February 12th, Bracketology
Includes All Games Completed as of Sunday, February 11th
Note, 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, Arizona
North Carolina, Marquette, Kansas, Tennessee
Baylor, Alabama, Wisconsin, Iowa State
Duke, South Carolina, Illinois, Creighton
Clemson, Dayton, San Diego State, Auburn
Colorado State, BYU, Oklahoma, Utah State
Northwestern, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Kentucky, Boise State, Mississippi, Utah
Texas, Nebraska, Florida Atlantic, Michigan State
Florida, St. Mary’s (CA), Butler, Washington State
Indiana State, Mississippi State, New Mexico, Virginia, Nevada, Grand Canyon
Providence, Seton Hall, James Madison (61), Princeton (66)
Louisiana Tech (70), Samford (72), UC Irvine (75), McNeese State (79)
Akron (95), Morehead State (110), High Point (113), Vermont (114),
Drexel (126), Youngstown State (127), Eastern Washington (125), St. Thomas (137)
Colgate (142), Lipscomb (168), Iona (175), Merrimack (199), Southern (220), Norfolk State (246)
Last Four In: Virginia, Nevada, Providence, Seton Hall
First Four Out: St. John’s, Cincinnati, Memphis, Colorado
Next Four Out: Miami (FL), Virginia Tech, Richmond, Kansas State
Also Considered (in NET Order, through rank 90):
Gonzaga, Wake Forest, Villanova, SMU, Drake, Xavier, Pittsburgh, Bradley, Oregon, San Francisco, Iowa, UCF, Washington, Ohio State, St. Bonaventure, North Texas, North Carolina State, Maryland, Appalachian St., Yale, Cornell, Minnesota, Rutgers, UNLV, George Mason, Syracuse