SoCon: Richmond
Additional Rules: Teams must be .500 or better for at-large consideration (this has been true in the past; it’s unclear whether that rule is in place for 2021), teams must have played a minimum of five games (in typical years, the minimum is 12 games; it was lowered this year, and it’s unclear what the minimum will be set at because there’s been discussion that previously set minimums may be adjusted down).
AQs and Potential Bid Thieves
Big Ten
The Buckeyes need a win in the regular season finale and a win in the Big Ten conference tournament to be eligible for an at-large bid, but if we are to consider RPI in 2021, even a trip to the Big Ten conference championship is not expected to be enough to get Ohio State into the Top 20 RPI. With Maryland an essential lock for the NCAA Tournament and Rutgers very much in the conversation for an at-large, it would seem the only way for the Big Ten to produce three teams would be to have someone outside of the Terps and Scarlet Knights win the conference tournament.