With realignment winds blowing furiously in the offseason — 17 teams changed conferences after 24 last year — it can be hard to keep track of who’s where. Plus, with every conference sending a team to the NCAA Tournament at the end of the year, it’s useful to take stock at the start of the year.

Here’s a look at all 30 conferences and their preseason coaches poll, if released. Click below to navigate to that specific conference and view the teams by their preseason rank alongside 2023 records and RPI.

America East	AAC	A10	ACC	ASUN	Big 12
Big East	Big South	Big Ten	Big West	CAA	CUSA
Horizon	Ivy	MAAC	MAC	MVC	MWC
NEC	OVC	Pac-12	Patriot League	SEC	SoCon
Southland	SWAC	Summit	Sun Belt	WCC	WAC

America East

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	Binghamton	29-23	16-8	218	—
2	Maine	31-21	19-5	125	✓
3	UMBC	30-27	16-8	176	—
4	NJIT	22-31	11-13	222	—
5	Bryant	26-24	12-12	156	—
6	UMass Lowell	20-35	11-13	213	—
7	UAlbany	9-34-1	3-21	280	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

Binghamton: A veteran lineup has the Bearcats hunting a seventh regular season title under Tim Sinicki.

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The American

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	East Carolina	47-19	18-6	26	✓
2	Charlotte	36-28	17-12¹	64	✓
3	UTSA	38-19	21-8¹	75	—
4	Florida Atlantic	34-25	16-14¹	78	—
5	South Florida	21-39	7-17	161	—
6	Memphis	29-28	10-14	144	—
7	Wichita State	30-25	13-10	110	—
8	Rice	21-37	9-21¹	167	—
9	Tulane	19-42	8-16	158	✓
10	UAB	17-36	8-22¹	192	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.
¹ Conference USA record; Moved to AAC in offseason.

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Atlantic 10

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Saint Louis	33-23	15-9	224	—
2	George Mason	36-27	13-10	153	✓
3	Saint Joseph’s	28-24-1	17-7	162	—
4	Davidson	30-24	15-8	216	—
5	VCU	25-30	11-13	221	—
6	Dayton	26-34	15-9	191	—
7	Rhode Island	23-29	13-11	195	—
8	Richmond	27-28	14-9	227	—
9	George Washington	21-34	11-12	225	—
10	Fordham	19-36	7-17	258	—
11	Massachusetts	14-35	6-18	274	—
12	St. Bonaventure	8-40	5-19	299	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Atlantic Coast

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Wake Forest	54-12	22-7	2	✓
2	Clemson	44-19	20-10	7	✓
3	NC State	36-21	13-16	24	✓
4	Florida State	23-31	9-21	61	—
5	Louisville	31-24	10-20	44	—
6	Notre Dame	30-24	15-15	58	—
7	Boston College	37-20	16-14	20	✓
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament. Wake Forest picked as ACC Champion.

Wake Forest: After an Omaha appearance, the Deacs enter 2024 as the consensus No. 1 team with a plethora of first-round talent.

COASTAL DIVISION

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Virginia	50-15	19-11	10	✓
2	North Carolina	36-24	14-14	33	✓
3	Duke	39-24	16-13	17	✓
4	Miami	42-21	18-12	16	✓
5	Georgia Tech	30-27	12-18	67	—
6	Virginia Tech	30-23	12-17	49	—
7	Pitt	24-31	10-18	81	—
NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Atlantic Sun

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Lipscomb	36-26	23-7	90	✓
2	FGCU	42-18	20-10	59	—
3	Jacksonville	34-24	17-13	127	—
4	Stetson	35-23	20-10	129	—
5	Kennesaw State	25-29	14-16	163	—
6	Austin Peay	26-32	15-15	199	—
7	EKU	29-30	15-15	178	—
8	Central Arkansas	23-31	14-16	242	—
9	North Florida	28-27	13-17	166	—
10	Queens	17-38	9-21	248	—
11	North Alabama	14-37	8-22	273	—
12	Bellarmine	13-42	8-22	267	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Big 12

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	TCU	44-24	13-11	15	✓
2	Texas	42-22	15-9	21	✓
3	Oklahoma State	41-20	15-9	23	✓
4	Texas Tech	41-23	12-12	37	✓
5	Kansas State	35-24	13-11	53	—
6	Oklahoma	32-28	11-13	40	✓
7	West Virginia	40-20	15-9	27	✓
8	Kansas	25-32	8-16	111	—
9	Houston	36-23	17-6¹	102	—
10	UCF	33-26	12-12¹	119	—
11	Baylor	20-35	6-18	175	—
12	BYU	24-28	13-14²	196	—
13	Cincinnati	24-33	10-14¹	160	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.
¹ The American record; Moved to Big 12 in offseason.
² WCC record; Moved to Big 12 in offseason.

