Welcome back to mega-post part II, oh great and wonderful college sports fans. We now have the 8-team lineup for the College Basketball Crown Tournament and can publish all six tournament brackets in a single place.
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We will have two tables each for the women and the men. The formats are roughly the same for each. The first table will be the tournament brackets while the second will be a simple listing of number of teams in each tournament by conference.
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Let’s start with the women. The three tournaments are not equal. The NCAA gets first choice, and it is rare, if ever, that a team declines – compare it to the football championship tournaments (12-team for FBS and 24-team for FCS) – this is what teams play the season to be invited to. There are 68 teams fighting for the national title. Next up is the 32-team Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT). 16 of the teams are seeded 1-4 in the four regions while the other 16 are not seeded (although one can do the math to figure it out pretty easily). Finally, the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) which has an additional 48 teams that are not formally seeded, as such. 32 teams play in Round 1 while 16 enjoy a bye (the top 16 seeds by logic) meeting the R1 winners in Round 2. Three tournaments, 148 teams out of the 363 available. In the table below, a number followed by “-PI” indicates a play-in game. Here is the mega-bracket:
| Tournament | Region | Seed | CONF | Game (All Times Eastern) |
| NCAA | Fort Worth 1 | 1 | BEast | UCONN (34-0/4) |
| 16 | AAC | UTSA (18-15/159) | ||
| 8 | B12 | Iowa St (22-9/59) | ||
| 9 | ACC | Syracuse (23-8/54) | ||
| 5 | B10 | Maryland (23-8/38) | ||
| 12 | MVC | Murray St (31-3/37) | ||
| 4 | ACC | North Carolina (26-7/19) | ||
| 13 | OVC | W Illinois (26-5/41) | ||
| 6 | ACC | Notre Dame (22-10/49) | ||
| 11 | MAAC | Fairfield (28-4/27) | ||
| 3 | B10 | Ohio St (26-7/14) | ||
| 14 | MEAC | Howard (26-7/106) | ||
| 7 | B10 | Illinois (21-11/73) | ||
| 10 | B12 | Colorado (22-11/45) | ||
| 2 | SEC | Vanderbilt (27-4/6) | ||
| 15 | BSO | High Point (27-5/55) | ||
| Sacramento 4 | 1 | SEC | South Carolina (31-3/3) | |
| 16-PI | SWAC | Southern (19-13/166) | ||
| SoCon | Samford (16-18/204) | |||
| 8 | ACC | Clemson (21-11/103) | ||
| 9 | B10 | Southern Cal (17-13/93) | ||
| 5 | B10 | Michigan St (22-8/43) | ||
| 12 | MTW | Colorado St (27-7/57) | ||
| 4 | SEC | Oklahoma (24-7/18) | ||
| 13 | BSKY | Idaho (29-5/53) | ||
| 6 | B10 | Washington (21-10/52) | ||
| 11 | SUM | South Dakota St (27-6/21) | ||
| 3 | B12 | TCU (29-5/7) | ||
| 14 | BWest | UC San Diego (24-8/79) | ||
| 7 | SEC | Georgia (22-9/62) | ||
| 10 – PI | ACC | Virginia (19-11/84) | ||
| B12 | Arizona St (24-10/44) | |||
| 2 | B10 | Iowa (26-6/5) | ||
| 15 | NEC | Fair Dickins (30-4/87) | ||
| Sacramento 2 | 1 | B10 | UCLA (31-1/1) | |
| 16 | WAC | CA Baptist (23-10/98) | ||
| 8 | B12 | Oklahoma St (23-9/58) | ||
| 9 | Ivy | Princeton (26-3/8) | ||
| 5 | SEC | Mississippi (23-11/36) | ||
| 12 | WCC | Gonzaga (24-9/47) | ||
| 4 | B10 | Minnesota (22-8/34) | ||
| 13 | HOR | Green Bay (25-8/64) | ||
| 6 | B12 | Baylor (24-8/15) | ||
| 11-PI | B10 | Nebraska (18-12/78) | ||
| A10 | Richmond (26-7/17) | |||
| 3 | ACC | Duke (24-8/12) | ||
| 14 | CAA | Charleston (27-5/31) | ||
| 7 | B12 | Texas Tech (25-7/26) | ||
| 10 | BEast | Villanova (25-7/20) | ||
| 2 | SEC | LSU (27-5/10) | ||
| 15 | ASUN | Jacksonville (24-8/61) | ||
| Fort Worth 3 | 1 | SEC | Texas (31-3/2) | |
| 16-PI | SLAN | Steph F Austin (25-9/88) | ||
| CUSA | Missouri St (22-12/112) | |||
