I will send out final brackets in a few minutes, but here is the final seed list for both my NCAA and NIT Bracket Projections. The teams below are displayed below on an S-curve, so they are ranked from left to right within each seeding line. The italicized teams are ones predicted to win their conference tourney and gain an automatic bid to the dance. Teams in bold have already earend automatic bids to this year’s NCAA or NIT tournament by virtue of either winning their respective conference tournaments (NCAA auto bids) or conference regular season (NIT auto bids). Feel free to comment or debate.
NCAA Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Kansas, North Carolina, Michigan State, Oregon
2-seeds: Villanova, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia
3-seeds: Xavier, Miami-FL, Utah, Purdue
4-seeds: Kentucky, Texas A & M, Duke, Indiana
5-seeds: Maryland, California, Iowa State, Seton Hall
6-seeds: Arizona, Baylor, Texas, Iowa
7-seeds: Notre Dame, Dayton, St. Joe’s, Texas Tech
8-seeds: Colorado, Oregon State, Wisconsin, Providence
9-seeds: Southern California, UConn, VCU, Cincinnati
10-seeds: Butler, Pittsburgh, St. Bonaventure, Wichita State
11-seeds: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, San Diego State, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Northern Iowa
12-seeds: Arkansas-Little Rock, Chattanooga, Yale, South Dakota State
13-seeds: UNC-Wilmington, Fresno State, Iona, Stephen F. Austin
14-seeds: Stony Brook, Hawaii, Middle Tennessee, Green Bay
15-seeds: Buffalo, Weber State, UNC-Asheville, Cal State-Bakersfield
16-seeds: Hampton, Austin Peay, Southern, Florida Gulf Coast, Fairleigh Dickinson, Holy Cross
NIT Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Temple, Monmouth, South Carolina, Florida
2-seeds: Tulsa, Syracuse, Valpo, Georgia Tech
3-seeds: Georgia, Alabama, Florida State, George Washington
4-seeds: Akron, Washington, Ohio State, Houston
5-seeds: Davidson, Princeton, Virginia Tech, LSU
6-seeds: Stanford, Brigham Young, Hofstra, UAB
7-seeds: IPFW, Belmont, New Mexico State, North Florida
8-seeds: High Point, Wagner, Bucknell, Texas Southern
Ranking of Other Postseason Contenders: Kansas State, Ole Miss, Creighton, UC-Irvine, Evansvillle, Marquette, Northwestern