If you don’t like this time of year, then you don’t enjoy fun.
Four teams have already punched their ticket to the dance, now we have 64 spots remaining.
Liberty won the Atlantic Sun tournament to make their fourth appearance in the tournament in school history. Gardner-Webb won the Big South tournament for their first appearance in school history in the big dance. Bradley erased an 18-point deficit to win the Missouri Valley tournament to secure their auto bid. Murray State won the Ohio Valley tournament.
Who else will punch their ticket to the big dance this week in “auto bid week”?
Here are my projections:
1. Virginia
1. North Carolina
1. Kentucky
1. Gonzaga
2. Tennessee
2. LSU
2. Michigan State
2. Duke
3. Purdue
3. Michigan
3. Texas Tech
3. Houston
4. Wisconsin
4. Kansas
4. Kansas State
4. Florida State
5. Maryland
5. Virginia Tech
5. Marquette
5. Nevada
6. Iowa State
6. Auburn
6. Mississippi State
6. Buffalo
7. Louisville
7. Wofford
7. Villanova
7. VCU
8. Washington
8. Cincinnati
8. Baylor
8. Central Florida
9. Oklahoma
9. Ole Miss
9. Iowa
9. Syracuse
10. Minnesota
10. Seton Hall
10. St. John’s
10. Arizona State
11. Temple
11. Texas
11. TCU
11. Florida
12. Utah State
12. New Mexico State
12. Ohio State
12. NC State
12. Murray State
12. Clemson
13. Wright State
13. Hofstra
13. UC Irvine
13. Vermont
14. Liberty
14. Old Dominion
14. Harvard
14. Montana
15. Georgia State
15. Colgate
15. Omaha
15. Bradley
16. Gardner-Webb
16. Prairie View A&M
16. St. Francis (PA)
16. Sam Houston State
16. Iona
16. Norfolk State