| 8 | B10 | Oregon (22-12/67) | ||
| 9 | ACC | Virginia Tech (23-9/63) | ||
| 5 | SEC | Kentucky (23-10/35) | ||
| 12 | SUN | James Madison (26-8/33) | ||
| 4 | B12 | West Virginia (27-6/9) | ||
| 13 | MAC | Miami OH (28-6/46) | ||
| 6 | SEC | Alabama (23-10/22) | ||
| 11 | A10 | Rhode Island (28-4/13) | ||
| 3 | ACC | Louisville (27-7/16) | ||
| 14 | AME | Vermont (27-7/29) | ||
| 7 | ACC | NC St (20-10/56) | ||
| 10 | SEC | Tennessee (16-13/81) | ||
| 2 | B10 | Michigan (25-6/11) | ||
| 15 | PAT | Holy Cross (23-9/90) | ||
| WBIT | Provo | 1 | B12 | BYU (22-11/75) |
| — | SWAC | Alabama A&M (22-10/119) | ||
| 4 | SEC | Missouri (16-16/158) | ||
| — | BEast | Seton Hall (19-12/110) | ||
| 3 | A10 | George Mason (23-9/39) | ||
| — | MAAC | Quinnipiac (26-6/91) | ||
| 2 | ACC | Stanford (19-13/118) | ||
| — | WCC | LMU (21-9/104) | ||
| College Station | 1 | SEC | Texas A&M (14-12/138) | |
| — | SLAN | McNeese (28-5/40) | ||
| 4 | MTW | San Diego St (25-5/42) | ||
| — | BWest | UC Irvine (26-6/72) | ||
| 3 | AAC | Rice (28-5/28) | ||
| — | CUSA | LA Tech (26-6/23) | ||
| 2 | B12 | Kansas (19-13/100) | ||
| — | SUN | Troy (25-7/32) | ||
| Fargo | 1 | SUM | North Dakota St (28-4/24) | |
| — | SoCon | Chattanooga (20-10/141) | ||
| 4 | Ivy | Columbia (20-8/50) | ||
| — | BEast | St Johns (22-11/109) | ||
| 3 | ACC | California (19-14/145) | ||
| — | WCC | Santa Clara (24-9/60) | ||
| 2 | B12 | Kansas St (18-17/127) | ||
| — | ACC | Georgia Tech (14-18/195) | ||
| Salt Lake | 1 | B12 | Utah (19-12/83) | |
| — | ASUN | E Kentucky (24-8/80) | ||
| 4 | Ivy | Harvard (18-11/94) | ||
| — | PAT | Navy (22-8/95) | ||
| 3 | B10 | Wisconsin (13-17/202) | ||
| — | WCC | Oregon St (23-11/65) | ||
| 2 | ACC | Miami FL (17-14/149) | ||
| — | SUN | Ga Southern (23-7/25) | ||
| WNIT | R1 | — | WCC | Pepperdine (19-12/134) |
| — | BWest | UC Davis (23-10/85) | ||
| R2 | — | WAC | S Utah (19-12/130) | |
| R1 | — | MTW | Air Force (16-18/207) | |
| — | BSKY | N Colorado (22-10/101) | ||
| R2 | — | SUM | South Dakota (23-9/89) | |
| R1 | — | WCC | Portland (18-14/153) | |
| — | CUSA | Sam Houston (18-12/114) | ||
| R2 | — | SLAN | Lamar (20-10/142) | |
| R1 | — | WCC | San Francisco (18-14/144) | |
| — | WAC | Utah Valley (16-14/181) | ||
| R2 | — | BSKY | Montana St (25-7/30) | |
| R1 | — | MEAC | Norfolk St (18-14/179) | |
| — | A10 | Loyola Chicago (14-17/212) | ||
| R2 | — | ASUN | Fla Gulf Coast (16-15/155) | |
| R1 | — | A10 | Geo Wash (15-17/208) | |
| — | MVC | Bradley (20-12/154) | ||
| R2 | — | OVC | S Indiana (21-10/82) | |
| R1 | — | CUSA | FIU (20-11/115) | |
| — | ASUN | Stetson (20-11/117) | ||
| R2 | — | WAC | Abilene Chr (23-10/86) | |
| R1 | — | ASUN | Austin Peay (19-13/137) | |
| — | SLAN | Rio Grande (20-13/128) | ||
| R2 | — | MVC | Illinois St (20-13/182) | |
| R1 | — | MAAC | Merrimack (19-12/156) | |
| — | AME | NJ Tech (18-12/147) | ||
| R2 | — | PAT | Army (24-7/74) | |
| R1 | — | NEC | Mercyhurst (15-16/235) | |
| — | AME | Binghamton (19-12/120) | ||
| R2 | — | A10 | La Salle (18-13/151) | |
| R1 | — | ACC | Wake Forest (14-17/233) | |
| — | MEAC | MD Eastern (19-14/175) | ||
| R2 | — | HOR | Youngstown St (24-9/69) | |
| R1 | — | MAC | Ohio (18-13/148) | |
| — | AME | Balt County (16-14/164) | ||
| R2 | — | SUN | Marshall (23-9/66) | |
| R1 | — | SWAC | Alcorn St (17-13/198) | |
| — | SUN | South Alabama (16-18/220) | ||
| R2 | — | HOR | Fort Wayne (20-13/146) | |
| R1 | — | BSO | Radford (22-12/139) | |
| — | OVC | Morehead St (18-14/150) | ||
| R2 | — | SUN | Arkansas St (24-9/68) | |
| R1 | — | A10 | St Bonaventure (16-15/205) | |
| — | CAA | Drexel (21-10/122) | ||
