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Oakland is going to the Dance while San Francisco joins the departed. Long live Oakland!
Six spots settled for NCAA men’s basketball tournament, 62 to go. In the meantime, the number of survivors in the fight for the national-championship is down to 211 out of 362 teams.

Mar. 4, 2024 2:26 pm, Updated: Mar. 12, 2024 8:00 pm
(Through Tuesday at 8 p.m.)
And then there were 211 survivors. Meanwhile, Wagner and Oakland earned NCAA men’s basketball tournament berths Tuesday.
San Francisco’s run of seasons without an NCAA title was extended to 68 years Monday night when the Dons were done in by Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference semifinals.
Oakland, however, is going to the Big Dance. Bragging rights in the San Francisco Bay Area belong to that much-maligned city. The Golden Grizzlies beat Milwaukee Tuesday in the Horizon League’s championship game in Indianapolis, 83-76.
Er, wait. That Oakland is from Rochester, Mich.
Well, the Grizzlies can still brag. They’re going to the NCAAs and the University of Michigan (59 miles from Rochester) is not, unless it wins five straight games at the Big Ten tourney, starting Wednesday.
Spoiler alert: It won’t.
Wagner, from Staten Island, goes the big tournament with a 16-15 record. That will mean a No. 16 seed. Enjoy Dayton, you plucky Seahawks who were the sixth-seed in your own league.
The only sports I attend after II
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)
Drake (Missouri Valley)
James Madison (Sun Belt)
Longwood (Big South)
Morehead State (Ohio Valley)
Samford (Southern)
Stetson (Atlantic Sun)
Wagner (Northeast)
LOCKS FOR THE FIELD OF 68 (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
Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech
Utah State
Virginia
Washington State, Wisconsin
BUBBLE O’RILEY?
Colorado
Indiana State, Iowa
Mississippi State
New Mexico
St. John’s, Seton Hall
TCU, Texas A&M
Villanova, Virginia
Wake Forest
ELIMINATED BECAUSE OF LOSSES IN CONFERENCE TOURNEYS
Appalachian State, Arkansas State
Belmont, Binghamton, Boston U., Bradley, Bryant
Cal Poly, Central Arkansas, Central Connecticut State, Charleston Southern, Chattanooga, Citadel, Cleveland State, Coastal Carolina, Columbia
Dartmouth, Davidson, Delaware, Detroit Mercy, Drexel
East Tennessee State, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Washington, Elon, Evansville
Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast, Furman
Gardner-Webb, George Washington, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Green Bay
Hampton, Harvard, High Point, Hofstra, Holy Cross
Idaho, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, IUPUI
Jacksonville
Kansas City, Kennesaw State
Lafayette, Le Moyne, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Long Island, Louisiana, Louisville, Loyola Marymount, Loyola (Md.)
Maine, Marshall, Mercer, Merrimack, Mississippi Valley State, Missouri State, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Murray State
Navy, New Hampshire, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Orleans, 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 State, Old Dominion, Omaha, Oral Roberts
Pacific, Penn, Portland, Portland State, Prairie View A&M, Presbyterian, Purdue Fort Wayne
Radford, Rhode Island, Robert Morris
Sacred Heart, St. Francis (Pa.), San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, South Alabama, South Carolina Upstate, South Dakota, Southeast Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Illinois, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Southern Mississippi
Tennessee State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas State, Towson, Troy
UL Monroe, UMBC, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington
VMI
Weber State, West Virginia, Western Carolina, Western Illinois, William & Mary, Winthrop, Wofford
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
Valparaiso
Wright State
Youngstown State
ELIMINATED BECAUSE IT’S AN INDEPENDENT THAT WENT 12-18
Chicago State