Four automatic bids were handed out Monday and the scenario could not have played out better for bubble teams.  Mid-major heavyweights Gonzaga and Siena secured spots to the NCAA Tournament along with Chattanooga and VCU.  Siena's victory in the MAAC was especially huge because the Saints had all the credentials to be an at-large team.

But with winners there are losers and now it will be a very long week for the vanquished likes of St. Mary's and Niagara.  Furthermore, early exits by Davidson and Creighton over the weekend puts two more teams on an already overcrowded bubble.  With nine automatic bids in place, we offer the latest WSW NCAA Tournament bracket projections.  Teams with an asterisk have clinched automatic bids.

EAST

  1-Pittsburgh

16-Alabama State/Chattanooga*

  8-Utah State

  9-Tennessee

  5-Illinois

12-San Diego State

  4-Clemson

13-VCU*

  6-UCLA

11-Western Kentucky

  3-Kansas

14-Robert Morris

  7-Dayton

10-Boston College

  2-Michigan State

15-Cornell*

SOUTH

  1-North Carolina

16-Morehead State*

  8-Texas A&M

  9-California

  5-Syracuse

12-Penn State

  4-Xavier

13-Northern Iowa*

  6-LSU

11-Michigan

  3-Villanova

14-North Dakota State

  7-Gonzaga*

10-Oklahoma State

  2-Memphis

15-Morgan State

MIDWEST

  1-Louisville

16-Bowling Green

  8-Siena*

  9-Minnesota

  5-Butler

12-Arizona

  4-Florida State

13-American

  6-Marquette

11-South Carolina

  3-Missouri

14-Binghamton

  7-Arizona State

10-Wisconsin

  2-Duke

15-East Tennessee State*

WEST

  1-Oklahoma

16-Cal State Northridge

  8-West Virginia

  9-Ohio State

  5-Utah

12-St. Mary's

  4-Washington

13-Stephen F. Austin

  6-BYU

11-Florida

  3-Wake Forest

14-Weber State

  7-Purdue

10-Texas

  2-Connecticut

15-Radford*