| R2 | — | CUSA | Mid Tenn (16-15/193) | |
| R1 | — | CAA | Monmouth (20-11/113) | |
| — | PAT | Lehigh (17-14/172) | ||
| R2 | — | HOR | Cleveland St (24-9/105) |
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Now we can look at the distribution within and among the 31 conferences. The table below shows the official name of each conference as well as the abbreviations we will use in the coming weeks. We then show how many teams are in each of the tournaments and a total.
| Conference | ABBR | NCAA | WBIT | NIT | Total |
| Atlantic 10 | A10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Atlantic Sun | ASUN | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Atlantic Coast | ACC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| American East | AME | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| American Athletic | AAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Big Ten | B10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Big 12 | B12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Big East | BEAST | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Big Sky | BSKY | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Big South | BSO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Big West | BWEST | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Conference USA | CUSA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Coastal | CAA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Horizon | HOR | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ivy League | IVY | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic | MAAC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mid American | MAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mid Eastern Athletic | MEAC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Missouri Valley | MVC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mountain West | MTW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Northeastern | NEC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ohio Valley | OVC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Patriot | PAT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Southeastern | SEC | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Southwestern Athletic | SWAC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Southern | SoCon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Southland | SLAN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Summit | SUM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sun Belt | SUN | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Western Athletic | WAC | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| West Coast | WCC | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 68 | 32 | 48 | 148 |
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Like the women, the three tournaments for the men are not equal. The NCAA still gets first choice and has 68 teams in the bracket. In this case, the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is next up, but has 32 teams included. The top 4 teams in each of the 4 regions are seeded while the other 16 teams are not. Finally, announced today although play does not begin until April. is the 8-team College Basketball Crown. No seeds, per se, and all games in Las Vegas, so it could be worse. There was supposed to be a fourth tournament, the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), which would have had an additional 16 teams, but it was cancelled on March 12th. That leaves us with three tournaments and 108 teams out of the 365 available – 40 fewer teams playing than the women. In the table below, a number followed by “-PI” indicates a play-in game. Here is the mega-bracket:
