Almost There

Fourteen more conferences awarded their automatic bids:

America East: Albany (chosen by nobody)
Conference USA: Tulsa (chosen by zip)
Big East: Providence (chosen by nada)
Big West: Cal-Poly (selected by zilch), a team with a 10-19 record coming into the Big West tourney
PAC-12: UCLA (liked by 7: S Adams, Corey, J Donadio, Sr., Kovolski, M Leach, Lenok, Lenok 2)
Big 12: Iowa State (picked by 8: Booth, Chumchucker, N Donadio, Gorenstein, M Leach, Quint, Steinhardt, R Wanger)
SWAC: Texas Southern (chosen by 9: Blane, Crotty, J Donadio, Jr., M Josephs, E Leach, P Leach, Serri, Warner, J Whiteside)
MAC: Western Michigan (taken by 20)
Mountain West: New Mexico (selected by 44)
WAC: New Mexico State (favored by 76)
AAC: Louisville (liked by 75)
MEAC: NC Central (chosen by 80)
Big Sky: Weber State (honored by 90)
Southland: Stephen F. Austin (envisioned by 97)

Five more conferences will be decided tomorrow:

Atlantic 10: VCU (17) vs. St. Joseph's (4: Booth, Gorenstein, M Josephs, B Whiteside)
ACC: Duke (46) vs. Virginia (7: Bracketology, Colleran, Hahn, D Josephs, L Leach, Marshall, Steitz)
Big 10: Michigan State (64) vs. Michigan (13)
SEC: Florida (86) vs. Kentucky (17)
Sun Belt: Georgia State (71) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (6: Baumgarten, B Brenner, Jr., J Donadio, Sr., D Kedson, M Leach, Rybaltowski)

J Donadio, Jr. remains in first place, with 82 points, followed closely by E Albert, L Donadio, and Packman, each with 77, and S Adams, DaLaura, Jr., and Dye, each with 74. At the bottom of the standings stands (or, we suppose, "sits" might be more apropos, or maybe "lies prone with his hands covering his face in shame") L Leach, with 40 points, fewer than half the leader. Glad that the previous sentence wasn't about them are Steitz, Sanders, and B Brenner, Jr., with 44 each, and B Brenner and B Wright, with 47. Full standings may be found by clicking on the "Standings" link on the right hand side of the page.

Just one more day until the bracket is announced. Get a good night's sleep.