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 Thursday, November 18
Projecting the field of 64
 
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 Listed below are the 64 teams projected by ESPN.com to make the NCAA Tournament. Teams marked with an asterisk were among the final 10 to make the cut. (Note: Due to the split in the WAC and formation of the Mountain West Conference, neither conference is eligible for an automatic bid this season.)

Automatic berths   At-large berths  
Team Conference Team Conference
North Carolina ACC Xavier Atlantic 10
Delaware America East Duke ACC
Temple Atlantic 10 Georgia Tech* ACC
Connecticut Big East Maryland ACC
Weber State Big Sky Virginia* ACC
Winthrop Big South Wake Forest ACC
Michigan State Big Ten Miami (Fla.) Big East
Kansas Big 12 Seton Hall* Big East
New Mexico State Big West St. John's Big East
George Mason CAA Syracuse Big East
Cincinnati C-USA Illinois Big Ten
Penn Ivy Indiana* Big Ten
Siena MAAC Purdue Big Ten
Detroit MCC Ohio State Big Ten
S. Carolina State MEAC Missouri* Big 12
Akron Mid-American Oklahoma Big 12
Valparaiso Mid-Continent Oklahoma State Big 12
Bradley MVC Texas Big 12
C. Conn. St. Northeast DePaul C-USA
Murray State Ohio Valley Louisville C-USA
Arizona Pac-10 South Florida C-USA
Lafayette Patriot Kent Mid-American
Florida SEC Butler* MCC
Appalachian State Southern New Mexico Mountain West
Texas-San Antonio Southland Utah Mountain West
Louisiana Tech Sun Belt Oregon* Pac-10
Alcorn State SWAC Stanford Pac-10
Samford TAAC UCLA Pac-10
Gonzaga West Coast Alabama* SEC
    Auburn SEC
    Kentucky SEC
    Tennessee SEC
    Fresno State WAC
    TCU* WAC
    Tulsa* WAC
 
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