1st Round
#7 Houston over #10 East Carolina
#6 So. Miss over #11 Tulane
#5 Tulsa over #12 Rice
#8 SMU over #9 UCF
Quarterfinals
#2 Memphis over Houston
#3 UAB over So. Miss
#4 Marshall over #5 Tulsa
#1 UTEP over SMU
Semifinals
UTEP over Marshall
UAB over Memphis
Final
UTEP over UAB
Quarterfinals
#1 Jackson St. over #8 Grambling St.
#5 Texas So. over #4 Prairie View A&M
#3 Alabama St. over #6 Alabama A&M
#2 Ark.-Pine Bluff over #7 Miss. Valley St.
Semifinals
Texas So. over Jackson St.
Ark.-Pine Bluff over Alabama St.
Final
Ark.-Pine Bluff over Texas So.
1st Round
#8 Wyoming over #9 Air Force
Quarterfinals
#1 New Mexico over Wyoming
#4 San Diego St. over #5 Colorado St.
#2 BYU over #7 TCU
#3 UNLV over #6 Utah
Semifinals
New Mexico over San Diego St.
BYU over UNLV
Final
New Mexico over BYU
The Big West pairs high seeds with bis against lowest remaining seeds. I’ll pick each round once we know what the pairings are.
1st Round
#5 CSU-Fullerton over #8 CSU-Northridge
#7 UC-Irvine over #6 Cal Poly
The Big 12 has the highest conference RPI in the country. If Missouri does as I expect them to in the conference tournament, this will be a 7-bid league.
1st Round
#9 Texas Tech over #8 Colorado
#5 Missouri over #12 Nebraska
#7 Oklahoma St. over #10 Oklahoma
#6 Texas over #11 Iowa St.
Quarterfinals
#1 Kansas over Texas Tech
Missouri over #4 Texas A&M
#2 Kansas St. over Oklahoma St.
#3 Baylor over Texas
Semifinals
Kansas over Missouri
Baylor over Kansas St.
Final
Kansas over Baylor
1st Round
#9 USF over #16 DePaul
#12 UConn over #13 St. John’s
#10 Seton Hall over #15 Providence
#14 Rutgers over #11 Cinci
2nd Round
#8 Georgetown over USF
UConn over #5 Marquette
#7 Notre Dame over Seton Hall
#6 Louisville over Rutgers
Quarterfinals
#1 Syracuse over Georgetown
UConn over #4 Villanova
#2 Pitt over Notre Dame
#3 WVU over Louisville
Semifinals
Syracuse over UConn
WVU over Pitt
Final
WVU over Syracuse
The “Atlantic 14″ could get as many as 5 bids to the NCAA Tournament this year, but that all depends on what happens in these 11 games.
1st Round
#9 Duquesne over #8 St. Bonaventure
#5 Rhode Island over #12 St. Joseph’s
#7 Dayton over #10 George Washington
#6 Charlotte over #11 Massachusetts
Quarterfinals
#1 Temple over Duquesne
#4 St. Louis over Rhode Island
#2 Xavier over Dayton
Charlotte over #3 Richmond
Semifinals
Temple over SLU
Xavier over Charlotte
Final
Xavier over Temple
1st Round
#7 Bethune-Cookman over #10 Florida A&M
#11 Coppin St. over #6 Maryland E. Shore
#9 NC A&T over #8 Howard
Quarterfinals
#2 Delaware St. over Bethune-Cookman
#3 SC State over MD E. Shore
#5 Hampton over #4 Norfolk St.
#1 Morgan St. over NC A&T
Semifinals
SC State over Delaware St.
Morgan St. over Hampton
Final
Morgan St. over SC State
1st Round
#7 Western Michigan over #10 Bowling Green (WMU 75, BGSU 73)
#11 Northern Illinois over #6 Eastern Michigan (EMU 65, NIU 59)
#9 Ohio U. over #8 Ball St. (Ohio 85, BSU 77 OT)
#5 Buffalo over #12 Toledo (Buffalo 72, Toledo 54)
Quarterfinals
Western Michigan over #2 Central Michigan
#3 Akron over Eastern Michigan
#1 Kent St. over Ohio
#4 Miami (OH) over Buffalo
Semifinals
Akron over Western Michigan
Kent St. over Ohio
Final
Kent St. over Akron
The Big Sky gives its top two seeds (Weber St. and Northern Colorado) bis to the semifinals, where they will play the highest remaining seeds. I will update this post to pick the semfinal matchups after the quarterfinals are over.
Quarterfinals
#4 Montana over #5 Northern Arizona (Montana 81, Northern AZ 60)
#3 Montana St. over #6 Portland St. (Portland St. 68, Montana St. 65)
Semifinals
#1 Weber St. over Portland St.
Montana over #2 Northern Colorado
Final
Montana over Weber St.
