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College  | Story | 4/2/2015

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Selection Monday is a mere eight weeks from this past Monday so it’s time to start our Nostradamus impersonation. There is obviously a ton of time for things to shake themselves out but here is a first attempt at Regional predictions.

The process splits into two categories: selection and seeding. Selection breaks down into 31 automatic bids followed by 33 at-large bids. Automatic bids are won on the field whereas the at large bids are awarded by the Selection Committee.

The seeding we will focus on consists of the Top 8 National Seeds followed by the “next eight” Regional hosts. The Top 8 National Seeds have earned the right to host all the way to Omaha. Home field advantage plays an enormous role in this tournament.

We will first list the 31 automatic bids by conference, and this is only because it affects who is left for at-large bids. Since a team’s entire “body of work” is so critical to this process, a midseason prediction is more fun than function. But it is interesting to see where teams stand at this juncture. And we’re off.

Records listed as of Monday, March 30


Automatic Bids:

Conference School
Conference School
America East Stony Brook
MEAC Delaware State
American UCF
Missouri Valley Dallas Baptist
Atlantic 10 St. Louis
Mountain West Nevada
ACC Florida State
Northeast Central Connecticut State
Atlantic Sun North Florida
Ohio Valley Southeast Missouri State
Big Ten Maryland
Pac-12 UCLA
Big 12 Texas Christian
Patriot Navy
Big East St. John's
SEC Louisiana State
Big South Coastal Carolina
Southern Wofford
Big West UC Santa Barbara
Southland Southeastern Louisiana
Colonial UNC-Wilmington
SWAC Alabama State
Conference USA Rice
Summit Oral Roberts
Horizon Wright State
Sun Belt Georgia Southern
Ivy Columbia
WCC San Diego
MAAC Canisius
WAC Sacramento State
MAC Kent State




Top 8 National Seeds:


No. School Record RPI
1 Louisiana State 23-5 22
2 Florida State 22-7 3
3 Texas Christian 21-4 5
4 Texas A&M 27-2 4
5 Vanderbilt 22-6 13
6 UCLA 21-5 5
7 Florida 23-6 10
8 Arizona State 18-7 8


The “Next Eight” Regional Hosts:

No. School Record RPI
9 Louisville 21-7 18
10 Miami 19-9 2
11 UCF 22-7 12
12 Nebraska 21-7 17
13 UC Santa Barbara 19-7 32
14 Dallas Baptist 22-3 1
15 Virginia 18-8 39
16 Oklahoma State 19-8 9

Bold indicates a team earning an at large bid as a Host school

The Top 8 National Seed decisions were fairly clear cut with the exception of choosing between Louisville and Florida State from the ACC. Louisville’s RPI hurt them, it stands at 23 currently, but there is plenty of time for that to improve.

The next eight Hosts made for a very difficult exercise. The Power 5 conferences possess all of the RPI advantages once conference play starts so there will be teams from those leagues who will come on like gangbusters in the next two months. For now, it was refreshing to reward teams like Dallas Baptist, Nebraska, and UC Santa Barbara.


The 33 At-Large Bids:
This list will be 24 teams since 9 at-large bids will come from the Hosts above


School Record RPI
Bradley 17-6 15
Florida Atlantic 22-6 7
Georgia Tech 17-10 21
Iowa 16-6 11
Missouri State 17-7 14



California 20-7 36
Auburn 17-11 28
Ole Miss 14-14 19
Alabama 14-12 23
Illinois 18-6-1 29



North Carolina 16-11 25
Indiana 16-8 33
Middle Tennessee State 16-10 20
Texas 17-11 55
San Diego State 22-6 26



South Florida 20-8-1 31
Kentucky 18-10 16
Southern California 22-6 35
College of Charleston 17-7 43
Wake Forest 19-11 67



South Carolina 19-9 54
Oregon State 21-7 73
Missouri 19-9 59
Houston 19-9 30


Close but Out:

School Record RPI
Ohio State 18-7 24
Connecticut 17-9 27
Cal State Fullerton 14-13 37
West Virginia 15-10 38
Notre Dame 16-10 45
Michigan State 12-12 47
Fresno State 16-13 51
UAB 17-9 57
Louisiana 15-10 58
Cal State Northridge 20-8 60
Clemson 13-13 62
New Mexico 14-11 63
Liberty 17-10 64
Long Beach State 13-10 65
Memphis 17-6 66
Virginia Tech 15-14 68
Oregon 17-11 69
Texas Tech 18-10 71
Duke 19-9 72
Georgia 18-11 85
Tulane 18-10 88
Oklahoma 18-12 96
Arizona 22-6 95
Stanford* 10-14 50

* Teams under .500 are ineligible for at-large bid


Interesting notes from at-large bids:

There are 10 teams from the SEC which equals last year’s record of 10 teams. It’s hard to imagine that 10 teams actually make it through the SEC gauntlet unscathed, but it is clearly the deepest conference in the nation.

The list of teams on the “Out” list is strong and you can look for several of these teams to jump into the mix in short order. Many of these teams will naturally improve their RPIs through conference play but they must do that in order to avoid scaring off the Committee.

Any time your RPI gets into the 50s or higher, it is time to get nervous. For perspective, UCF was left out of last year’s field with an RPI of 48.



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