If the season ended today -  (rankings here

The Field of 68.  Easier to present it this way – ignoring procedural seeding rules.  Conference champs (leaders, wins first tiebreak, pairwise ranking second) in caps:

BTW: Got a lot of traffic from Seton Hall fans for having them as a #2 seed.  Hey, as of last Sunday their resume was excellent.  I am not saying it will hold or trying to “predict” – more a “should” bracket than a “will”.  Either way, they have been excellent this season – enjoy!

BOSTON

• (1) SYRACUSE vs (16) UNC-ASHEVILLE/MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE
• (8) Florida vs (9) Virginia
• (4) DAYTON vs (13) Oregon/Iowa State
• (5) West Virginia vs (12) Colorado State
• (2) North Carolina vs (15) AKRON
• (7) Michigan vs (10) MURRAY STATE
• (3) CREIGHTON vs (14) LONG BEACH STATE
• (6) Wichita State vs (11) North Carolina State

PHOENIX

• (1) Missouri vs (16) GEORGE MASON
• (8) CALIFORNIA vs (9) IONA
• (4) Gonzaga vs (13) DAVIDSON
• (5) Southern Miss vs (12) Mississippi
• (2) KANSAS vs (15) NORFOLK STATE
• (7) Louisville vs (10) Minnesota
• (3) Marquette vs (14) CENTRAL FLORIDA
• (6) UConn vs (11) MIDDLE TENNESSEE

ATLANTA

• (1) KENTUCKY vs (16) TEXAS-ARLINGTON/BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• (8) Vanderbilt vs (9) Florida State
• (4) Michigan State vs (13) Memphis/Purdue
• (5) Temple vs (12) Northern Iowa
• (2) OHIO STATE vs (15) BELMONT
• (7) Illinois vs (10) Alabama
• (3) Seton Hall vs (14) WEBER STATE
• (6) Mississippi State vs (11) HARVARD

SAINT LOUIS

• (1) DUKE vs (16) LONG ISLAND
• (8) SAINT MARY’S vs (9) SAN DIEGO STATE
• (4) UNLV vs (13) CLEVELAND STATE
• (5) Indiana vs (12) Arkansas
• (2) Baylor vs (15) BUCKNELL
• (7) Wisconsin vs (10) ORAL ROBERTS
• (3) Georgetown vs (14) NEVADA
• (6) Kansas State vs (11) Xavier

First four out: New Mexico, Saint Louis, South Dakota State, Denver

Next four out: Marshall, Northwestern, Ohio, Stanford

Multi-Bid Leagues

• Big 12 (5)
• Big Ten (8)
• Conference USA (3)
• Pac 12 (2)
• Mountain West (3)
• Missouri Valley (3)
• SEC (7)
• Atlantic 10 (3)
• West Coast (2)
• Big East (7)