***Auto-Bid Madness 2025***
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- Start date
ASUN - FGCU
Big Sky - Eastern WA
Big South - UNC Asheville
CAA - Charleston
Horizon - Youngstown State
Missouri Valley - Drake
Northeast - Bryant
OVC - Southeast Missouri State
Patriot - Army
SoCon - UNCG
Southland - Lamar
Summit - Omaha
Sun Belt - James Madison
West Coast - St. Marys
Group 2
Deadline: 6 p.m. CT Friday, March 7
ACC
America East
American
Atlantic 10
Big 12
Big East
Big Ten
Big West
C-USA
Ivy
MAC
MAAC
MEAC
Mountain West
SEC
SWAC
WAC
Big Sky - Eastern WA
Big South - UNC Asheville
CAA - Charleston
Horizon - Youngstown State
Missouri Valley - Drake
Northeast - Bryant
OVC - Southeast Missouri State
Patriot - Army
SoCon - UNCG
Southland - Lamar
Summit - Omaha
Sun Belt - James Madison
West Coast - St. Marys
Group 2
Deadline: 6 p.m. CT Friday, March 7
ACC
America East
American
Atlantic 10
Big 12
Big East
Big Ten
Big West
C-USA
Ivy
MAC
MAAC
MEAC
Mountain West
SEC
SWAC
WAC
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Fixed with two minutes to spare. That's what I get when I try to use AI to come up with my picks.
Auto-Bid Madness 2025 is closed to additional contestants.
Caveat: Anyone who submitted for Group 1 prior to first deadline, but not Group 2, you have until 6 p.m. CT Friday, March 7, to finish your submission.
Caveat: Anyone who submitted for Group 1 prior to first deadline, but not Group 2, you have until 6 p.m. CT Friday, March 7, to finish your submission.
Here are the picks from the 19 participants for the first group. I may have to split it into multiple posts. The numbers at the bottom reflect how many people picked each team.
| 1UNI2ISU | Lipscomb | Montama | High Point | UNC Wilmington | Youngstown St | Northern Iowa | Central Connecticut | Little Rock | American | Chattanooga | McNeese | South Dakota St | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| CoachHines3 | Lipscomb | Northern Colorado | High Point | Towson | Milwaukee | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Samford | McNeese | South Dakota St | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| riceville | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | James Madison | St Mary's | |
| coolerifyoudid | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| Cupped | North Alabama | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| qwerty | North Alabama | Portland St | Winthrop | Charleston | Milwaukee | Belmont | Long Island University | SIU Edwardsville | Bucknell | Wofford | SE Louisiana | South Dakota | Sun Belt | Oregon St | |
| Gipper 2001 | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Charleston | Robert Morris | Drake | Long Island University | SE Missouri | Colgate | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | James Madison | St Mary's | |
| Rulzzz | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Milwaukee | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | UNC-Greensboro | McNeese | Omaha | S Alabama | St Mary's | |
| CoKane | North Alabama | Montana | High Point | Charleston | Milwaukee | Drake | Central Connecticut | SIU Edwardsville | Bucknell | Furman | McNeese | Omaha | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| ClonesTwenty1 | North Alabama | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | American | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | James Madison | Gonzaga | |
| Cyclonsin | Florida Gulf Coast | Northern Colorado | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| Hubbs4cy | Lipscomb | Northern Colorado | High Point | Towson | Cleveland St | Drake | Long Island University | Little Rock | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | South Dakota St | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| Cyclone North | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | UNC Wilmington | Milwaukee | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | UNC-Greensboro | McNeese | South Dakota St | Arkansas St | Gonzaga | |
| CycloneEggie | Lipscomb | Northern Colorado | High Point | UNC Wilmington | Cleveland St | Northern Iowa | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Army | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas (MN) | Troy | St Mary's | |
