Aussie NCAA Tournament Tracker
The global pandemic that is the coronavirus has forced the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. It is a devastating blow for the sport, the jewel of the NCAA sporting calendar.
We outline the Aussie men and women who were pushing for a place in the Big Dance in 2020, albeit the event is now cancelled.
Men
Auto-bids
Hofstra | Colonial Athletic Champions Hal Hughes
Utah State | Mountain West Champions | Sean Bairstow
Winthrop | Big South Champions | Tom Pupavac & Kyle Zunic
Projected at-large bids
(as per ESPN Bracketology)
Akron | Deng Riak
Arizona | Josh Green
Duke | Jack White
Eastern Washington | Mason Peatling, Jack Perry &Tyler Robertson
Oklahoma | Anyang Garang*
Saint Mary's | Kyle Bowen, Alex Ducas, Tanner Krebs & Jock Perry
Stanford | Isaac White
UC Irvine | Aiden Krause & Isaiah Lee
West Virginia | Kody Stattmann
On the bubble
Xavier | Ramon Singh
Still in contention
California | Pac-12 Tournament | Grant Anticevich & Kuany Kuany
Creighton | Big East | Jacob Epperson
Coppin State | MEAC Tournament | Giir Ring
Hartford | America East Tournament | Hunter Marks
Hawaii | Mate Colina, Owen Hulland & Junior Madut
Idaho State | Big Sky Tournament | Chier Maker
Northern Illinois | MAC Tournament | Gairges Daow
Quinnipiac | MAAC Tournament | Jacob Rigoni
Southern Utah | Big Sky Tournament | Jarryd Hoppo
South Florida | American Tournament | Madut Akec
Texas-Rio Grande | WAC Tournament | Uche Dibiamaka
UC Riverside | Big West Tournament | Dragan Elkaz, Oliver Hayes-Brown & Daniel Mading
Washington State | Pac-12 Tournament | Ryan Rapp
Full list of Division I men for 2019/20
Women
Auto-bids
Oregon | Pac-12 Champions | Lucy Cochrane, Jaz Shelley & Morgan Yaeger
Portland | WCC Champions | Haylee Andrews, Alexandra Fowler & Keeley Frawley
Projected at-large bids
(as per ESPN Bracketology)
Arizona | Tara Manumaleuga
Duke | Miela Goodchild
Gonzaga | Eliza Hollingsworth
Iowa State | Lauren Mills
LSU | Sharna Ayres*
Mississippi State | Chloe Bibby
Northwestern | Jess Sancataldo
Oregon State | Jasmine Simmons
TCU | Ella Hellessey & Maddi Puli
Tennessee | Louise Brown & Jessie Rennie
Texas | Isabel Palmer
UCLA | Chantel Horvat
On the bubble
Boston College | Taylor Ortlepp & Georgia Pineau
Still in contention
Cal Poly | Big West Tournament | Abbey Ellis
Hawaii | Big West Tournament | Amy Atwell & Courtney Middap
Idaho | Big Sky Tournament | Caitlyn Jones
Mount Saint Mary's | Northeast Tournament | Annaliese Watkinson & Mikayla Watkinson
Oklahoma | Big 12 Tournament | Chloe Bloom
Seattle | WAC Tournament | Georgia Kehoe, Courtney Murphy & Maddy Phillips
Full list of Division I women for 2019/20
* Player is sitting out the season due to transfer rules
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