Dispatch college basketball reporter Bill Rabinowitz's latest projections for the NCAA Tournament, with seeds in parentheses:
No-brainers (28) Atlantic Coast (2): Duke (1), Maryland (7)
Atlantic 10 (3): Temple (4), Xavier (6), Richmond (7)
Big 12 (5): Kansas (1), Kansas State (2), Baylor (5), Texas A&M (6), Texas (6)
Big East (5): Syracuse (1), West Virginia (2), Villanova (3), Pittsburgh (3), Georgetown (5)
Big Ten (4): Purdue (2), Ohio State (2), Michigan State (4), Wisconsin (4)
Horizon (1): Butler (5)
Ivy (1): Cornell (10)
Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa (7)
Mountain West (2): New Mexico (3), Brigham Young (4)
Southeastern (3): Kentucky (1), Vanderbilt (3), Tennessee (5)
West Coast (1): Gonzaga (6)
Barely in (20) ACC (5): Wake Forest (8), Georgia Tech (9), Clemson (9), Florida State (8), Virginia Tech (11)
Big 12 (2): Missouri (7), Oklahoma State (8)
Big East (3): Louisville (9), Marquette (10), Connecticut (10)
Big Ten (1): Minnesota (12)
Colonial (1): Old Dominion (11)
Conference USA (2): Texas El-Paso (11), Alabama-Birmingham (12)
Mountain West (1): Nevada-Las Vegas (9)
Pacific-10 (1): California (8)
SEC (3): Florida (10), Mississippi State (11), Mississippi (12)
West Coast (1): St. Mary's (12)
Barely out A-10: Dayton, Rhode Island, Charlotte
Big East: Notre Dame, Cincinnati
Big Ten: Illinois
Mountain West: San Diego State
Pac-10: Arizona State, Washington
Still a chance A-10: St. Louis
Big East: South Florida, Seton Hall
Big 12: Texas Tech
Colonial: Virginia Commonwealth, William & Mary
Conference USA: Memphis, Tulsa, Marshall
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Projected automatic qualifiers from one-bid leagues (17) America East: Stony Brook (16)*
Atlantic Sun: Belmont (15)
Big Sky: Weber State (14)
Big South: Coastal Carolina (14)
Big West: Cal-Santa Barbara (15)
Metro Atlantic: Siena (13)
Mid-American: Kent State (13)
Mid-Eastern Athletic: Morgan State (16)
Northeast: Quinnipiac (16)
Ohio Valley: Murray State (13)
Patriot: Lehigh (16)
Southern: Wofford (15)
Southland: Sam Houston State (14)
Southwestern Athletic: Jackson State (16)*
Summit: Oakland (14)
Sun Belt: North Texas (15)
Western Athletic: Utah State (13)
*-Play-in opponents
The field by seed 1: Syracuse, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke
2: Kansas State, West Virginia, Purdue, Ohio State
3. Villanova, New Mexico, Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh
4. Michigan State, Wisconsin, Temple, BYU
5. Baylor, Butler, Georgetown, Tennessee
6. Texas, Xavier, Gonzaga, Texas A&M
7. Maryland, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Richmond
8. Florida State, California, Wake Forest, Oklahoma State
9. Georgia Tech, Clemson, Louisville, UNLV
10: Connecticut, Cornell, Florida, Marquette
11: Texas El-Paso, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech
12: Minnesota, St. Mary's, Ole Miss, Alabama-Birmingham
13: Kent State, Murray State, Utah State, Siena
14: Weber State, Coastal Carolina, Sam Houston State, Oakland
15: Wofford, Belmont, UC Santa Barbara, North Texas
16: Morgan State, Quinnipiac, Lehigh, Stony Brook*, Jackson State*
*-Play-in teams
brabinowitz@dispatch.com