At Large candidates:GSP wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 12:04 pm There are 8 At-Large spots in the Tourney. With the seasons that Yale, Princeton, Penn, and Cornell are having (all 4 in top 10), it is VERY likely they get 3 of the At-Large births. The ACC sitting at a combined 19 and 4 record ( with all 4 in the top 10 and Duke, notorious for late season charges at #14) will probably get 5, but almost certainly will get 4 At-Large bids. Army and Loyola are likely which is 1 more At-Large. The loser of Penn St and UMD will almost certainly get in. That's either 9 or 10 squads dividing up 8 slots.
3 Ivy League - Cornell/Penn/Princeton/Yale
3 ACC - Syracuse/UNC/Notre Dame/UVA/Duke
2 BG1 - Penn State/Maryland/OSU
2 Big East - Georgetown/Villanova/DU
1 PL - Army/Loyola
I count more like 11 teams contending for 8 slots. It is early but it looks like a dog fight.
Assuming that there aren't any big surprises in the league championship games, the bubble teams look like fifth in the ACC, fourth in the Ivy League, third in the BG1, and second in almost all of the other leagues. I think that it will be difficult for second place in the other leagues to earn an at-large bid. I think that the Loyola-Duke, Loyola-Georgetown and Army-Notre Dame games will have determine whether PL could earn an at-large bid. 3-0 might be enough for an extra bid, but anything less makes it unlikely.
Any wild cards out there?