| Tournament | Region | Seed | CONF | Game (All Times Eastern) |
| NCAA | East | 1 | ACC | Duke (32-2/1) |
| 16 | MAAC | Siena (23-11/90) | ||
| 8 | B10 | Ohio St (21-12/47) | ||
| 9 | B12 | TCU (22-11/51) | ||
| 5 | BEast | St Johns (28-6/10) | ||
| 12 | MVC | N Iowa (23-12/68) | ||
| 4 | B12 | Kansas (23-10/21) | ||
| 13 | WAC | CA Baptist (25-8/44) | ||
| 6 | ACC | Louisville (23-10/31) | ||
| 11 | AAC | South Florida (24-9/46) | ||
| 3 | B10 | Michigan St (25-7/13) | ||
| 14 | SUM | North Dakota St (27-7/73) | ||
| 7 | B10 | UCLA (23-11/39) | ||
| 10 | B12 | UCF (21-11/38) | ||
| 2 | BEast | UCONN (29-5/5) | ||
| 15 | SoCon | Furman (22-12/102) | ||
| South | 1 | SEC | Florida (26-7/8) | |
| 16-PI | SWAC | Prairie View (18-17/264) | ||
| PAT | Lehigh (18-16/211) | |||
| 8 | ACC | Clemson (24-10/36) | ||
| 9 | B10 | Iowa (21-12/61) | ||
| 5 | SEC | Vanderbilt (26-8/16) | ||
| 12 | SLAN | McNeese (28-5/33) | ||
| 4 | B10 | Nebraska (26-6/15) | ||
| 13 | SUN | Troy (22-11/78) | ||
| 6 | ACC | North Carolina (24-8/14) | ||
| 11 | A10 | VCU (27-7/25) | ||
| 3 | B10 | Illinois (24-8/19) | ||
| 14 | Ivy | Penn (18-11/89) | ||
| 7 | WCC | St Marys (27-5/9) | ||
| 10 | SEC | Texas A&M (21-11/62) | ||
| 2 | B12 | Houston (28-6/7) | ||
| 15 | BSKY | Idaho (21-14/177) | ||
| West | 1 | B12 | Arizona (32-2/2) | |
| 16 | NEC | Long Island (24-10/108) | ||
| 8 | BEast | Villanova (24-8/26) | ||
| 9 | MTW | Utah St (28-6/17) | ||
| 5 | B10 | Wisconsin (24-10/30) | ||
| 12 | BSO | High Point (30-4/48) | ||
| 4 | SEC | Arkansas (26-8/11) | ||
| 13 | BWest | Hawaii (24-8/75) | ||
| 6 | B12 | BYU (23-11/29) | ||
| 11-PI | SEC | Texas (18-14/103) | ||
| ACC | NC St (20-13/52) | |||
| 3 | WCC | Gonzaga (30-3/4) | ||
| 14 | CUSA | Kennesaw St (21-13/116) | ||
| 7 | ACC | Miami FL (25-8/34) | ||
| 10 | SEC | Missouri (20-12/63) | ||
| 2 | B10 | Purdue (27-8/12) | ||
| 15 | ASUN | Queens (21-13/122) | ||
| Midwest | 1 | B10 | Michigan (31-3/3) | |
| 16-PI | AME | Balt County (24-8/120) | ||
| MEAC | Howard (23-10/173) | |||
| 8 | SEC | Georgia (22-10/41) | ||
| 9 | A10 | St Louis (28-5/32) | ||
| 5 | B12 | Texas Tech (22-10/22) | ||
| 12 | MAC | Akron (29-5/28) | ||
| 4 | SEC | Alabama (23-9/20) | ||
| 13 | CAA | Hofstra (24-10/64) | ||
| 6 | SEC | Tennessee (22-11/37) | ||
| 11-PI | MAC | Miami OH (31-1/24) | ||
| ACC | SMU (20-13/55) | |||
| 3 | ACC | Virginia (29-5/6) | ||
| 14 | HOR | Wright St (23-11/81) | ||
| 7 | SEC | Kentucky (21-13/42) | ||
| 10 | WCC | Santa Clara (26-8/23) | ||
| 2 | B12 | Iowa St (27-7/18) | ||
| 15 | OVC | TN St (23-9/80) | ||
| NIT | Auburn | 1 | SEC | Auburn (17-16/83) |
| — | SUN | South Alabama (22-10/98) | ||
| 4 | WCC | Seattle (20-13/123) | ||
| — | SUM | St Thomas (24-9/87) | ||
| 3 | A10 | George Mason (23-9/66) | ||
| — | CUSA | Liberty (25-7/45) | ||
| 2 | MTW | Nevada (22-12/56) | ||
| — | MVC | Murray St (20-12/77) | ||
| Albuquerque | 1 | MTW | New Mexico (23-10/54) | |
| — | CUSA | Sam Houston (22-11/92) | ||
| 4 | WAC | Utah Valley (24-9/57) | ||
| — | A10 | Geo Wash (18-15/156) | ||
| 3 | MTW | Colorado St (21-12/85) | ||
| — | A10 | St Josephs (22-11/114) | ||
| 2 | ACC | California (21-11/69) | ||
| — | MVC | IL Chicago (19-15/133) | ||
| Winston-Salem | 1 | ACC | Wake Forest (17-16/100) | |
| — | PAT | Navy (26-7/96) | ||
| 4 | MVC | Illinois St (20-12/91) | ||
| — | MAC | Kent St (24-9/50) | ||
| 3 | Ivy | Yale (24-6/27) | ||
| — | CAA | Wilmington (26-6/40) | ||
| 2 | MVC | Bradley (21-12/82) | ||
| — | A10 | Dayton (23-11/53) | ||
| Tulsa | 1 | AAC | Tulsa (26-7/59) | |
| — | SLAN | Steph F Austin (28-5/49) | ||
| 4 | BWest | UC Irvine (23-11/67) | ||
