Projecting the Field 2010

Last year, I got all 65 teams in the NCAA Tournament correctly (take that Joe Lunardi!). I’m gonna try to match that this year. I have no time to predict the seeds though since the selection show is on at 6.

Auto bids:

ACC: Duke
America East: Vermont
Atlantic 10: Temple
Atlantic Sun: East Tennessee State
Big 12: Kansas
Big East: West Virginia
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Ohio State
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
Colonial: Old Dominion
Conference USA: Houston
Horizon: Butler
Ivy: Cornell
MAAC: Siena
MAC: Ohio
MEAC: Morgan State
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
Mountain West: San Diego State
NEC: Robert Morris
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-10: Washington
Patriot: Lehigh
SEC: Kentucky
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: Oakland
Sun Belt: North Texas
SWAC: Arkansas Pine-Bluff
WAC: New Mexico State
WCC: St. Marys

At-large locks:

ACC: Maryland, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech
Atlantic 10: Xavier, Richmond
Big East: Syracuse, Georgetown, Villanova, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Notre Dame, Marquette
Big 12: Kansas State, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State
Big Ten: Purdue, Michigan State, Wisconsin
Mountain West: New Mexico, BYU, UNLV
Pac-10: California
SEC: Tennessee, Vanderbilt
WCC: Gonzaga

Last five in:

Minnesota
Wake Forest
Utah State
UTEP
Florida

Last five out:

Virginia Tech
Mississippi State
Arizona State
Illinois
Seton Hall

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