Post-Midnight Madness BP65

Ready or not, here it comes. The first games start up in two days, so let's celebrate with a new BP65. They will start becoming weekly on Sunday, November 18th, which will be (if you're curious) the W-17 BP65. That's right, we have 19 weeks until Selection Sunday.

For most people, these early games aren't all too important. They're more focused on college football. And that's fine. But once college football winds down in late-November (the bowl season is almost an afterthought, with so much time off before the games and then almost all of them occurring on one day), people will turn around and see a college basketball season all the way in swing. Anyway, less talk, more BP65, so here it is:


1. UCLA (PAC 10)
1. KANSAS (BIG 12)
1. NORTH CAROLINA (ACC)
1. MEMPHIS (CONFERENCE USA)

2. TENNESSEE (SEC)
2. LOUISVILLE (BIG EAST)
2. MICHIGAN STATE (BIG 10
3. Arizona

3. Georgetown
3. Duke
3. Ohio State
3. Texas

4. Indiana
4. Alabama
4. Marquette
4. UConn

5. Oklahoma State
5. Washington State
5. Mississippi State
5. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MVC)

6. Pittsburgh
6. Missouri
6. GONZAGA (WCC)
6. Washington

7. Kentucky
7. Clemson
7. Wisconsin
7. USC

8. NEW MEXICO STATE (WAC)
8. Wichita State
8. Syracuse
8. BYU (MOUNTAIN WEST)

9. Florida
9. North Carolina State
9. GEORGE WASHINGTON (ATLANTIC 10)
9. Arkansas

10. Michigan
10. Texas Tech
10. Illinois
10. DAVIDSON (SOUTHERN)

11. Virginia Tech
11. VCU (COLONIAL)
11. Georgia Tech
11. Stanford

12. Texas A&M
12. Northern Iowa
12. LSU
12. Villanova

13. AKRON (MAC)
13. VERMONT (AMERICA EAST)
13. BUTLER (HORIZON)
13. AUSTIN PEAY (OVC)

14. HOLY CROSS (PATRIOT)
14. MONTANA (BIG SKY)
14. WINTHROP (BIG SOUTH)
14. WESTERN KENTUCKY (SUN BELT)

15. YALE (IVY)
15. BELMONT (ATLANTIC SUN)
15. MANHATTAN (MAAC)
15. COPPIN STATE (MEAC)

16. SOUTHERN UTAH (MID-CON)
16. CAL STATE FULLERTON (BIG WEST)
16. LAMAR (SOUTHLAND)
16. SACRED HEART (NORTHEAST)
16. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (SWAC)


Other teams considered, but that missed the cut:
Boston College, Florida State, Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, Xavier, Depaul, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Drexel, George Mason, Houston, Indiana State, New Mexico, San Diego State, California, Oregon, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Nevada, Utah State

Other teams that can believe they have a plausible shot at an at-large bid:
Miami (Fl), Wake Forest, Fordham, Massachusetts, Notre Dame, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Penn State, Baylor, Iowa State, High Point, Hofstra, Old Dominion, Alabama-Birmingham, Southern Miss, UTEP, Wright State, Central Michigan, Miami (Ohio), Toledo, Bradley, Creighton, Illinois State, Missouri State, Colorado State, Utah, Arizona State, Bucknell, Appalachian State, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, South Alabama, San Diego, Saint Mary's, Fresno State, Hawaii