| — | MTW | UNLV (17-16/141) | ||
| 3 | AAC | Wichita St (22-10/79) | ||
| — | MTW | Wyoming (18-14/119) | ||
| 2 | B12 | Oklahoma St (19-14/74) | ||
| — | A10 | Davidson (20-13/138) | ||
| CBC | QF1 | — | SEC | Oklahoma (19-15/109) |
| — | B12 | Colorado (17-15/106) | ||
| QF2 | — | B12 | Baylor (16-16/117) | |
| — | B10 | Minnesota (15-17/189) | ||
| QF3 | — | ACC | Stanford (20-12/58) | |
| — | B12 | West Virginia (18-14/105) | ||
| QF4 | — | B10 | Rutgers (13-20/235) | |
| — | BEast | Creighton (15-17/163) |
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Now let’s check out the distribution across the 31 conferences. The table below lists the official name of each conference along with the abbreviations we’ll be using in the weeks ahead. It also shows the number of teams in each tournament, along with the overall total.
| Conference | ABBR | NCAA | NIT | CBC | Total |
| Atlantic 10 | A10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlantic Sun | ASUN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlantic Coast | ACC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| American East | AME | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Athletic | AAC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Big Ten | B10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Big 12 | B12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Big East | BEAST | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Big Sky | BSKY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Big South | BSO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Big West | BWEST | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Conference USA | CUSA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Coastal | CAA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Horizon | HOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivy League | IVY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic | MAAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mid American | MAC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mid Eastern Athletic | MEAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri Valley | MVC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Mountain West | MTW | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Northeastern | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ohio Valley | OVC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Patriot | PAT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Southeastern | SEC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Southwestern Athletic | SWAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Southern | SoCon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Southland | SLAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Summit | SUM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun Belt | SUN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Western Athletic | WAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| West Coast | WCC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 68 | 32 | 8 | 108 |
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We know this post is table heavy. We were attempting to have a one place to find all the pertinent information for this post-season. We suggest making this page a favorite or old-school printing it for reference.
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Starting tomorrow, when the games begin, we will have daily updates on the games of the day as well as GCR predictions. Thank you for reading (it’s why we do this), commenting or questioning (it’s how we improve), and sharing with others (it’s how we grow). See you tomorrow, JoJo and G.
