Only No. 3 Gonzaga is assured a berth in the 68-team field. Two others, No. 30 Utah State and No. 39 Boise State, are firmly on the bubble, with No. 54 Colorado State on the outskirts. Nobody else is close. Overall, teams in the new Pac-12, which officially reforms July 1, have an average NET ranking of 116.

The past week has been up and down for Iowa State fans. The men's hoops team beat top-ranked Purdue on Saturday and replaced the Boilermakers as a 1-seed as a result. But longtime football coach Matt Campbell also left for Penn State, and the university faces a hefty fine from the Big 12 for the Cyclones declining to play in a bowl game.

The Cougars are 189th in their second season under David Riley, while the Beavers are 199th in their 12th season of the Wayne Tinkle era. • Texas State, which joins the Pac-12 from the Sun Belt, owns one of the worst resumes in major college basketball. The Bobcats just lost three in a row to Lehigh, Rice and Seattle.