Minnesota is NIT-bound, and other Big Ten teams will soon follow

(Through Thursday, 5 p.m.)

There was no home-city advantage for the Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball team Thursday, and there will be no NCAA tournament for them, either.

Minnesota lost at Target Center in Minneapolis to Michigan State Thursday, 77-67. The Gophers led at halftime, but halftime doesn’t pay the bills.

And then there were 137 survivors for automatic berths in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Minnesota is 18-14, much better than it was last year. But that still spells NIT. Teams that need to do some winning in Minneapolis to get to the NCAA tourney rather than the NIT are Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State and Penn State.

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

THEY GOT BEATEN IN A CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND WON’T GET AN NCAA TOURNEY AT-LARGE BERTH

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

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

Cal Poly, Cal State-Bakersfield, California, Canisius, Central Arkansas, Central Connecticut State, Central Michigan, 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, Florida State, Fordham, Fresno State, 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

Jackson State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State

Kansas City, Kennesaw State

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

Maine, Manhattan, Marshall, Maryland, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Massachusetts, Memphis, Mercer, Merrimack, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Minnesota, 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, Richmond, Robert Morris, Rutgers

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

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

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

Valparaiso, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, VMI

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

Xavier

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