| Cycloner29 | Lipscomb | Northern Colorado | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SIU Edwardsville | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| ScottyP | Lipscomb | Northern Colorado | High Point | Towson | Cleveland St | Bradley | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | South Alabama | St Mary's | |
| cyclones500 | Florida Gulf Coast | Montana | High Point | UNC Wilmington | Milwaukee | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Furman | McNeese | South Dakota St | South Alabama | Gonzaga | |
| KC | Florida Gulf Coast | Northern Colorado | High Point | UNC Wilmington | Robert Morris | Drake | Central Connecticut | SE Missouri | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas (MN) | South Alabama | St Mary's | |
| CyCoug | Florida Gulf Coast | Eastern Washington | UNC-Asheville | Charleston | Youngstown St | Drake | Bryant | SE Missouri | Army | UNC-Greensboro | Lamar | Omaha | James Madison | St Mary's | |
| Lipscomb 11 | Montana 10 | High Point 17 | Towson 10 | Robert Morris 8 | Drake 13 | CCU 15 | SE Missouri 14 | Bucknell 14 | Chattanooga 12 | McNeese 17 | Omaha 10 | Arkansas St 6 | St Mary's 15 | ||
| FGCU 4 | N Colorado 7 | UNC-A 1 | UNC-W 5 | Milwaukee 6 | Northern Iowa 2 | LIU 3 | SIU Edwardsville 3 | American 2 | UNC-Greensboro 3 | Lamar 1 | South Dakota St 5 | James Madison 4 | Gonzaga 3 | ||
| N Alabama 4 | EWSU 1 | Winthrop 1 | Charleston 4 | Cleveland St 3 | Belmont 1 | Bryant 1 | Little Rock 2 | Army 2 | Furman 2 | SE Louisiana 1 | St Thomas (MN) 3 | South Alabama 4 | Oregon St 1 | ||
| Portland St 1 | Youngstown St 2 | Bradley 1 | Colgate 1 | Samford 1 | Marshall 3 | ||||||||||
| Wofford 1 | Sun Belt 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy 1 |
Thanks for putting this together. My first year entering. Should be fun to follow!
Well, crap. I forgot to put the conference names in there. Anyone need me to post a corrected version?
It'd be cool to have headers, but it's totally up to you and what others prefer. It's largely self-evident which leagues are which.
I added the leagues, and used some abbreviations to tighten it up just a bit. Hopefully this will be better. Remember there is a scroll bar at the bottom of the post to move the screen right to left.
| Atlantic Sun: | Big Sky: | Big South: | CAA | Horizon: | MVC | NEC | Ohio Valley: | Patriot: | Southern: | Southland: | Summit: | Sun Belt: | West Coast: | ||
| 1UNI2ISU | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | UNC W | Youngstown St | UNI | CCU | Little Rock | American | Chattanooga | McNeese | SDSU | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| CoachHines3 | Lipscomb | N Colorado | High Point | Towson | Milwaukee | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Samford | McNeese | SDSU | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| riceville | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | JMU | St Mary's | |
| coolerifyoudid | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| Cupped | N Alabama | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| qwerty | N Alabama | Portland St | Winthrop | Charleston | Milwaukee | Belmont | LIU | SIU E | Bucknell | Wofford | SE Louisiana | South Dakota | Sun Belt | Oregon St | |
| Gipper 2001 | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Charleston | Robert Morris | Drake | LIU | SEMU | Colgate | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | JMU | St Mary's | |
| Rulzzz | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | Towson | Milwaukee | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | UNC-G | McNeese | Omaha | S Alabama | St Mary's | |
| CoKane | N Alabama | Montana | High Point | Charleston | Milwaukee | Drake | CCU | SIU E | Bucknell | Furman | McNeese | Omaha | Arkansas St | St Mary's | |
| ClonesTwenty1 | N Alabama | Montana | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | American | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | JMU | Gonzaga | |
