The College Basketball Rundown
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2010 17:46 Written by Ben Pogany
With March Madness just around the corner, here is how the top teams stack up. Remember, 31 teams get automatic bids by winning their conference championships (or finishing as their conference's regular season champ in the case of the Ivy League). The other 34 teams rely on securing an at-large bid by the selection committee. Because we can project that roughly10 automatic bids (conference championship winners) will be given to teams that would otherwise be in the top 34, we can assume that the top 44 teams (give or take) will be finding their way into the big dance. Let the madness commense...
1) Kentucky (1) (SEC)- John Calipari-John Wall, Patrick Patterson, DeMarcus Cousins
2) Kansas (1) (Big 12)-Bill Self-Cole Aldrich, Sherron Collins, Xavier Henry
3) West Virginia (2) (Big East)- Bobby Huggins- Devin Ebanks, Da'Sean Butler 
4) Syracuse (1) (Big East)-Jim Boeheim-Wesley Johnson
5) Ohio St (2) (Big Ten)- Thad Matta-Evan Turner
6) Kansas St (2) (Big 12)-Frank Martin-Jacob Pullen
7) Duke (1) (ACC)-Mike Krzyzewski-Kyle Singler, John Scheyer
8) New Mexico (3) (Mountain West)- Darington Hobson, Jonathan Gibson
9) Michigan St (5) (Big Ten)- Tom Izzo- Kalin Lucas, Raymar Morgan
10) Georgetown (3) (Big East)-John Thompson III-Greg Monroe
11) Villanova (2) (Big East)- Jay Wright- Scottie Reynolds
12) Purdue (4) (Big Ten)-Matt Painter-Robbie Hummel
13) Maryland (4) (ACC)-Gary Williams- Greivis Vasquez
14) BYU (7) (Mountain West)- Dave Rose
15) Vanderbilt (4) (SEC)-Kevin Stallings
17) Tennessee (6) (SEC)- Bruce Pearl-Tyler Smith
18) Pitt (3) (Big East)-Jamie Dixon
19) Marquette (6) (Big East)
20) Louisville (9) (Big East)-Rick Pitino- Edgar Sosa, Samardo Samuels
21) Temple (5) (Atlantic 10)
23) Butler (5) (Horizon)- Brad Stevens
24) Notre Dame (6) (Big East)-Mike Brey- Luke Harangody
25) Texas A&M (5) (Big 12)-Mark Turgeon- Donald Sloan
26) Xavier (6) (Atlantic 10)- Chris Mack- Jordan Crawford
27) Georgia Tech (10) (ACC)-Paul Hewitt- Derrick Favors
28) Richmond (7) (Atlantic 10)
29) Northern Iowa (9) (Missouri Valley)
30) Texas (8) (Big 12)-Rick Barnes- Avery Bradley, Damion James, Pittman
32) Oklahoma St (7) (Big 12)-Travis Ford- James Anderson
33) Missouri (10) (Big 12)-Mike Anderson
34) Florida St (9) (ACC)-Leonard Hamilton
35) Utah State (12) (WAC)
36) Saint Mary's (10) (WAC)
37) Cal (Pac-10)- Mike Montgomery-Jerome Randall (8)
38) Gonzaga (8) (West Coast)-Mark Few
39) Wake Forest (9) (ACC)-Dino Gaudio- Ishmael Smith, Al-Farouq Aminu
40) Clemson (7) (ACC)-Oliver Purnell- Trevor Booker
41) UNLV (8) (Mountain West)
42) UTEP (12) (Conference USA)
44) Florida (SEC)- Billy Donovan (10)
Just Missed:
Virginia Tech (ACC)-Seth Greenberg- Malcolm Delaney
Mississippi St (SEC)-Rick Stansbury-Jarvis Varnado
Illinois (Big Ten)- Bruce Weber- D.J. Richardson
Mississippi (SEC)- Chris Warren
Seton Hall (Big East)
Conference Champs (Will Receive Automatic Bid):
Big East*- West Virginia (2)
ACC*- Duke (1)
Big 12*- Kansas (1)
Big Ten*- Ohio St (2)
SEC*- Kentucky (1)
Pac-10-Washington (11)
Mountain West*- San Diego St (11)
Atlantic 10*- Temple (5)
Southern- Wofford (13)
West Coast- Saint Mary's (10)
Horizon*-Butler (5)
WAC*-New Mexico St
America East- Vermont (16)
Mid-Eastern- Morgan State (15)
MAAC- Siena (13)
Missouri Valley*- Northern Iowa (9)
Atlantic Sun- East Tennessee St (16)
Southland- Sam Houston State (14)
Big South- Winthrop (play-in)
Patriot- Lehigh (16)
Big West- UC Santa Barbara (15)
NEC- Robert Moris (15)
Ohio Valley- Murray State (13)
Big Sky- Montana (14)
Sun Belt- North Texas (15)
Ivy*- Cornell (12)
Mid-American- Ohio (14)
CAA- Old Dominion (11)
SWAC- Arkansas-Pine Bluff (play-in)
Conference USA- Houston (12)
Summit- Oakland (14)
Final prediction: Kentucky over West Virginia
