On Thursday, March 12, the NCAA tournament was canceled. Had it gone forward, which teams were still in contention to make the tourney? The list below includes all teams that were still playing in conference tournaments, any auto bids that had been earned, teams that were done in conference tourneys but were going to be at-large picks and any teams that had been eliminated from or had completed conference tourneys but were on the bubble, per Joe Lunardi's final Bracketology. Note: Asterisk (*) denotes team that would have been IN, per Lunardi.
America East (2)Hartford Hawks Vermont Catamounts* AAC (12)Cincinnati Bearcats* East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars* Memphis Tigers (first four out) South Florida Bulls SMU Mustangs Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane (next four out) UCF Knights UConn Huskies Wichita State Shockers (first four out) Atlantic Sun (1)Liberty Flames* Atlantic 10 (12)Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers* Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots La Salle Explorers UMass Minutemen Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders* St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams ACC (8)Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils* Florida State Seminoles* Louisville Cardinals* NC State Wolfpack* Notre Dame Fighting Irish Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaliers* Big 12 (8)Baylor Bears* Kansas Jayhawks* Kansas State Wildcats Oklahoma Sooners* Oklahoma State Cowboys Texas Longhorns* Texas Tech Red Raiders* West Virginia Mountaineers* Big East (9)Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays* DePaul Blue Demons Marquette Golden Eagles* Providence Friars* St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates* Villanova Wildcats* Xavier Musketeers (first four out) Big Sky (8)Eastern Washington Eagles* Idaho State Bengals Montana Grizzlies Montana State Bobcats Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Southern Utah Thunderbirds Big South (1)Winthrop Eagles* Big Ten (12)Illinois Fighting Illini* Indiana Hoosiers* Iowa Hawkeyes* Maryland Terrapins* Michigan Wolverines* Michigan State Spartans* Minnesota Golden Gophers Ohio State Buckeyes* Penn State Nittany Lions* Purdue Boilermakers (next four out) Rutgers Scarlet Knights* Wisconsin Badgers* Big West (8)Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Long Beach State 49ers UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters* UC Riverside Highlanders UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Colonial (1)Hofstra Pride* Conference USA (8)Charlotte 49ers Florida Atlantic Owls Florida International Panthers Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Marshall Thundering Herd North Texas Mean Green* UAB Blazers Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Horizon (1)Northern Kentucky Norse* Ivy League (4)Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs* MAAC (6)Monmouth Hawks Niagara Purple Eagles Quinnipiac Bobcats Rider Broncs Saint Peter's Peacocks Siena Saints* MAC (8)Akron Zips* Ball State Cardinals Bowling Green Falcons Kent State Golden Flashes Miami (Ohio) RedHawks Northern Illinois Huskies Ohio Bobcats Toledo Rockets MEAC (8)Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Coppin State Eagles Delaware State Hornets Howard Bison Morgan State Bears Norfolk State Spartans North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina Central Eagles* Missouri Valley (2)Bradley Braves* Northern Iowa Panthers (next four out) Mountain West (2)San Diego State Aztecs* Utah State Aggies* Northeast (1)Robert Morris Colonials* Ohio Valley (1)Belmont Bruins* Pac-12 (9)Arizona Wildcats* Arizona State Sun Devils* California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks* Oregon State Beavers Stanford Cardinal (first four out) UCLA Bruins* USC Trojans* Washington State Cougars Patriot League (1)Boston University Terriers* SEC (12)Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers* Florida Gators* Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats* LSU Tigers* Mississippi State Bulldogs (next four out) Missouri Tigers South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Southern (1)East Tennessee State Buccaneers* Southland (6)Abilene Christian Wildcats Lamar Cardinals Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Demons Sam Houston State Bearkats Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks* SWAC (4)Jackson State Tigers Prairie View A&M Panthers* Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers Summit League (1)North Dakota State Bison* Sun Belt (4)Georgia Southern Eagles Little Rock Trojans* South Alabama Jaguars Texas State Bobcats West Coast (3)BYU Cougars* Gonzaga Bulldogs* Saint Mary's Gaels* WAC (8)Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Chicago State Cougars Grand Canyon Antelopes Kansas City Roos New Mexico State Aggies* Seattle Redhawks UTRGV Vaqueros Utah Valley Wolverines
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