Post-Week 6 Field of 68 Projection: Where's Arizona? Wildcats Season's Biggest Bust So Far

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ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY -- Our look at Week 6 of the college basketball season, as always starting with our weekly “Field of 68” projection. Projected automatic qualifiers in multiple-bid conferences are noted with an *. Teams are listed in order of NET ranking.

Starting this week, projections will be tentatively planned for late Friday night/early Saturday morning. So a short week this week.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 12/14/24)
America East (1): Maine (169)

American (1): Memphis (33)

ACC (4): *Duke (3), Pitt (12), Clemson (19), North Carolina (36)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (95)

Atlantic 10 (3): *Dayton (23), Saint Bonaventure (53), Loyola-Chicago (78)

Big East (5): Marquette (9), UConn (11), Saint John’s (37), Creighton (67), *Providence (74)

Big Sky (1): Montana State (104)

Big South (1): Radford (136)

Big Ten (10): Illinois (13), *UCLA (14), Oregon (15), Maryland (16), Michigan State (21), Michigan (27), Penn State (28), Purdue (35), Wisconsin (38), Nebraska (56)

Big XII (7): *Iowa State (6), Houston (7), Kansas (17), Baylor (18), West Virginia (31), Texas Tech (32), Arizona State (47)

Big West (1): UC-San Diego (72)

Coastal (1): Hampton (240)

Conference USA (1): Liberty (62)

Horizon (1): Milwaukee (156)

Ivy (1): Cornell (100)

MAAC (1): Merrimack (202)

MAC (1): Kent State (109)

MEAC (1): Norfolk State (159)

Missouri Valley (1): Drake (45)

Mountain West (2): *Utah State (20), San Diego State (54)

NEC (1): Central Connecticut (138)

OVC (1): SIU-Edwardsville (210)

Patriot (1): American (219)

SEC (12): *Auburn (1), Tennessee (2), Florida (5), Kentucky (8), Alabama (10), Ole Miss (22), Georgia (24), Mississippi State (25), Texas A&M (26), Oklahoma (41), Arkansas (44), Vanderbilt (51)

SoCon (1): Samford (81)

Southland (1): Lamar (148)

SWAC (1): Southern U (184)

Summit (1): South Dakota State (106)

Sun Belt (1): Arkansas State (114)

WCC (2): *Gonzaga (4), Saint Mary’s (43)

WAC (1): Grand Canyon (105)
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Bid Stealers (1): Providence (74)

Last 4 In: North Carolina (36), Nebraska (56), Creighton (67), Loyola-Chicago (78)

First 4 Out: Missouri (29), Boise State (49), Nevada (50), Texas (55)

Next 4 Out: Cincinnati (30), SMU (39), San Francisco (52), Northwestern (60)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (43), Saint Bonaventure (53), San Diego State (54), Loyola-Chicago (78)
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Random 40 to 60ish Bubblicious – super early bubble teams to keep an eye on
#42 Oregon State, #48 BYU, #49 Boise State, #50 Nevada, #51 Vanderbilt, #52 San Francisco, #53 Saint Bonaventure, #55 Texas, #56 Nebraska, #57 Iowa, #60 Northwestern

Final In-Season Tournaments
The last of the in-season bracketed tournaments start this week.

Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational (Friday-Saturday): Semifinals -- #118 Yale vs. #121 Akron, #339 Jackson State @ #123 UTEP

Diamond Head Classic (December 22-23, 25): Quarterfinals -- #42 Oregon State vs. #140 College of Charleston, #78 Loyola-Chicago vs. #205 Oakland, #56 Nebraska vs. #107 Murray State, #236 Charlotte @ #193 Hawaii

The Unconquered 6
#2 Tennessee, #5 Florida, #20 Utah State, #41 Oklahoma, #45, Drake, #78 Loyola-Chicago

POWER 5 HEAD-TO-HEAD (+ Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s/San Diego State)
1 SEC (56-17, 76.7%)
2 Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s/San Diego State (9-6, 60%)
3 Big Ten (25-23, 52.1%)
4 Big East (19-23, 45.2%)
5 Big XII (25-33, 43.1%)
6 ACC (15-47, 24.2%)

Non-Conference Record vs. Power 5
6-0: Tennessee
5-0: Oklahoma
4-0: Florida, Vanderbilt
3-0: Oregon
2-0: Clemson, Missouri
1-0: UCLA
4-1: Auburn, Marquette, Wisconsin
6-2: Texas A&M
3-1: Georgia, Iowa State, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Saint Mary’s, UConn
5-2: Alabama
4-2: Kansas
2-1: Cincinnati, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Texas Tech
3-2: Butler, LSU, Michigan, Pitt, Purdue, West Virginia
4-3: Gonzaga
2-2: Arkansas, Duke, Indiana, Rutgers, Saint John’s, San Diego State, South Carolina, Texas
1-1: Maryland, Nebraska, Penn State
2-3: Baylor, Houston, Wake Forest, Xavier
2-4: Creighton, Louisville
1-2: Arizona State, BYU, Cal, Colorado, Georgetown, Illinois, Providence, SMU, TCU, UCF, Villanova
1-3: Ohio State, Virginia
1-4: Notre Dame
0-1: Boston College, DePaul, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern
0-2: Florida State, Kansas State, USC, Utah
0-3: Georgia Tech, Miami, Seton Hall
0-4: North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
0-5: Arizona