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Big East

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	UConn	44-17	15-5	25	✓
2	Xavier	39-25	14-7	42	✓
3	Seton Hall	31-24	13-8	143	—
4	Creighton	25-24	10-11	130	—
5	Georgetown	30-27	10-10	135	—
6	St. John’s	28-25	8-12	165	—
7	Butler	12-43	5-16	237	—
8	Villanova	14-37	7-13	261	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Big South

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	USC Upstate	38-22	21-6	85	—
2	Gardner-Webb	31-25	15-12	154	—
3	High Point	20-34	12-15	205	—
4	Winthrop	28-28	15-12	155	—
5	UNC Asheville	26-26	12-15	212	—
6	Presbyterian	21-34	12-15	200	—
7	Charleston Southern	22-28	13-14	172	—
8	Longwood	23-31	11-16	228	—
9	Radford	10-45	2-25	298	—
Last year’s auto-bid, Campbell, moved on to the CAA. NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

After coming close the last few years, the Spartans are in prime shape to reach their first-ever regional.

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Big Ten

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Iowa	40-16	15-8	32	✓
2	Indiana	43-20	16-8	31	✓
3	Maryland	42-21	17-7	36	✓
4	Rutgers	33-23	14-10	68	—
5	Nebraska	33-23-1	15-9	99	—
6	Michigan	28-28	13-11	122	—
–	Illinois	25-27	12-12	96	—
–	Michigan State	33-22	12-12	70	—
–	Minnesota	18-34	10-14	210	—
–	Northwestern	10-40	4-20	263	—
–	Ohio State	31-25	9-15	79	—
–	Penn State	25-25	7-16	142	—
–	Purdue	24-29	11-13	206	—
NOTE: Big Ten preseason poll only ranks the top six teams. After that, they’re alphabetical. Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Big West

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	UC Santa Barbara	35-20	18-12	56	—
2	UC Irvine	38-17	19-11	46	—
3	UC San Diego	34-18	21-9	82	—
4	Hawai’i	29-20	18-12	76	—
5	CSUN	34-17	20-10	73	—
6	Cal State Fullerton	32-24	20-10	65	✓
7	Cal Poly	21-35	11-19	168	—
8	Long Beach State	33-22	17-13	87	—
9	UC Davis	17-37	7-23	230	—
10	Cal State Bakersfield	18-34	9-21	252	—
11	UC Riverside	11-41	5-26	262	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Coastal Athletic Association

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Northeastern	44-16	20-10	35	✓
2	UNCW	34-23	20-8	43	✓
3	Campbell	46-15	22-5¹	13	✓
4	Charleston	36-22	18-12	69	—
5	Elon	33-22	19-9	63	—
6	Delaware	30-29	17-13	112	—
7	William & Mary	32-25	15-15	89	—
8	Stony Brook	23-29	14-16	159	—
9	Hofstra	26-26	13-15	123	—
10	North Carolina A&T	19-28	11-17	188	—
11	Towson	19-37	7-23	231	—
12	Monmouth	16-30	6-22	208	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.
¹ Big South record; Moved to CAA in offseason. Won Big South auto-bid in ’23.

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Conference USA

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Dallas Baptist	47-16	25-5	14	✓
2	Liberty	27-31	16-14¹	97	—
3	Louisiana Tech	28-31	15-15	131	—
4	Sam Houston	39-25	22-8²	74	✓
5	WKU	33-26	16-14	138	—
6	Middle Tennessee	27-29	14-16	157	—
7	Jacksonville State	27-30	18-12¹	181	—
8	FIU	21-34	8-22	196	—
9	New Mexico State	12-36	9-21²	296	—
Last year’s auto-bid, Charlotte, moved to the AAC. NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.
¹ ASUN record; Moved to CUSA in offseason.
² WAC record; Moved to CUSA in offseason.

