February 19th, Bracketology
Includes All Games Completed as of Sunday, February 18th
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, Iowa State, Duke
San Diego State, Wisconsin, Auburn, Illinois
Creighton, Dayton, Clemson, South Carolina
BYU, Colorado State, Oklahoma, Utah State
Northwestern, Texas Tech, Kentucky, TCU
Michigan State, Texas A&M, Boise State, Texas
Florida, Florida Atlantic, Nebraska, Utah
Mississippi, St. Mary’s (CA), Washington State, Mississippi State
New Mexico, Butler, Nevada, Virginia, Grand Canyon
Indiana State, Seton Hall, Providence, McNeese State (63), James Madison (65)
Princeton (66), Samford (71), UC Irvine (77), Louisiana Tech (80)
Akron (97), UNC Wilmington (105), Vermont (109), High Point (117)
Morehead State (118), Weber State (127), Oakland (128), Colgate (140)
St. Thomas (148), Lipscomb (169), Fairfield (176), Merrimack (204), Southern (210), Norfolk State (248)
Last Four In: Nevada, Virginia, Seton Hall, Providence
First Four Out: Gonzaga, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, Colorado
Next Four Out: Kansas State, Drake, Oregon, St. John’s
Next in Consideration: Virginia Tech, Memphis, Villanova, Richmond, SMU, Syracuse, Iowa, Miami (FL), South Florida, Appalachian St.
Work to Do (in NET Order, through rank 90):
Xavier, San Francisco, Ohio State, UCF, Bradley, St. Bonaventure, VCU, Washington, Maryland, North Carolina State, Minnesota, North Texas, Yale, George Mason, Cornell, Boston College, Rutgers