College Basketball Preview: The Best of the Rest

Gonzaga and Wichita State are loaded, and lead six teams that are good enough for at-large bids even though they are not in one of the top eight conferences. Georgia State is the potential huge surprise. Here are the top 20 teams and players NOT in one of the big eight conferences.

Best Teams in Other 25 Conferences

18, Gonzaga (WCC), 32.11

24, Wichita St. (MVC), 28.42

34, Brigham Young (WCC), 24.78

35, Nevada Las Vegas (MWC), 24.58

36, San Diego St. (MWC), 24.41

48, Georgia St. (SB), 21.81

53, Harvard (Ivy), 20.16

58, Wisconsin Green Bay (Horz), 19.02

69, Louisiana Tech (CUSA), 17.54

74, Stephen F. Austin (Slnd), 16.27

Average Top 10, 22.91 – if top 10 teams were put together they would rank as 6th best conference)

77, Northern Iowa (MVC), 15.20

79, Santa Clara (WCC), 14.90

80, Iona (MAAC), 14.86

84, Siena (MAAC), 14.60

86, Northwestern St. (Slnd), 14.26

88, Wyoming (MWC), 13.79

89, Cleveland St. (Horz), 13.78

90, Colorado St. (MWC), 13.78

91, Murray St. (OVC), 13.77

92, UC Irvine (BW), 13.61

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