Bubble bath: NCAA men’s tournament bids adieu to many Wednesday, like Virginia Tech

(Through Wednesday)

And then there were 160 survivors for automatic berths in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Virginia Tech quickly dismissed itself as an NCAA at-large contender with its 86-76 loss to Florida State Wednesday afternoon in the ACC second-round.

Wake Forest, on the other hand, took care of business by getting its 20th win, 72-59 over Notre Dame. Another ACC team, Syracuse, said sayonara after getting rocked by NC State.

The ACC tourney is in Washington, D.C., home of zero ACC teams. Washington is the home of Big East, Atlantic 10, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Patriot League schools, and the Big Ten is just up the road in College Park, Md. None of them are holding their tourneys in D.C.

TCU (21-11) solidified its standing with a 77-70 win over Oklahoma in the Big 12 tourney. The Sooners (20-12), though, may be nervous. They have lost six of their last eight games.

The Indiana State Sycamores waiting to learn Sunday if they get in the Field of 68, can thank the Hokies and other bubble teams who fail this week. Sycamores and Hokies. Trees and turkeys.

There are 362 Division I men’s basketball teams. Here is the roll call of those that are locked into the NCAA tournament, those on hold, and those who definitely will not be getting at-large berths:

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS (Locked into the Field of 68)

Charleston (CAA)

Colgate (Patriot)

Drake (Missouri Valley)

James Madison (Sun Belt)

Longwood (Big South)

McNeese State (Southland)

Montana State (Big Sky)

Morehead State (Ohio Valley)

Oakland (Horizon)

St. Mary’s (West Coast)

Samford (Southern)

South Dakota State (Summit)

Stetson (Atlantic Sun)

Wagner (Northeast)

LOCKS FOR THE FIELD OF 68 NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID OR WILL DO IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS (in my humble opinion)

Alabama, Arizona, Auburn

Baylor, Boise State, BYU

Clemson, Colorado State, Connecticut, Creighton

Dayton, Duke

Florida, Florida Atlantic

Gonzaga

Houston

Illinois, Iowa State

Kansas, Kentucky

Marquette

Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Northwestern

Oklahoma

Purdue

St. Mary’s, San Diego State, Seton Hall, South Carolina

TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech

Utah State

Virginia

Washington State, Wisconsin

BUBBLE O’RILEY?

Colorado

Indiana State, Iowa

Kansas State

Mississippi State

New Mexico

Pittsburgh

St. John’s

Texas A&M

Villanova, Virginia

Wake Forest

ELIMINATED BECAUSE OF LOSSES IN CONFERENCE TOURNEYS

Abilene Christian, Air Force, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Appalachian State, Arizona State, Arkansas State

Belmont, Binghamton, Boston U., Bradley, Bryant, Butler

Cal Poly, Cal State-Bakersfield, California, Canisius, Central Arkansas, Central Connecticut State, Charleston Southern, Chattanooga, Citadel, Cleveland State, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Coppin State

Dartmouth, Davidson, Delaware, Denver, DePaul, Detroit Mercy, Drexel

East Tennessee State, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Washington, Elon, Evansville

Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Fordham, Furman

Gardner-Webb, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Green Bay

Hampton, Harvard, High Point, Hofstra, Holy Cross

Idaho, Idaho State, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, Iona, IUPUI

Jacksonville, Jacksonville State

Kansas City, Kennesaw State

La Salle, Lafayette, Le Moyne, Lehigh, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Long Island, Louisiana, Louisville, Loyola Marymount, Loyola (Md.)

Maine, Manhattan, Marshall, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Mercer, Merrimack, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Mississippi Valley State, Missouri State, Monmouth, Montana State, Mount St. Mary’s, Murray State

Navy, New Hampshire, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Orleans, Nicholls State North Alabama, North Carolina A&T, North Dakota, North Dakota State, North Florida, Northeastern, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Northern Kentucky, Northwestern State, Notre Dame

Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Oregon State

Pacific, Penn, Portland, Portland State, Prairie View A&M, Presbyterian, Purdue Fort Wayne

Radford, Rhode Island, Rice, Robert Morris, Rutgers

Sacramento State, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (Pa.), Saint Louis, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Siena, South Alabama, South Carolina Upstate, South Dakota, Southeast Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Illinois, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Southern Mississippi, Stony Brook, Syracuse

Tennessee State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, Towson, Troy

UC Santa Barbara, UCF, UL Monroe, UMBC, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, UTSA, Utah Valley

Valpariso, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, VMI

Washington, Weber State, West Virginia, Western Carolina, Western Illinois, William & Mary, Winthrop, Wofford, Wright State, Wyoming

Youngstown State

INELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSITIONING TO DIVISION I FROM DIVISION II OR DIVISION III

Bellarmine

Le Moyne

Queens

St. Thomas, Southern Indiana, Stonehill

Tarleton, Texas A&M-Commerce

UC San Diego, Utah Tech

ELIMINATED BECAUSE IT’S AN INDEPENDENT THAT WENT 12-18

Chicago State