February 16th, Bracketology
Includes All Games Completed as of Thursday, February 15th
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, Michigan State, Boise State, Texas
Florida Atlantic, Utah, Nebraska, Florida
Mississippi, St. Mary’s (CA), Washington State, Butler
New Mexico, Indiana State, Mississippi State, Grand Canyon
Nevada, Virginia, Providence, Seton Hall, James Madison (60), Samford (65)
Princeton (68), McNeese State (72), Louisiana Tech (76), UC Irvine (75)
Akron (96), Morehead State (111), Vermont (112), High Point (122),
Eastern Washington (124), Drexel (125), Youngstown State (126), Colgate (136)
St. Thomas (139), Lipscomb (170), Iona (174), Merrimack (204), Southern (212), Norfolk State (244)
Last Four In: Nevada, Virginia, Providence, Seton Hall
First Four Out: Gonzaga, Kansas State, Wake Forest, Cincinnati
Next Four Out: Memphis, St. John’s, Drake, Colorado
Next in Consideration: Virginia Tech, Oregon, Syracuse, SMU, Miami (FL), Richmond, Appalachian St., Villanova
Work to Do (in NET Order, through rank 90):
Xavier, Bradley, San Francisco, UCF, Washington, Iowa, St. Bonaventure, Ohio State, VCU, North Texas, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Yale, Cornell, Rutgers, UMass, George Mason, UNLV