South Bend:
1. Notre Dame (ACC)
16. Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)
8. Central Michigan (MAC)
9. Michigan
Milwaukee:
5. Kentucky
12. New Mexico (Mountain West)
4. Marquette (Big East)
13. Northeastern (Colonial)
We don’t talk much about the Colonial on here, but let’s give Northeastern some credit as a solid potential 13 seed. In fact, the Huskies check just about every box the committee considers when seeding a team. Road record? They are 4-1 with wins at Providence, Florida, and Dayton. Good wins? The aforementioned Dayton game and a home contest against Maine. Reasonable losses? Only defeat is at an RPI top-100 Marist team. Now to take care of business in the CAA.
Ames:
6. Virginia Tech
11. South Carolina
3. Iowa State
14. Lamar (Southland)
Palo Alto:
7. Minnesota
10. North Carolina
2. Stanford
15. Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
Hey, speaking of teams that are on a roll, how about the Cardinal? They responded to their lone loss of the season — a respectable one at Gonzaga — by beating Baylor at home and then Tennessee and Buffalo on the road. A weekend homestand with wins over USC and UCLA could put Stanford on the doorstep of a 1 seed.