February 4th, Bracketology
Includes All Games Completed as of Saturday, February 3rd
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.
Purdue, Connecticut, Houston, North Carolina
Arizona, Wisconsin, Marquette, Kansas
Tennessee, Alabama, Baylor, Creighton
Iowa State, Dayton, Duke, Illinois
San Diego State, BYU, Colorado State, South Carolina
Clemson, Florida Atlantic, Utah State, Texas Tech
Oklahoma, Auburn, TCU, Kentucky
Utah, Northwestern, Boise State, Nebraska
Mississippi, Texas A&M, New Mexico, St. John’s
Texas, Mississippi State, Providence, Seton Hall
Butler, St. Mary’s (CA), Michigan State, Grand Canyon, Washington State
Florida, Indiana State (34), Cincinnati, Princeton (65), Louisiana Tech (67)
James Madison (70), UC Irvine (71), McNeese State (83), Samford (84)
Akron (91), Vermont (105), Drexel (108), Morehead State (109),
Youngstown State (115), High Point (119), Eastern Washington (121), St. Thomas (138)
Colgate (143), Lipscomb (168), Iona (174), Merrimack (200), Norfolk State (229), Southern (227)
Last Four In: Michigan State, Washington State, Florida, Cincinnati
First Four Out: Memphis, Colorado, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech
Next Four Out: Virginia, Xavier, Syracuse, Richmond
Also Considered (in NET Order, through Rank 100): Gonzaga, Wake Forest, SMU, Villanova, Drake, Bradley, Nevada, Oregon, Iowa, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, UCF, Ohio State, St. Bonaventure, Washington, Appalachian St., North Carolina State, Maryland, Cornell, Yale, North Texas, Kansas State, Georgia, VCU, George Mason, Saint Josephs, Minnesota, Boston College, UMass, LSU, Florida State, Charlotte, UNLV, USC, Duquesne, Penn State