Gonzaga could face two NCAA Tournament teams at the Battle 4 Atlantis — Arizona (projected 3-seed) and Indiana (projected 4-seed)
As the 27 leagues outside of the Power Five are set to pay $990 million over a 10-year period to thousands of current and former student-athletes as part of a landmark settlement for the NCAA in resolving three antitrust cases, it’s apparent that the opportunities for mid-majors to shine on the game’s biggest stage are dwindling.from ESPN's Joe Lunardi, only one school from a non-power conference — Saint Mary’s — is projected to earn one of the 36 at-large bids.
Conference realignment has obviously played a role in the recent paradigm shift in college basketball. In addition to laying claim over a few Pac-12 schools this past year, the Big 12 brought in BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston from non-power leagues to form a 16-team conference next fall.
A strong nonconference schedule and a talented roster has the Bulldogs as a projected No. 2 seed in ESPN’s latest bracketology, which would send them cross-state to Seattle for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Lunardi predicts Kentucky and USC will be placed in the West Region and the winner would be Gonzaga’s hypothetical opponent in the second round.
Gonzaga could see two NCAA Tournament teams at the Battle 4 Atlantis — Arizona and Indiana — while the Bruins checked in as a 7-seed in Lunardi’s bracketology. Counting UConn and Kentucky, the Bulldogs could potentially face five NCAA Tournament teams outside of WCC based on ESPN’s outlook.
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