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Horizon League

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Wright State	39-23	22-8	80	✓
2	Northern Kentucky	30-27	17-13	219	—
3	Oakland	28-31	18-12	217	—
4	Milwaukee	22-32	11-18	265	—
5	Youngstown State	19-36	13-16	253	—
6	Purdue Fort Wayne	13-43	8-22	276	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Fairfield	37-18	16-5	118	—
2	Quinnipiac	30-26	16-8	203	—
3	Canisius	26-25-1	16-8	180	—
4	Rider	36-21	14-7	93	✓
5	Manhattan	22-34	13-11	257	—
6	Niagara	24-22-1	14-10	190	—
7	Mount St. Mary’s	25-27	10-14	238	—
8	Marist	16-36	10-14	270	—
9	Iona	13-38	9-15	286	—
10	Siena	14-41	7-17	271	—
11	Saint Peter’s	9-41	4-20	301	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Mid-American Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Kent State	40-16	24-6	45	—
2	Ball State	36-23	19-11	101	✓
3	Central Michigan	31-22	19-11	107	—
4	Western Michigan	21-31	18-11	164	—
5	Ohio	18-30	15-15	214	—
6	Toledo	26-29	14-16	182	—
7	Miami (OH)	21-35	13-17	245	—
8	Bowling Green	20-30	12-18	229	—
9	Eastern Michigan	26-26	12-18	186	—
10	Northern Illinois	10-43	5-24	279	—
11	Akron	20-33	12-18	239	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Missouri Valley Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Indiana State	45-17	24-3	9	✓
2	Missouri State	33-23	18-9	83	—
3	Evansville	37-24	15-12	72	—
4	Murray State	31-28	14-13	171	—
5	Southern Illinois	30-27	15-12	136	—
6	Belmont	27-33	10-17	215	—
7	Illinois State	20-30	9-18	202	—
8	UIC	28-25	13-14	134	—
9	Valparaiso	20-27	10-17	149	—
10	Bradley	16-32	7-20	204	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Mountain West Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	San José State	31-27	18-11	105	✓
2	Fresno State	30-27	16-14	177	—
3	Air Force	28-31	17-13	140	—
4	San Diego State	24-29	18-11	148	—
T-5	New Mexico	25-24	13-17	241	—
T-5	UNLV	21-30	12-18	209	—
7	Nevada	20-33	10-20	220	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Northeast Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Central Connecticut St.	36-14	25-5	108	✓
2	Wagner	32-24	21-9	234	—
3	Sacred Heart	28-30	17-13	232	—
4	Fairleigh Dickinson	31-21-1	20-10	254	—
5	LIU	19-36	16-14	284	—
6	Merrimack	21-30	14-16	268	—
T-7	Coppin State	21-31	14-16	278	—
T-7	Stonehill	13-35	10-20	292	—
T-9	Maryland-Eastern Shore	18-37	14-16	288	—
T-9	Le Moyne	D2	D2	D2	D2
11	Delaware State	13-35	8-22	297	—
12	Norfolk State	9-42	6-24	302	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

Central Connecticut State: After three regionals in four seasons, the Blue Devils are once again in prime position to make a run at the NEC’s auto-bid.

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Ohio Valley Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Little Rock	31-23	14-8	170	—
2	Morehead State	36-20	16-7	116	—
3	Southeast Missouri	26-30	14-10	211	—
4	UT Martin	22-34	14-10	246	—
5	Eastern Illinois	38-21	13-11	117	✓
6	Tennessee Tech	21-34	10-14	249	—
7	SIUE	26-28	9-15	226	—
8	Southern Indiana	17-38	8-15	275	—
9	Lindenwood	13-42	8-16	281	—
10	Western Illinois	12-40	8-16¹	287	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.
¹ The Summit League record; Moved to OVC in offseason.

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Pac-12

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Oregon State	41-20	18-12	34	✓
2	Stanford	44-20	23-7	18	✓
3	UCLA	28-24-1	12-16-1	66	—
4	Oregon	41-22	16-14	30	✓
5	USC	34-23-1	17-13	55	—
6	Arizona State	32-23	16-13	52	—
7	Washington	35-20	17-12	38	✓
8	California	24-28	12-18	84	—
9	Arizona	33-26	12-18	54	✓
10	Utah	22-32-1	9-20-1	147	—
11	Washington State	28-23	10-19	94	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Patriot League

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAA
1	Army	38-18	21-4	92	✓
2	Bucknell	23-23-1	14-11	183	—
3	Navy	23-27	14-11	247	—
4	Lehigh	23-26	10-15	250	—
5	Lafayette	15-37	10-15	256	—
6	Holy Cross	16-35	6-19	285	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Southeastern Conference

EASTERN DIVISION

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Florida	54-17	20-10	3	✓
2	Tennessee	44-22	16-14	12	✓
3	Vanderbilt	42-20	19-11	8	✓
4	South Carolina	42-21	16-13	6	✓
5	Kentucky	40-21	16-14	4	✓
6	Georgia	29-27	11-19	41	—
7	Missouri	30-24	10-20	48	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament. Arkansas picked to win the SEC overall.

