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: Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga
2-seeds: Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, Louisville
3-seeds: Oregon, Baylor, UCLA, Florida State
4-seeds: Florida, West Virginia, Butler, Notre Dame
5-seeds: Virginia, Iowa State, Purdue, SMU
6-seeds: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Creighton, Michigan
7-seeds: Wisconsin, St. Mary’s, Maryland, Arkansas
8-seeds: Dayton, Miami-FL, Xavier, VCU
9-seeds: Wichita State, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech
10-seeds: South Carolina, Northwestern, Marquette, Michigan State
11-seeds: Wake Forest, Rhode Island, Seton Hall, Providence, Kansas State, Southern California
12-seeds: Middle Tennessee, Nevada, UNC Wilmington, Princeton
13-seeds: Vermont, Bucknell, East Tennessee State, New Mexico State
14-seeds: Winthrop, Florida Gulf Coast, Iona, Northern Kentucky
15-seeds: Texas Southern, Kent State, Jacksonville State, North Dakota
16-seeds: New Orleans, South Dakota State, Mount St. Mary’s, Troy, UC Davis, North Carolina Central
NIT Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Illinois, Syracuse, TCU, Illinois State
2-seeds: California, Georgia, Houston, Indiana
3-seeds: Clemson, Alabama, UT-Arlington, Monmouth
4-seeds: Iowa, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Utah
5-seeds: Brigham Young, Belmont, Akron, UCF
6-seeds: Charleston, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Colorado
7-seeds: Texas A & M, Colorado State, Boise State, Cal State Bakersfield
8-seeds: Oakland, UNC Greensboro, South Dakota, UC Irvine
Ranking of Other Postseason Contenders: Richmond, San Diego State, Fresno State, Davidson