Christmas Field of 68 Projection

[SelectionSunday]

Merry Christmas to all!

RPI noted in parentheses. Teams with an * denotes conference leader or, in the event of a tie, the team with the best RPI.

FIELD OF 68 (through games played. Dec. 24)
America East (1): Vermont (85)

American (5): *Temple (13), Wichita State (23), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

ACC (8): Duke (1), North Carolina (4), Syracuse (16), Clemson (20), Virginia (25), Miami (35), Florida State (39), *Boston College (79)

Atlantic Sun (1): Lipscomb (24)

Atlantic 10 (2): *Rhode Island (21), Saint Bonaventure (30)

Big East (6): *Xavier (2), Villanova (5), Seton Hall (14), Saint John's (19), Butler (38), Creighton (57)

Big Sky (1): Portland State (48)

Big South (1): Radford (98)

B1G (4): *Michigan State (7), Purdue (12), Michigan (36), Minnesota (51)

Big XII (7): *TCU (6), Oklahoma (10), Kansas (18), West Virginia (27), Texas Tech (42), Texas (43), Iowa State (45)

Big West (1): UCSB (46)

Colonial (1): Towson (53)

Conference USA (1): Middle Tennessee (37)

Horizon (1): Oakland (87)

Ivy (1): Penn (115)

MAAC (1): Rider (110)

MAC (1): Buffalo (41)

MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (176)

Missouri Valley (1): Illinois State (65)

Mountain West (2): *Nevada (22), Boise State (28)

Northeast (1): Wagner (78)

Ohio Valley (1): Belmont (68)

Pac 12 (4): *Arizona State (3), Arizona (21), USC (44), UCLA (59)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (104)

SEC (6): *Texas A&M (8), Tennessee (9), Arkansas (11), Missouri (15), Auburn (26), Alabama (29)

Southern (1): Wofford (91)

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (61)

SWAC (1): Prairie View A&M (160)

Summit (1): South Dakota State (82)

Sun Belt (1): UT Arlington (83)

WCC (2): *Saint Mary's (47), Gonzaga (49)

WAC (1): New Mexico State (31)
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Non-Power 6 At-Larges (7): Wichita State (23), Boise State (28), Saint Bonaventure (30), Gonzaga (49), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

Last 4 In: Boise State (28), UCLA (59), Houston (62), Cincinnati (73)

First 4 Out: Louisville (33), Kentucky (34), Washington (70), Virginia Tech (76)

Others Considered (8): Northern Iowa (32), Georgia (50), San Diego State (54), BYU (55), Ohio State (60), UCF (63), Notre Dame (86), Florida (99)

 

[howeda7]

Kentucky is #16 in the AP poll and #25 in the RPI (per ESPN) and they're out? Not that I'm complaining.

 

[builtbadgers]

Merry Christmas to all!

RPI noted in parentheses. Teams with an * denotes conference leader or, in the event of a tie, the team with the best RPI.

FIELD OF 68 (through games played. Dec. 24)
America East (1): Vermont (85)

American (5): *Temple (13), Wichita State (23), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

ACC (8): Duke (1), North Carolina (4), Syracuse (16), Clemson (20), Virginia (25), Miami (35), Florida State (39), *Boston College (79)

Atlantic Sun (1): Lipscomb (24)

Atlantic 10 (2): *Rhode Island (21), Saint Bonaventure (30)

Big East (6): *Xavier (2), Villanova (5), Seton Hall (14), Saint John's (19), Butler (38), Creighton (57)

Big Sky (1): Portland State (48)

Big South (1): Radford (98)

B1G (4): *Michigan State (7), Purdue (12), Michigan (36), Minnesota (51)

Big XII (7): *TCU (6), Oklahoma (10), Kansas (18), West Virginia (27), Texas Tech (42), Texas (43), Iowa State (45)

Big West (1): UCSB (46)

Colonial (1): Towson (53)

Conference USA (1): Middle Tennessee (37)

Horizon (1): Oakland (87)

Ivy (1): Penn (115)

MAAC (1): Rider (110)

MAC (1): Buffalo (41)

MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (176)

Missouri Valley (1): Illinois State (65)

Mountain West (2): *Nevada (22), Boise State (28)

Northeast (1): Wagner (78)

Ohio Valley (1): Belmont (68)

Pac 12 (4): *Arizona State (3), Arizona (21), USC (44), UCLA (59)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (104)

SEC (6): *Texas A&M (8), Tennessee (9), Arkansas (11), Missouri (15), Auburn (26), Alabama (29)

Southern (1): Wofford (91)

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (61)

SWAC (1): Prairie View A&M (160)

Summit (1): South Dakota State (82)

Sun Belt (1): UT Arlington (83)

WCC (2): *Saint Mary's (47), Gonzaga (49)

WAC (1): New Mexico State (31)
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Non-Power 6 At-Larges (7): Wichita State (23), Boise State (28), Saint Bonaventure (30), Gonzaga (49), Houston (62), SMU (71), Cincinnati (73)

Last 4 In: Boise State (28), UCLA (59), Houston (62), Cincinnati (73)

First 4 Out: Louisville (33), Kentucky (34), Washington (70), Virginia Tech (76)

Others Considered (8): Northern Iowa (32), Georgia (50), San Diego State (54), BYU (55), Ohio State (60), UCF (63), Notre Dame (86), Florida (99)

May want to pay more attention to Kenpom. The selection committee is very much going that way and for all the right reasons.

 

[SelectionSunday]

May want to pay more attention to Kenpom. The selection committee is very much going that way and for all the right reasons.

I pay attention to KenPom. Also KPI, Sagarin, BPI, and Haslametrics. All part of the puzzle.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Kentucky is #16 in the AP poll and #25 in the RPI (per ESPN) and they're out? Not that I'm complaining.

And I don't even mention Baylor.

If those teams are good, they'll be on here soon enough.