December 2nd Bracketology

Written By Grant Hansell

Includes All Games Completed as of Friday, December 1st

Note, this early in the season, trying to predict the low conference champions is a futile effort. Instead, I have listed the auto-bid conference champions in KenPom ranking order, with their KenPom rankings next to their name. This will be my primary ranking method for AQs for most of the season. Beginning around the new year, I will not include teams with losing records in my projections even if the methodology would otherwise lead me to include them.

  1. Purdue, Connecticut, Arizona, Marquette

  2. Kansas, Houston, Baylor, Duke

  3. Miami, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas

  4. Mississippi State, Gonzaga, Alabama, Texas A&M

  5. Ohio State, Creighton, Florida Atlantic, Illinois

  6. Michigan State, UCLA, Villanova, North Carolina

  7. Clemson, Auburn, USC, BYU

  8. San Diego State, TCU, Oklahoma, Virginia

  9. Colorado State, Colorado, James Madison, Memphis

  10. Arkansas, Texas Tech, Northwestern, Oregon

  11. Utah State, Xavier, Iowa, Missouri, Ole Miss, Indiana

  12. Princeton 52, Dayton 58, Liberty 62, UC Irvine 64

  13. Indiana State 76, Grand Canyon 77, McNeese St 88, UNC Greensboro 98,

  14. Hofstra 104, Weber State 110, Toledo 113, UMass Lowell 114,

  15. Wright State 120, South Dakota State 125, Colgate 144, Winthrop 153,

  16. Stetson 160, Iona 175, Morehead State 179, Howard 214, Texas Southern 241, Sacred Heart 280,

Last Four In: Iowa, Missouri, Ole Miss, Indiana

First Four Out: Kansas State, Virginia Tech, Providence, Florida

Next Four Out: Florida State, Rutgers, Boise State, Maryland

Also Considered: Santa Clara, North Texas, Temple, Tulsa, UAB, Wichita St, Davidson, George Mason, LaSalle, Richmond, St Louis, St Bonaventure, VCU, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC St, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Butler, DePaul, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn St, Cincinnati, Oklahoma St, UCF, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Belmont, Drake, Missouri St, Murray St, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Colorado St, Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona St, California, Oregon St, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington St, St Mary's, Wisconsin, SMU, Iowa St, St Johns

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