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. Teams in bold have earned automatic bids to this year’s NCAA tournament by virtue of winning their respective conference tournament. Feel free to comment or debate.
NCAA Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, Illinois
Last minute contingency: if Illinois wins Big 10 title game they switch spots with Michigan as # 3 overall seed and Michigan becomes 3 4 overall see
2-seeds: Ohio State, Iowa, Alabama, Houston
Last minute contingency: if Cincinnati upsets Houston in AAC title game then Texas will get the last # 2 seed and Houston will fall to the three line
3-seeds: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma State
4-seeds: Virginia, Purdue, West Virginia, Tennessee
5-seeds: Florida State, Villanova, Colorado, Southern California
6-seeds: Creighton, Wisconsin, LSU, Brigham Young
7-seeds: Missouri, Texas Tech, North Carolina, San Diego State
8-seeds: Clemson, Oregon, Georgia Tech, Florida
9-seeds: Oklahoma, UConn, Loyola-IL, St. Bonaventure
10-seeds: VCU, Rutgers, Maryland, Virginia Tech
11-seeds: Syracuse, Michigan State, Louisville, UCLA, Drake, Utah State
12-seeds: Georgetown, Winthrop, Oregon State, North Texas
13-seeds: UC Santa Barbara, Colgate, UNC Greensboro, Liberty
14-seeds: Ohio, Abilene Christian, Eastern Washington, Morehead State
15-seeds: Grand Canyon, Drexel, Iona, Cleveland State
16-seeds: Oral Roberts, Norfolk State, Hartford, Mount Saint Mary’s, Appalachian State, Texas Southern
NIT Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Duke, Ole Miss, Saint Louis, Boise State
2-seeds: Wichita State, Colorado State, Seton Hall, Xavier
3-seeds: St. John’s, Memphis, Richmond, Penn State
4-seeds: Indiana, NC State, SMU, Davidson
First 8 Out of NIT: Saint Mary’s, Minnesota, Dayton, Providence, Mississippi State, Toledo, Louisiana Tech, Kentucky
