If the season ended today (rankings here🙂
AUTOMATIC BIDS (31) (ties broken with pairwise ranking):
- America East: Albany (8-6, #151)
- Atlantic 10: Saint Louis (12-2, #34)
- ACC: Duke (12-1, #3)
- Atlantic Sun: Belmont (9-5, #73)
- Big 12: Baylor (13-0, #2)
- Big East: Syracuse (15-0, #1)
- Big Sky: Weber State (10-3, #81)
- Big South: Coastal Carolina (10-3, #94)
- Big Ten: Ohio State (13-2, #20)
- Big West: Cal State-Fullerton (9-3, #141)
- Colonial: VCU (10-3, #79)
- Conference USA: Southern Miss (13-2, #18)
- Horizon: Milwaukee (10-5, #102)
- Ivy: Harvard (12-1, #11)
- Metro Atlantic: Fairfield (8-6, #137)
- Mid-American: Ohio (12-1, #13)
- MEAC: Norfolk State (10-5, #77)
- Missouri Valley: Missouri State (9-5, #89)
- Mountain West: UNLV (15-2, #19)
- Northeast: Robert Morris (10-4, #62)
- Ohio Valley: Murray State (14-0, #7)
- Pac 12: California (12-3, #56)
- Patriot: Lehigh (11-4, #47)
- SEC: Kentucky (13-1, #8)
- Southern: Charleston (10-3, #53)
- Southland: Lamar (9-5, #98)
- SWAC: Jackson State (2-10, #203)
- Summit: South Dakota State (12-4, #41)
- Sun Belt: Middle Tennessee State (13-2, #35)
- West Coast: Saint Mary’s (13-2, #29)
- WAC: Nevada (10-3, #83)
The two opening round doubleheaders feature, the last 4 at-large teams and the 4 lowest seeds in general:
- Bubble Matchups: Kansas vs Virginia Tech, New Mexico vs Iowa State
- Lowest Seeds: Weber State vs Jackson State, Maine vs Charleston Southern
The draw, disregarding regions and seeding rules:
EAST (Boston)
- (1) Syracuse vs (16) Cal State-Fullerton/Albany
- (8) Cleveland State vs (9) Alabama
- (4) Seton Hall vs (13) Indiana State/West Virginia
- (5) Gonzaga vs (12) Wichita State/Oral Roberts
- (2) Kentucky vs (15) Nevada
- (7) Creighton vs (10) Denver
- (3) North Carolina vs (14) Weber State
- (6) Louisville vs (11) South Dakota State
WEST (Phoenix)
- (1) Connecticut vs (16) Milwaukee
- (8) Saint Mary’s vs (9) Illinois
- (4) Ohio vs (13) Robert Morris
- (5) Michigan State vs (12) Wagner
- (2) Missouri vs (15) Lamar
- (7) Oklahoma vs (10) Purdue
- (3) Virginia vs (14) Belmont
- (6) Marquette vs (11) Colorado State
MIDWEST (Saint Louis)
- (1) Baylor vs (16) Fairfield/Jackson State
- (8) Minnesota vs (9) Saint Louis
- (4) Ohio State vs (13) Charleston
- (5) Southern Miss vs (12) Lehigh
- (2) Murray State vs (15) Missouri State
- (7) San Diego State vs (10) New Mexico
- (3) Kansas State vs (14) VCU
- (6) Michigan vs (11) Wisconsin
SOUTH (Atlanta)
- (1) Duke vs (16) Eastern Kentucky
- (8) Mississippi State vs (9) Middle Tennessee State
- (4) Georgetown vs (13) California
- (5) UNLV vs (12) Virginia Tech
- (2) Indiana vs (15) Coastal Carolina
- (7) Florida vs (10) Temple
- (3) Harvard vs (14) Norfolk State
- (6) Iona vs (11) North Dakota State
Conference Ratings
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- Missouri Valley
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- Pac 12
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