With Creightin, Illinois State, and George Mason all losing yesterday the Mid Major darlings of yesteryear will now get as many bids as the MEAC and MAAC, 1. Over the past 3 years the Missouri Valley and Coloniol have been multiple bid leagues producing such Sweet Sixteen teams as George Mason, Bradley, Southern Illinois, and Wichita State. This year, barring any conference tournament upsets they will only be represented by Drake and VCU.
This year's conference's to watch are the Sun Belt and Atlantic 10. I've already mentioned a bit about the Atlantic 10 (thanks for losing to Fordham, UMass), but the Sun Belt, as of this week's bracket has 2 teams in, South Alabama and Western Kentucky. Western Kentucky boasts one of the best players you've never heard of, Courtney Lee and South Alabama's coach almost led 16 seeded Texas A&M-CC to an upset of Wisconsin last year. Both of these teams are capable of a Sweet Sixteen run.
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