Who are the favorites for at-large bids from the non-power conferences?
If they fail to win their conference tournament, Nevada, George Washington, and Northern Iowa all should be good enough to get into the Dance without the automatic bid. Old Dominion, Creighton, and Ohio have decent shots at accomplishing that feat as well. Bucknell and Western Kentucky have outside shots at securing an invite if they win the right games on their respective schedules. 5. Will North Carolina return to the NCAA Tourney and defend their title? There are at least five ACC teams better on paper than the Tar Heels: Duke, Boston College, Wake Forest, Miami (FL), and Maryland. NC State has as much hope as UNC to make the Big Dance. It is hard to imagine a tourney without Roy Williams, but there is a realistic chance of that happening. For what it’s worth, I have UNC in my preseason bracket as an 11 seed. 6. Will Wake Forest underachieve again? I have never penciled Wake into a Final Four on any NCAA bracket – ever. Skip Prosser will have to prove it to me first. However, with r