Non-Power 5 Wins vs. Power 5 (43)
4: Memphis

2: Dayton, Drake, Nevada, New Mexico, North Florida, Saint Joseph’s, VCU

1: Austin Peay, Boise State, Cal Poly, Charleston Southern, Colorado State, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Elon, FAU, Fordham, Grand Canyon, Hofstra, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Liberty, Monmouth, North Dakota State, North Texas, Rhode Island, Saint Bonaventure, Santa Clara, Utah State, Wichita State

3 or More Wins vs. vs. NET Top 50
5: Auburn
4: Marquette, Memphis
3: Alabama, Kansas, Oregon, Purdue, Texas A&M

5 Highest Ranked Teams Without Win vs. NET Top 50
#7 Houston
#20 Utah State
#30 Cincinnati
#32 Texas Tech
#34 Ohio State

The Local Lads (NET rankings)
#122 St. Thomas Tommies (8-4)
#168 Minnesota Gophers (6-5)

Gophers Week Ahead
Saturday: Host #334 Fairleigh Dickinson

Gophers Stat Leaders
Dawson Garcia (19.3 ppg), Garcia (7.1 rpg), Lu’Cye Patterson (3.7 apg), Femi Odukale (2.1 spg), Mike Mitchell Jr. (47.6 3PFG%), Odukale (1.3 bpg)

Gophers Non-Conference D1 Opponents
Bethune-Cookman (2-8)
Central Michigan (2-4)
Cleveland State (4-6)
Fairleigh Dickinson (1-8)
Morgan State (1-8)
North Texas (4-3)
Omaha (3-8)
Oral Roberts (1-6)
Wake Forest (8-3)
Wichita State (8-2)
Yale (4-5)
Totals: (38-61, 38.4%)

Tommies Week Ahead

Sunday: Host non-Division 1 Crown College
Saturday: @ #282 Bowling Green

Tommies Stat Leaders

Miles Barnstable (13.2 ppg), Kendall Blue (4.4 rpg), Drake Dobbs (3.5 apg), Ryan Dufault (1.2 spg), Ben Oosterbaan (55.6 3PFG%), Nolan Minessale (1 bpg)

Tommies (D1) Non-Conference D1 Opponents
Arizona State (8-2)
Bowling Green (3-6)
Chicago State (0-11)
Green Bay (2-10)
Milwaukee (6-4)
Montana (4-4)
Northern Colorado (3-5)
Oklahoma State (6-3)
Portland State (3-5)
UC-Riverside (5-4)
Western Michigan (2-6)
Wofford (3-6)
Totals: (45-66, 40.5%)

The B1G Tenuous Trio
hoping to make it to Weakling Wednesday
The 3 Big Ten teams tracking toward an early end to their 2024-25 season (no invitation to Indianapolis & the Big Ten Tournament):

#16 Wisconsin (9-3, 0-2)
#17 Washington (6-3, 0-2)
#18 Minnesota (6-5, 0-2)

NET Kings
#1 Auburn (9-1)

Kinda’ Bubble Cutline
#50 Nevada (8-3)

Stuck in the Middle with You
#182 Seton Hall (5-6)

Bottom of the Barrel
#364 Mississippi Valley State (0-8)

Week 7 Power 5 Head-to-Head
Sunday

Georgia Tech vs. Northwestern

Tuesday
Florida vs. North Carolina
Clemson @ South Carolina

Wednesday
Michigan vs. Oklahoma

Next (planned) Field of 68: December 20 (late night)
 
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Texas Tech over Missouri is the only one I take issue with at this point. Tech's resume isn't very good right now. At least Missouri has the KU win (and the loss to Memphis is respectable). Surprised you have them in as comfortably as you do.
 

Texas Tech over Missouri is the only one I take issue with at this point. Tech's resume isn't very good right now. At least Missouri has the KU win (and the loss to Memphis is respectable). Surprised you have them in as comfortably as you do.
Very fair point.

The SEC is dominating so much it’s hard to draw the line which teams not to include in the field. Certainly a decent case for 14 at this point.
 

Texas Tech over Missouri is the only one I take issue with at this point. Tech's resume isn't very good right now. At least Missouri has the KU win (and the loss to Memphis is respectable). Surprised you have them in as comfortably as you do.
Why did Ben duck the return game @Missouri?
 









Right absolute bullshit. Unless Missouri turned it around and said no thanks we don’t wanna waste our time.
That's exactly what happened, Mizzou opted to push it back because they didn't think Minnesota was a strong team this year. Tough to blame them as at 159 in NET that would put Minnesota as a quad 4 home game
 

That's exactly what happened, Mizzou opted to push it back because they didn't think Minnesota was a strong team this year. Tough to blame them as at 159 in NET that would put Minnesota as a quad 4 home game

It is funny a team that went winless in league play is dropping a team because they think they are going to be too bad. Sheesh how shitty are we.
 




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