The Field 3/15

We're taking some teams off the bubble. Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, UAB, Houston, Maryland, UMASS and Dayton are history. St. Joseph's and Temple are now in the discussion, and one of them will get an A-10 autobid.

We'll be comparing these resumes throughout the day.

The Bubble
Syracuse
Villanova
Kentucky
Baylor
Virginia Tech
Ohio St.
Arizona
Arizona St.
Oregon
VCU
Illinois St.
Temple
St. Joseph's

We are pretty sure the Pac 10 gets six bids. The question is who will they be. Arizona State's woeful RPI is made up for by their 2 head-to-head wins over rival Arizona (who everyone seems to agree is in) and a win over top 10 Xavier. Oregon feels like the team on the outside looking in.

With Virginia Tech's last second loss to North Carolina today, all of the non A-10 teams on our bubble are in wait and see mode.

62 locks on this list. Leaving room for three additional teams below the dotted line.

America East (1)
UMBC

Atlantic 10 (2)
Xavier
St. Joseph's
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Temple

ACC (4)
North Carolina
Duke
Clemson
Miami
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Virginia Tech

Atlantic Sun (1)
Belmont

Big 12 (6)
Kansas
Texas
Kansas St.
Baylor
Oklahoma
Texas A&M

Big East (7)
Georgetown
Louisville
Connecticut
Marquette
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
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Syracuse
Villanova

Big Sky (1)
Portland St.

Big South (1)
Winthrop

Big 10 (4)
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Michigan St.
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Ohio St.

Big West (1)
UC Irvine / Cal St. Fullerton

Colonial (1)
George Mason
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VCU

Conference USA (1)
Memphis

Horizon (1)
Butler

Ivy (1)
Cornell

MAAC (1)
Siena

MAC (1)
Kent St.

MEAC (1)
Morgan St.

MVC (1)
Drake
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Illinois St.

Mountain West (2)
BYU
UNLV

Northeast (1)
Mt. St. Mary’s

OVC (1)
Austin Peay

Pac 10 (6)
UCLA
Stanford
Washington St.
USC
Arizona
Arizona St.
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Oregon

Patriot (1)
American

SEC (5)
Tennessee
Mississippi St.
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Arkansas

Southern (1)
Davidson

Southland (1)
Texas Arlington / Northwestern St.

SWAC (1)
Jackson St. / Mississippi Valley St.

Summit (1)
Oral Roberts

Sun Belt (2)
Western Kentucky
S. Alabama

WCC (3)
Gonzaga
San Diego
St. Mary’s

WAC (1)
Boise St. / New Mexico St.