WESTERN DIVISION

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Arkansas	43-18	20-10	5	✓
2	LSU	54-17	19-10	1	✓
3	Texas A&M	38-27	14-16	28	✓
4	Alabama	43-21	16-14	11	✓
5	Auburn	34-23-1	17-13	29	✓
6	Ole Miss	25-29	6-24	86	—
7	Mississippi State	27-26	9-21	50	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Southern Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Samford	37-25	15-6	62	✓
2	Mercer	33-25	13-8	121	—
3	Wofford	40-19	12-9	57	—
4	Western Carolina	21-33	8-12	201	—
5	ETSU	26-29	10-11	179	—
6	UNC Greensboro	25-34	9-12	139	—
7	VMI	26-29	9-11	243	—
8	The Citadel	23-31	7-14	236	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Southland Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Nicholls	34-24	15-9	109	✓
2	Lamar	32-23	13-11	124	—
3	New Orleans	35-24	13-11	95	—
4	UIW	28-26	14-10	145	—
5	McNeese	33-23	12-12	128	—
6	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	24-30	12-12	187	—
7	Southeastern La.	25-25	9-14	137	—
8	Northwestern State	27-27	12-12	146	—
9	HCU	11-37	7-16	255	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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SWAC

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
West
1	Grambling	28-26	28-15	260	—
2	Prairie View A&M	17-36	17-21	290	—
3	Southern	22-28	22-13	272	—
4	Texas Southern	19-22	18-14	289	—
5	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	11-33	11-23	304	—
6	Alcorn State	5-37	5-34	305	—
East
1	Alabama State	41-18	30-4	126	—
2	Bethune-Cookman	33-27	23-11	174	—
3	Florida A&M	29-30	25-14	150	✓
4	Jackson State	23-25	21-20	258	—
5	Alabama A&M	10-34	9-26	293	—
6	Mississippi Valley State	13-37	13-27	294	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Summit League

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Oral Roberts	52-14	23-1	47	✓
2	North Dakota State	23-30	16-7	189	—
3	South Dakota State	21-28	13-11	244	—
4	Omaha	21-28	9-14	266	—
5	Northern Colorado	11-34	8-16	291	—
6	St. Thomas	10-34	6-18	295	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf.tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Sun Belt

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Coastal Carolina	42-21	23-7	19	✓
2	Southern Miss	46-20	22-8	22	✓
3	Troy	40-22	18-12	39	✓
4	Louisiana	41-24	18-12	51	✓
5	Texas State	36-23	17-13	60	—
6	Old Dominion	32-23	15-15	91	—
7	Georgia Southern	27-29	16-14	104	—
8	South Alabama	23-31	11-19	141	—
9	App State	30-25	16-13	88	—
10	James Madison	31-25	15-13	100	—
11	Georgia State	31-28	16-14	98	—
12	Marshall	16-37	5-24	223	—
13	ULM	17-37	6-23	251	—
14	Arkansas State	19-31	9-19	233	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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West Coast Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Santa Clara	36-20	17-10	77	✓
T-2	San Diego	24-25-1	17-10	115	—
T-2	Portland	31-23	17-11	106	—
T-4	Saint Mary’s	23-28	14-13	185	—
T-4	LMU	29-24	21-6	114	—
6	Gonzaga	18-34	14-13	198	—
7	Pepperdine	19-30	8-19	193	—
8	San Francisco	18-29	8-19	264	—
9	Pacific	14-35	6-21	277	—
Highlighted row indicates last year’s auto-bid (conf. tourney). NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.

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Western Athletic Conference

Rank		Ovr.	Conf.	RPI	NCAAs
1	Grand Canyon	37-21	22-7	71	—
2	Utah Valley	32-24	16-12	152	—
3	California Baptist	28-30	15-15	169	—
4	Abilene Christian	35-24	16-14	120	—
5	UT Arlington	29-29	16-14	113	—
6	UT Rio Grande Valley	30-26	15-14	132	—
7	Sacramento State	29-26	14-16	194	—
8	Seattle U	20-31	17-13	173	—
9	Tarleton State	24-26	10-18	184	—
10	Stephen F. Austin	22-28	12-18	207	—
11	Utah Tech	13-39	8-22	269	—
Last year’s auto-bid, Sam Houston State, moved to Conference USA. NCAAs = 2023 Tournament.