It is time to go out on a limb, baby!
I was sitting down at Another Broken Egg Cafe in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, recently. I got a pad and paper and wrote down my list of teams that should make the Big Dance this season.
Clip and save this, baby! I am sure fans will remind me how I did at the end of the season!
ACC (9 bids): Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Louisville, NC State, Syracuse
America East (1): Stony Brook
American (3): Connecticut, Cincinnati, Tulsa
Atlantic 10 (3): Dayton, Rhode Island, Davidson
Atlantic Sun (1): North Florida
Big East (4): Villanova, Georgetown, Butler, Xavier
Big 12 (6): Kansas, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas, West Virginia
Big Sky (1): Montana
Big South (1): High Point
Big Ten (7): Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Iowa
Big West (1): UC Irvine
Colonial (1): Northeastern
Conference USA (1): UAB
Horizon (1): Valparaiso
Ivy (1): Yale
MAAC (1): Iona
MAC (1): Akron
MEAC (1): Hampton
Missouri Valley (2): Wichita State, Northern Iowa
Mountain West (2): San Diego State, Boise State
NEC (1): Robert Morris
Ohio Valley (1): Belmont
Pac-12 (5): California, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, UCLA
Patriot (1): Lehigh
SEC (5): Kentucky, Vanderbilt, LSU, Texas A&M, Florida
Southern (1): Chattanooga
Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin
Summit (1): South Dakota State
Sun Belt (1): Georgia State
SWAC (1): Texas Southern
WAC (1): New Mexico State
WCC (1): Gonzaga