The Big Ten and Big East both have seven teams that are “locks” to make the tournament, so as long as one of them win they leave 10 spots for the “Breitbart Sports Middle 20.” If your team is on the bubble for an NCAA tournament bid, then you need to hope teams on this list win their conference tournaments. Every time that does NOT happen, another bid is taken away from the 10 currently available for the Breitbart Sports Middle 20. If anyone besides Gonzaga wins the West Coast Conference, or someone besides Belmont wins the Ohio Valley, then that champion takes a spot away from the Middle 20 because both they and Gonzaga/Belmont go as well.
| Conference | NCAA Tourney “Lock” |
|---|---|
| A10 | Butler |
| A10 | St. Louis |
| A10 | Virginia Commonwealth |
| ACC | Duke |
| ACC | Miami FL |
| ACC | North Carolina |
| ACC | North Carolina St. |
| B10 | Illinois |
| B10 | Indiana |
| B10 | Michigan |
| B10 | Michigan St. |
| B10 | Minnesota |
| B10 | Ohio St. |
| B10 | Wisconsin |
| B12 | Kansas |
| B12 | Kansas St. |
| B12 | Oklahoma |
| B12 | Oklahoma St. |
| BE | Cincinnati |
| BE | Georgetown |
| BE | Louisville |
| BE | Marquette |
| BE | Notre Dame |
| BE | Pittsburgh |
| BE | Syracuse |
| CUSA | Memphis |
| MAC | Akron |
| MVC | Wichita St. |
| MWC | Colorado St. |
| MWC | Nevada Las Vegas |
| MWC | New Mexico |
| MWC | San Diego St. |
| OVC | Belmont |
| P12 | Arizona |
| P12 | Colorado |
| P12 | Oregon |
| P12 | UCLA |
| SB | Middle Tennessee |
| SEC | Florida |
| SEC | Missouri |
| WAC | Louisiana Tech |
| WCC | Gonzaga |
Here are the conferences with the most teams who are a “lock” for the tournament:
Big East – 7
Big Ten – 7
ACC – 4
Big 12 – 4
Mountain West – 4
Pac 12 – 4
Atlantic 10 – 3
SEC – 2
Mid-American – 1
Ohio Valley – 1
West Coast – 1
Western Athletic – 1
Conference USA – 1
Sun Belt – 1
Missouri Valley – 1
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