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: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue
2-seeds: UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Marquette
3-seeds: Gonzaga, UConn, Baylor, Tennessee
4-seeds: Xavier, Kansas State, Duke, Texas A & M
5-seeds: Virginia, Indiana, Iowa State, TCU
6-seeds: San Diego State, Miami-FL, Kentucky, Saint Mary’s
7-seeds: Michigan State, Creighton, Northwestern, Memphis
8-seeds: Florida Atlantic, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa
9-seeds: West Virginia, Penn State, Auburn, Maryland
10-seeds: Boise State, Utah State, Southern Cal, Illinois
11-seeds: Mississippi State, Rutgers, Arizona State, NC State, Providence, Pittsburgh
12-seeds: Oral Roberts, College of Charleston, Drake, VCU
13-seeds: Kent State, Iona, UL-Lafayette, Furman
14-seeds: UC Santa Barbara, Vermont, Colgate, Kennesaw State
15-seeds: Montana State, Princeton, Grand Canyon, UNC Asheville
16-seeds: Northern Kentucky, Texas A & M-Corpus Christi, Howard, Southeast Missouri State, Texas Southern, Fairleigh Dickinson
NIT Tourney Field:
1-seeds: Oklahoma State, Nevada, Clemson, Vanderbilt
2-seeds: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Oregon, Michigan
3-seeds: Texas Tech, North Texas, New Mexico, UAB
4-seeds: Virginia Tech, Colorado, Seton Hall, Villanova
5-seeds: Florida, Utah, Nebraska, Washington State
6-seeds: Liberty, Yale, Bradley, Utah Valley
7-seeds: Toledo, Hofstra, Southern Miss, UC Irvine
8-seeds: Youngstown State, Eastern Washington, Morehead State, Alcorn State
NIT First Four Out: Sam Houston State, UCF, Santa Clara, Wake Forest
NIT Next Four Out: UNLV, BYU, Marshall, San Jose State