAST REGIONAL, EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
1: Ohio State (Big Ten champ)
2: Georgetown (Big East champ)
3: Tennessee (SEC at-large)
4: Texas (Big 12 at-large)
5: Arizona (Pac-10 at-large)
6: Virginia Tech (ACC at-large)
7: Creighton* (Missouri Valley champ)
8: Boston College (ACC at-large)
9: Syracuse (Big East at-large)
10: BYU (Mountain West at-large)
11: Old Dominion (Colonial at-large)
12: Davidson* (Southern champ)
13: Holy Cross/Bucknell winner (Patriot)
14: Vermont/Albany winner (America East)
15: Oral Roberts* (Mid-Continent champs)
16: Niagara* (Metro Atlantic Champ)
SOUTH REGIONAL, SAN ANTONIO
1: Florida (SEC champ)
2: Texas A&M (Big 12 at-large)
3: Maryland (ACC at-large)
4: Washington State (Pac-10 at-large)
5: Louisville (Big East at-large)
6: UNLV (Mountain West champ)
7: Notre Dame (Big East at-large)
8: Indiana (Big Ten at-large)
9: Xavier (A-10 champ)
10: Oregon (Pac-10 at large)
11: Winthrop* (Big South champ)
12: Clemson (ACC at-large)
13: Drexel (Colonial at-large)
14: TAMU-CC (Southland champ)
15: Delaware State (MEAC champ)
16: North Texas* (Sun Belt champ)
MIDWEST REGIONAL, ST. LOUIS
1: Kansas (Big 12 champ)
2: North Carolina (ACC champ)
3: Pittsburgh (Big East at-large)
4: Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley at-large)
5: Virginia (ACC at-large)
6: Butler (Horizon at-large)
7: Michigan State (Big Ten at-large)
8: Kentucky (SEC at-large)
9: Air Force (Mountain West at-large)
10: Southern Cal (Pac-10 at-large)
11: VCU* (Colonial champ)
12: Purdue (Big Ten at-large)
13: Missouri State (Missouri Valley at-large)
14: Toledo (Mid-America champ)
15: Eastern Kentucky* (Ohio Valley champ)
16: Mississippi Valley (SWAC) vs. Weber State* (Big Sky champ)(Play in game)
WEST REGIONAL, SAN JOSE
1: UCLA (PAC-10 champ)
2: Wisconsin (Big Ten at-large)
3: Memphis (Conference USA champ)
4: Marquette (Big East at-large)
5: Duke (ACC at-large)
6: Vanderbilt (SEC-at large)
7: Georgia Tech (ACC at-large)
8: Nevada (WAC champ)
9: Texas Tech (Big 12 at-large)
10: Villanova (Big East at-large)
11: Wright State* (Horizon champ)
12: Gonzaga* (West Coast champ)
13: Long Beach State (Big West champ)
14: Penn* (Ivy League champs)
15: Belmont* (Atlantic Sun champ)
16: Central Connecticut* (Northeast champ)
TOP 65 BY CONFERENCE
We project that 21 of the 31 conferences will receive only one bid. The other 44 spots in the NCAA Field will be divided among the 10 remaining conferences as follows:
ACC (8): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech.
Big East (7): Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Syracuse, Villanova.
Big Ten (5): Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin.
Big 12 (4): Kansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech.
Colonial (3): Drexel, Old Dominion, VCU*
Horizon (2): Wright State*, Butler.
Missouri Valley (3): Creighton*, Missouri State, Southern Illinois.
Mountain West (3): Air Force, BYU, UNLV
PAC-10 (5): Arizona, Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA, Washington State
SEC (4): Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
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