If anyone cares, here’s JP’s Schmackatology.
(Not what I "THINK the committee will do," but "What I WOULD SAY if I was the committee)
CHAMPS (11): Liberty, Murray St, Northeastern, Saint Mary’s, Gardner Webb, Bradley, South Dakota St, Northern Kentucky, Fairleigh Dickinson, Iona
Locks (31)
WCC (1): Gonzaga
ACC (6): Virginia*, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Florida St, Louisville
B10 (5): Michigan St*, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Maryland
SEC (5): Kentucky, Tennessee, LSU*, Auburn, Mississippi St
B12 (4): Texas Tech*, Kansas, Iowa St, Kansas St
AAC (3): Houston*, Cincinnati, UCF
BE (2): Villanova*, Marquette
MWC (2): Nevada*, Utah St
P12 (1): Washington*
SoCon (1): Wofford (AUTO)
MAC (1): Buffalo*
AUTO/ONE BID (11)
New Mexico St* (WAC), UC Irvine* (Big West), Vermont* (America East), Yale* (Ivy), Old Dominion* (C-USA), Georgia St* (Sun Belt), Montana* (Big Sky), Colgate* (Patriot), Sam Houston St* (Southland), Prairie View A&M* (SWAC), Norfolk St* (MEAC),
BUBBLE (14 or 15 spots left)
VCU*
UNCG
Belmont
Furman
Temple
Lipscomb
Ole Miss
Toledo
Syracuse
North Carolina St
Baylor
Florida
Hofstra (X)
Saint John's
Seton Hall
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TCU
Arizona St
East Tennessee St (X)
Creighton
Georgetown
Clemson (X)
Davidson
Dayton
Colorado
Ohio St
San Francisco (X)
Providence
Oregon
Alabama
Xavier
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Arkansas
Indiana
Memphis
Texas
Butler
Other Potential Bid Stealers Alive: 119
You may now lose your shit.
(Not what I "THINK the committee will do," but "What I WOULD SAY if I was the committee)
CHAMPS (11): Liberty, Murray St, Northeastern, Saint Mary’s, Gardner Webb, Bradley, South Dakota St, Northern Kentucky, Fairleigh Dickinson, Iona
Locks (31)
WCC (1): Gonzaga
ACC (6): Virginia*, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Florida St, Louisville
B10 (5): Michigan St*, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Maryland
SEC (5): Kentucky, Tennessee, LSU*, Auburn, Mississippi St
B12 (4): Texas Tech*, Kansas, Iowa St, Kansas St
AAC (3): Houston*, Cincinnati, UCF
BE (2): Villanova*, Marquette
MWC (2): Nevada*, Utah St
P12 (1): Washington*
SoCon (1): Wofford (AUTO)
MAC (1): Buffalo*
AUTO/ONE BID (11)
New Mexico St* (WAC), UC Irvine* (Big West), Vermont* (America East), Yale* (Ivy), Old Dominion* (C-USA), Georgia St* (Sun Belt), Montana* (Big Sky), Colgate* (Patriot), Sam Houston St* (Southland), Prairie View A&M* (SWAC), Norfolk St* (MEAC),
BUBBLE (14 or 15 spots left)
VCU*
UNCG
Belmont
Furman
Temple
Lipscomb
Ole Miss
Toledo
Syracuse
North Carolina St
Baylor
Florida
Hofstra (X)
Saint John's
Seton Hall
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TCU
Arizona St
East Tennessee St (X)
Creighton
Georgetown
Clemson (X)
Davidson
Dayton
Colorado
Ohio St
San Francisco (X)
Providence
Oregon
Alabama
Xavier
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Arkansas
Indiana
Memphis
Texas
Butler
Other Potential Bid Stealers Alive: 119
You may now lose your shit.