February 15th, Bracketology
Includes All Games Completed as of Wednesday, February 14th
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
Marquette, North Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee
Baylor, Alabama, Wisconsin, Iowa State
Duke, San Diego State, Auburn, Illinois
Creighton, Clemson, Dayton, South Carolina
BYU, Oklahoma, Colorado State, Utah State
Northwestern, Texas Tech, TCU, Texas A&M
Kentucky, Boise State, Utah, Texas
Michigan State, Florida Atlantic, Nebraska, Florida
Mississippi, St. Mary’s (CA), Washington State, Butler
New Mexico, Indiana State, Mississippi State, Nevada, Providence, Grand Canyon
Virginia, Seton Hall, James Madison (63), Samford (66)
Princeton (67), McNeese State (69), Louisiana Tech (72), UC Irvine (74)
Akron (96), Morehead State (110), Vermont (113), Eastern Washington (122),
High Point (123), Drexel (124), Youngstown State (126), Colgate (137)
St. Thomas (138), Lipscomb (166), Iona (174), Merrimack (203), Southern (215), Norfolk State (245)
Last Four In: Nevada, Providence, Virginia, Seton Hall
First Four Out: Memphis, St. John’s, Cincinnati, Colorado
Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Gonzaga, Kansas State, Syracuse
Also Considered (in NET Order, through rank 90):
Wake Forest, Villanova, SMU, Drake, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Oregon, Bradley, UCF, San Francisco, St. Bonaventure, Washington, Iowa, Ohio State, VCU, Miami (FL), Maryland, Richmond, North Texas, North Carolina State, Appalachian St., Yale, Cornell, George Mason, UMass, Minnesota, Rutgers, UNLV