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(Our guest bracketologist, as you may recall, is an assistant coach in the Central Region.)

Final predictions for the NCAA tournament. I hope your team made it.

Automatic Qualifiers (33)
*Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference = Frostburg St (MD) (31-13)
*American Southwest Conference = TX Lutheran (32-8-1)
*Centennial Conference = Johns Hopkins (MD) (34-9)
*College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin = Carthage (WI) (32-11)
*Commonwealth Coast Conference = Curry (MA) (27-7)
*Great Northeast Athletic Conference = Western New England (MA) (25-8)
*Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference = Mt. St. Joseph (OH) (33-9)
*Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference = Luther (IA) (29-9)
*Liberty League = Skidmore (NY) (20-18)
*Little East Conference = Eastern Connecticut (34-10)
*MAC Commonwealth Conference = Elizabethtown (PA) (21-15)
*MAC Freedom Conference = Wilkes (PA) (23-10)
*Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference = Westfield State (MA) (20-15)
*Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association = Hope (MI) (28-11)
*Midwest Conference = Ripon (WI) (21-13)
*Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference = St. Thomas (MN) (32-10)
*New England Small College Athletic Conference = Williams (MA) (26-8)
*New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference = Wheaton (MA) (31-11)
*New Jersey Athletic Conference = The College of New Jersey (31-8)
*North Atlantic Conference = St. Joseph’s (ME) (30-8)
*North Coast Athletic Conference = Ohio Wesleyan (24-14)
*North Eastern Athletic Conference = Villa Julie (MD) (26-16)
*Northwest Conference = Pacific Lutheran (WA) (32-7)
*Ohio Athletic Conference = Otterbein (OH) (31-11)
*Old Dominion Athletic Conference = Bridgewater (VA) (21-21)
*Pennsylvania Athletic Conference = Gwynedd Mercy (PA) (30-10)
*Skyline Conference = Manhattanville (NY) (23-17)
*Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference = Pomona Pitzer (CA) (29-11)
*Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference = Austin College (TX) (22-23)
*St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference = Webster (MO) (30-12)
*State University of New York Athletic Conference = SUNY-Cortland (35-4)
*USA South Athletic Conference = Ferrum (VA) (23-16)
*Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference = UW-Stevens Point (28-14)

*Conference Season Completed, team has secured automatic qualifier

Independent Qualifiers (6)
1. Chapman (CA) (35-5)
2. Emory (GA) (35-7)
3. Salisbury (MD) (32-8)
4. St. Scholastica (MN) (36-6)
5. Washington (MO) (30-9)
6. Washington & Jefferson (PA) (31-11)

At-Large Qualifiers (14)
1. Wooster (OH) (40-5)
2. Kean (NJ) (35-8)
3. Illinois Wesleyan (32-11)
4. St. Olaf (MN)
5. UW-Oshkosh
6. TX-Dallas (32-11)
7. Keene State (NH) (29-13)
8. Millsaps (MS) (35-11)
9. Rhodes College (TN) (36-10)
10. George Fox (OR) (30-9)
11. Ithaca (NY) (25-12)
12. Ramapo (NJ) (29-13)
13. St. John Fisher (NY) (26-11)
14. Trinity (CT) (28-6)

Groupings and Rankings for Tournament
Central
(1) IL Wesleyan
(2) Luther
(3) Washington (MO)
(4) Millsaps
(5) Rhodes
(6) Webster

Mid-Atlantic
(1) The College of NJ
(2) Johns Hopkins
(3) Kean
(4) Gwynedd Mercy
(5) Wilkes
(6) Ramapo
(7) Elizabethtown

Mideast
(1) Wooster
(2) Otterbein
(3) Washington & Jefferson
(4) Mt. St. Joseph
(5) Carthage
(6) Hope

Midwest
(1) St. Olaf
(2) UW-Oshkosh
(3) St. Thomas
(4) UW-Stevens Point
(5) Ripon
(6) St. Scholastica

New England
(1) Wheaton
(2) Eastern Connecticut
(3) Western New England
(4) Williams
(5) Keene State
(6) Curry
(7) St. Josephs (ME)

New York
(1) Cortland State
(2) Ithaca
(3) St. John Fisher
(4) Trinity
(5) Skidmore
(6) Manhattanville
(7) Westfield State

South
(1) Emory
(2) Salisbury
(3) Frostburg State
(4) Ferrum
(5) Bridgewater
(6) Villa Julie

West
(1) Chapman
(2) Pacific Lutheran
(3) TX Lutheran
(4) TX Dallas
(5) George Fox
(6) Pomona Pitzer
(7) Austin College

Last Five In
George Fox (OR) (30-9)
Ithaca (NY) (25-12)
Ramapo (NJ) (29-13)
St. John Fisher (NY) (26-11)
Trinity (CT) (28-6)

Last Five Out
Methodist (NC)
Marietta (OH)
Wartburg (IA)
SUNY Oneonta
Augustana (IL)

NOTES
It is really tough predicting what the NCAA committee will do when you cannot see all the criteria that they consider. Four favorites (Wooster, IL Wesleyan, UW-Oshkosh, and St. Olaf) were ousted from their conference tournaments which resulted in some lost At-Larges for other solid teams. Since Marietta went down in two and York and Methodist had poor performances this past weekend, I believe that will ultimately cost them their spots. Overall, I believe the first 9 or 10 at larges are in. Thank you for the opportunity to try this out, and lets hope for a great tournament season.