February 27th, Bracketology

Written By Grant Hansell

Includes All Games Completed as of Monday, February 26th

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 until conference tournaments begin finishing

  1. Purdue, Connecticut, Houston, Arizona

  2. North Carolina, Kansas, Marquette, Tennessee

  3. Iowa State, Baylor, Duke, Alabama

  4. Creighton, San Diego State, Auburn, Wisconsin,

  5. Illinois, Kentucky, Clemson, South Carolina

  6. Dayton, Texas Tech, Washington State, Utah State

  7. BYU, St. Mary’s (CA), Florida, Oklahoma

  8. Colorado State, Northwestern, Boise State, TCU

  9. Nebraska, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Nevada

  10. Florida Atlantic, Providence, Texas, Virginia

  11. New Mexico, Wake Forest, Seton Hall, Indiana State, Gonzaga

  12. Texas A&M, Utah, James Madison (61), Princeton (64), McNeese State (66)

  13. Grand Canyon (68), Samford (72), Louisiana Tech (78), UC Irvine (80),

  14. Akron (97), Vermont (99), UNC Wilmington (108), High Point (113)

  15. Morehead State (123), Youngstown State (126), Eastern Washington (139), Colgate (147)

  16. St. Thomas (156), Lipscomb (166), Fairfield (170), Merrimack (202), Southern (238), North Carolina Central (253)

Last Four In: Seton Hall, Gonzaga, Texas A&M, Utah

First Four Out: Mississippi, Colorado, Butler, St. John’s

Next Four Out: Kansas State, South Florida, Villanova, Drake

Next In Consideration (In Order): Pittsburgh, Memphis, Iowa, Richmond, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, SMU, UNLV, Syracuse, Ohio State, Appalachian St., North Carolina State, Minnesota, San Francisco




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