Conference Breakdown

2018-19 College Basketball Preview

Tony Mejia provides predictions for the 2018-19 season, selecting a projected champion, runner-up and NCAA Tournament at-large candidates for all 32 confrences.


NCAA BASKETBALL CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS
League Projected champ Runner-up Postseason candidates
America East Vermont Hartford Stony Brook
American Houston UCF CIncinnati, UConn, Wichita St., Temple, SMU
ACC Duke Virginia UNC, Syracuse, FSU, Clemson, N.C. State, Miami, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Notre Dame
Atlantic Sun North Florida Lipscomb FL Gulf Coast
Atlantic 10 Saint Louis Davidson George Mason, UMass, Rhode Island, St. Joseph's, VCU
Big East Villanova St. John's Butler, Xavier, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence
Big Sky Montana Northern Colorado Weber St., Montana St.
Big South Radford Gardner-Webb Campbell
Big Ten Michigan St. Purdue Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois, Maryland, Penn St.
Big 12 Kansas Kansas St. Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia, Texas, Iowa St., Oklahoma
Big West Cal State Fullerton UC Davis UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine
Colonial College of Charleston Northeastern William & Mary, Hofstra
C-USA Marshall Western Kentucky North Texas, Old Dominion, UT-San Antonio
Horizon Wright St. Green Bay Northern Kentucky, Illinois-Chicago
Ivy Harvard Penn Princeton, Yale
MAAC Rider Canisius Quinnipiac, Iona
MAC Buffalo Ohio U. Eastern Michigan, Ball St., Miami (OH)
MEAC Bethune-Cookman NC Central Norfolk St.
Missouri Valley Illinois St. Loyola-Chicago Southern Illinois, Bradley, Northern Iowa, Valparaiso
Mt. West Nevada San Diego St. Boise St., New Mexico, Fresno St., UNLV
NEC Saint Francis (Pa.) LIU Brooklyn Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley Jacksonville St. Murray St. Belmont, Austin Peay
Pac-12 Oregon UCLA Washington, Colorado, USC, Arizona, Arizona St., Utah
Patriot Bucknell Colgate Navy
SEC Auburn Tennessee Kentucky, Mississippi St., LSU, Florida, Alabama
South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri
SoCon UNC Greensboro Wofford East Tennessee St., Furman
Southland Stephen F. Austin Abilene Christian SE Louisiana, Sam Houston St.
SWAC Texas Southern Grambling Prairie View
Summit South Dakota St. South Dakota Denver, Purdue-Fort Wayne
Sun Belt Georgia Southern Georgia St. Louisiana, South Alabama
WAC Grand Canyon New Mexico St. Seattle, Utah Valley
West Coast Gonzaga BYU Saint Mary's, San Francisco, San Diego


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