March Madness Selection Show Preview 3/17

Here we are, Selection Sunday.  Thank God.  I believe we still have 73 teams still in the hunt for the title.  I hope some team doesn't come back from dead to make the tourney, but based on those teams profiles, that would be a travesty.  Below are the teams that are still alive.  We have 31 AUTO bids,
27 LOCKS, and 15 ZOMBIE teams.  So 58 are in for sure.  That leaves 10 ZOMBIE's that will get in the dance.  I ranked them from top to bottom on their chances of getting in the tourney.  Whether I'm correct or not, five teams will die tonight, leaving us with 68 still with a chance to dream the ultimate dream.  Here are your teams....

NOTE: Wisconsin and Ohio State are still playing, one will be a LOCK, the other the AUTO.

AUTO (31):
Atlantic Sun - FLORIDA GULF COAST
Big South - LIBERTY
Colonial - JAMES MADISON
Horizon - VALPARAISO
Ivy - HARVARD
MAAC - IONA
Missouri Valley - CREIGHTON
Ohio Valley - BELMONT
Northeast - LIU-BROOKLYN
Patriot - BUCKNELL
Southern - DAVIDSON
Summit - SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Sun Belt - WESTERN KENTUCKY
West Coast - GONZAGA
America East - ALBANY
Conference USA - MEMPHIS
SWAC - SOUTHERN
MEAC - NORTH CAROLINA A&T
Big 12 - KANSAS
Mountain West -  NEW MEXICO
MAC - AKRON
Southland - NORTHWESTERN STATE
Big East -  LOUISVILLE
Big Sky - MONTANA
Big West - PACIFIC
Pac 12 -  OREGON
WAC - NEW MEXICO STATE
Atlantic 10 - ST. LOUIS
ACC - MIAMI
SEC - MISSISSIPPI
Big Ten -



LOCK (27):
Atlantic 10 - TEMPLE, BUTLER, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
ACC - DUKE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, NORTH CAROLINA
Big 12 - OKLAHOMA STATE, KANSAS STATE
Big East - CINCINNATI, GEORGETOWN, MARQUETTE, NOTRE DAME, PITTSBURGH, SYRACUSE
Big 10 - MICHIGAN, INDIANA, MICHIGAN STATE
Missouri Valley - WICHITA STATE
Mountain West - SAN DIEGO STATE, COLORADO STATE, UNLV
Pac 12 - COLORADO, ARIZONA, UCLA
SEC - MISSOURI, FLORIDA



ZOMBIE (15) Ranked by best chance to get in, to worst chance to get in:
Big Ten - MINNESOTA
Big Ten - ILLINOIS
Big East - VILLANOVA
Big 12 - OKLAHOMA
Pac 12 -  CALIFORNIA
Big 12 - IOWA STATE
Mountain West - BOISE STATE
West Coast - ST. MARY'S
SEC - TENNESSEE
Atlantic 10 - UMASS
Atlantic 10 - LASALLE
SEC - KENTUCKY
Sun Belt - MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
Conference USA - SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
ACC - MARYLAND



Predicted top seeds:
INDIANA
LOUISVILLE
GONZAGA
KANSAS

Let's hear the agreements and disagreements.  This is the last time to call your shot before the brackets are released.  Thanks for following and reading these last couple of next weeks. 

Curt