| Cyclonsin | FGCU | N Colorado | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| Hubbs4cy | Lipscomb | N Colorado | High Point | Towson | Cleveland St | Drake | LIU | Little Rock | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | SDSU | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| Cyclone North | Lipscomb | Montana | High Point | UNC W | Milwaukee | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | UNC-G | McNeese | SDSU | Arkansas St | Gonzaga | |
| CycloneEggie | Lipscomb | N Colorado | High Point | UNC W | Cleveland St | UNI | CCU | SEMU | Army | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas | Troy | St Mary's | |
| Cycloner29 | Lipscomb | N Colorado | High Point | Towson | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SIU E | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | Marshall | St Mary's | |
| ScottyP | Lipscomb | N Colorado | High Point | Towson | Cleveland St | Bradley | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | Omaha | S Alabama | St Mary's | |
| cyclones500 | FGCU | Montana | High Point | UNC W | Milwaukee | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Furman | McNeese | SDSU | S Alabama | Gonzaga | |
| KC | FGCU | N Colorado | High Point | UNC W | Robert Morris | Drake | CCU | SEMU | Bucknell | Chattanooga | McNeese | St Thomas | S Alabama | St Mary's | |
| CyCoug | FGCU | EWSU | UNC-A | Charleston | Youngstown St | Drake | Bryant | SEMU | Army | UNC-G | Lamar | Omaha | JMU | St Mary's | |
| Lipscomb 11 | Montana 10 | High Point 17 | Towson 10 | Robert Morris 8 | Drake 13 | CCU 15 | SEMU 14 | Bucknell 14 | Chatt 12 | McNeese 17 | Omaha 10 | Arkansas St 6 | St Mary's 15 | ||
| FGCU 4 | N Colorado 7 | UNC-A 1 | UNC-W 5 | Milwaukee 6 | UNI 2 | LIU 3 | SIU E 3 | American 2 | UNC-G 3 | Lamar 1 | Sdsu 5 | JMU 4 | Gonzaga 3 | ||
| N Alabama 4 | EWSU 1 | Winthrop 1 | Charleston 4 | Cleveland St 3 | Belmont 1 | Bryant 1 | Little Rock 2 | Army 2 | Furman 2 | SE La 1 | St Thomas 3 | S Alabama 4 | Oregon St 1 | ||
| Portland St 1 | Youngstown St 2 | Bradley 1 | Colgate 1 | Samford 1 | Marshall 3 | ||||||||||
| Wofford 1 | Sun Belt 1 |
FYI: High Point (Big South) and McNeese (Southland) were the most popular picks with 17 each. Fourteen teams were only picked by one poster.
Just noticed this. Too bad I missed the group 1 deadline. I'll still submit a group 2 ballot Just to see how it goes
Because McNeese is such a popular pick, they will probably not win win the tournament now.
The Sun Belt tournament should be interesting because there are a lot of different picks to win.
I expected Sun Belt to be wide open, 4 teams tied at 13-5 atop the league, with Marshall at 12-6.
That probably means Texas State or Georgia State will win it.
If anyone that picked Florida Gulf Coast wants to buy back in, send me a PM and I'll give you my Venmo.
I'm with you.
That was one of the final ones in group 1 I did, I had Lipscomb default, was considering UNA, then thought, "Why not get CRAZY!"
Comes back to bite me every time.
Since @Cyinthenorth has been a frequent participant in A-BM, we’ll allow late entry. Beacuse ASUN is in semifinal round, you’ll be ineligible for that conference, but any others in Group 1 are accepted, please post asap. (Group2 deadline is Friday, so no rush on that).
Very awesome of you, thank you!
Group 1
Deadline: 6 p.m. CT Monday, March 3
ASUN: N/A
Big Sky: Northern Colorado
Big South: Winthrop
CAA: UNC Wilmington
Horizon: Milwaukee
Missouri Valley: Bradley
Northeast: Central Connecticut St
OVC: SEMO
Patriot: Colgate
SoCon: Samford
Southland: McNeese
Summit: South Dakota St
Sun Belt: Arkansas State
West Coast: Gonzaga
Group 2
Deadline: 6 p.m. CT Friday, March 7
ACC: Duke
America East: Vermont
American: North Texas
Atlantic 10: VCU
Big 12: Iowa State
Big East: UCONN
Big Ten: Illinois
Big West: UC Irvine
C-USA: New Mexico State
Ivy: Yale
MAC: Akron
MAAC: Merrimack
MEAC: Howard
Mountain West: New Mexico
SEC: Florida
SWAC: Jackson State
WAC: Grand Canyon
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Welcome aboard!
If you finish higher than me, I will rescind the offer retroactively.
