Spec Sheet 3/2

KJ's 2006 NCAA Bid Spec Sheet
Picks as of 3/2
The smaller conferences start their dance ticket chase, while some bubble teams solidify their tourney chances with stunning home wins over top ten teams. The field listing under some league are the teams left in that particular conference that could theoritcally earn the berth by winning

Atlantic Coast
Locks Duke, Bost College, UNC, NC State
Work to Do Virginia, Florida State
Win it to get in it Field
KJ Sez: Florida State may have gotten itself a dance ticket, provided they don't bomb out against Miami and in the Acc tourney

Atlantic 10
In George Washington
Win it to Get in it Charlotte
Bandit Sez: Pops Mensah-Bonsu is out till the NCAA tourney, which may hurt GW's chances at a #2 seed

Big 12
Locks Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas , Texas A&M
Win It to get in Nebraska
KJ Sez: A&M stunned the Longhorns and now has the eye catching win that the selection committee likes to see. Unless they flop in the Big 12 tourney next week, they get in. Nebraska needs to win out and get to the Big 12 finals, if not win the whole shootin' match to have a shot.

Big East
In- W. Va, UConn, Pitt, Villanova, Marquette, Georgetown, Syracuse, Cincy
Work To Do Seton Hall
KJ Sez: I'm still not convinced Seton Hall gets in, Cincy hurt its seeding chances with a lackluster loss to the Pirates and may need to upset West Va. and win one in Big East tourney, but I still have 'em in for now...

Big 10
In Illinois Michigan Wisconsin, Iowa , Michigan State, Ohio State
Work To Do Indiana
Win It to Get in it Minnesota
KJ Sez: Ohio State and Iowa are trying to get the top spot in the Big Ten while Minnesota blew any chance they had

C-USA
In Memphis
Win it to Get In it UAB, UTEP
KJ Sez:Memphis is looking more and more like the only entry from this conference, UAB and UTEP wish that the Tigers had've gotten accepted to the Big East

Colonial
LockGeorge Mason
Work To Do Hofstra
Win It To Get in it UNC-Wilmington, Old Dominion
KJ Sez: George Mason is safe, The team that advanced the furthest between Hofstra, UNCW and ODU has the inside track for the at-large berth.
Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament: Mar 3-6 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond Va.

Mountain West
Lock San Diego State
Work To Do Air Force
Win It to Get In it BYU Bandit Sez: SDSU is safe unless they do something ignorant like lose the tourney opener, Air Force needs to finish out strong to get the selection committee to ignore its woeful Strength of Schedule. BYU may have to get to the MWC finals to get a serious look.

Mid-American
In Akron, Kent St
Hopin' and Wishin' Miami, Northern Illinois Bandit Sez: Nothing has changed here but only one of the in teams will make it.

Missouri Valley
Locks Wichita State, Missouri State, Creighton
Work To Do Southern Illinois
Win It To Get In It Northern Iowa
KJ Sez: The Shockers and Bears are still safe regardless and the Blue Jays are in decent shape only needing to not lose in their conference opener. Northern Iowa losing a heartbreaker to SIU last Saturday means that they may have to get to the MVC finals to get a look. SIU needs to win at least one win to be safe
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament: Mar 2-5 Savvis Center St. Louis

Pac-10
In UCLA, Cal, Washington, Arizona
Win It To Get In It Stanford, USC
KJ Sez: UCLA is marking time till selection sunday, Washington and Cal are just jockeying for position and Arizona is in for sure. Stanford simply put must win out and get to the Pac-10 finals. USC is in the same boat. Stanford and SC tussle Thursday in what could very well be a game for another NCAA bid.

Patriot
Lock Bucknell
Work To Do' Lehigh
Win It To Get In It Holy Cross
KJ Sez: Bucknell finished a perfect Patriot League season and all Lehigh and Holy Cross can hope to do is knock the Bison off in the Patriot League tourney which is in Lewisburg. Good Luck Patriot League Tournament: Mar 3-5 (First 3 rounds Lewisburg, PA & Worcester, MA) Mar 10th (Championship at Highest Remaing Seed)

SEC
LocksTennessee, Florida, LSU, 'Bama, Arkansas, UK
Win It To Get In It Field
KJ Sez: To quote a line from rock supergroup Queen "Are Ya Happy? Are Ya Satisified??? UK's gutty win in Knoxville gets them in...grudgingly

WAC
Lock Nevada
Win It To Get In It Utah State, New Mexico State
KJ Sez: Nevada held off Utah State Saturday and barring an epic collapse are in good shape. Utah State and New Mexico State need to run the table

West Coast
In Gonzaga
Win It To Get In It Field
KJ Sez: Gonzaga got pushed but finished its perfect regular season conference run. Two more wins on its home court gets them a #2 seed. The deck is reaqlly stacked against its opponents, as 6 of the other 8 teams in the conferences have to win 3 or 4 games to win the tournament, only Loyola Marymount gets a free pass to the conference Semis and even if they win they still have to break the Bulldogs lengthy conference and home winning streaks.
West Coast Conference Tournament: Mar 3-6 McCartney Athletic Center Spokane, WA

1 bid conferences:
Tourney winners of the following will get the auto bid with no others from the conference: Amer. East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Horizon, Ivy, MAAC, MEAC, Mid-Continent, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC

This list is under the provision that no are wild card/cinderellas in their respective tourneys. That won’t happen right?