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We’re through Week #8 of the college basketball season. This week’s Field of 68 projection has a very rare (never?) occurrence. If you look toward the bottom of the projection, you’ll notice a team conspicuous by its absence. The Gonzaga Bulldogs are neither the WCC’s projected champion, nor a projected at-large qualifier. We’ll see if that holds, but for now the Bulldogs (#56 in the NET rankings) sit just outside the field as one of the “first 4 out”.
Also of note, St. Thomas currently leads the Summit League with its 2-0 conference mark but because the Toms are ineligible for the Summit’s automatic bid, second-place South Dakota State (1-0) gets the nod as the league’s auto-bid placeholder.
Automatic qualifiers from multiple-bid conferences are listed first. The automatic qualifier is the team with the best conference record (i.e. 2-0 is better than 1-0) or – in the event of a tie – the best NET ranking.
WEEK #8 FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played Dec. 31)
America East (1): UMass-Lowell (113)
American (2): FAU (18), Memphis (40)
ACC (4): Clemson (8), North Carolina (20), Duke (21), Virginia (54)
ASUN (1): Lipscomb (126)
Atlantic 10 (2): Dayton (25), Saint Joseph’s (53)
Big East (6): Villanova (26), UConn (9), Marquette (10), Creighton (14), Providence (49), Saint John’s (50)
Big Sky (1): Weber State (83)
Big South (1): Longwood (105)
Big Ten (7): Indiana (100), Purdue (3), Illinois (12), Wisconsin (17), Michigan State (29), Ohio State (33), Northwestern (72)
Big XII (7): Houston (1), BYU (2), Iowa State (7), Kansas (11), Baylor (19), Oklahoma (28), Kansas State (88)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (66)
Colonial (1): Hofstra (96)
Conference USA (1): Louisiana Tech (74)
Horizon (1): Purdue Fort Wayne (82)
Ivy (1): Princeton (27)
MAAC (1): Marist (152)
MAC (1): Akron (122)
MEAC (1): Norfolk State (169)
Missouri Valley (1): Indiana State (32)
Mountain West (5): Colorado State (15), San Diego State (22), New Mexico (35), Nevada (36), Utah State (38)
NEC (1): Merrimack (201)
OVC (1): UT-Martin (167)
Pac 12 (3): Utah (16), Arizona (4), Colorado (30)
Patriot (1): Colgate (149)
SEC (9): Alabama (5), Tennessee (6), Auburn (13), Kentucky (23), Texas A&M (24), Mississippi State (34), South Carolina (44), Florida (47), Ole Miss (59)
SoCon (1): Samford (95)
Southland (1): McNeese (43)
SWAC (1): Southern U (189)
Summit (1): St. Thomas (132) – ineligible, replaced by South Dakota State (194)
Sun Belt (1): James Madison (31)
WCC (1): San Francisco (39)
WAC (1): Grand Canyon (42)
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Last 4 In: Saint John’s (50), Saint Joseph’s (53), Virginia (54), Kansas State (88)
First 4 Out: Miami-Florida (51), Gonzaga (56), Butler (60), Nebraska (63)
Dirty Dozen to Watch: Cincinnati (37), TCU (45), SMU (46), Texas (48), Saint Mary’s (52), Washington (57), Texas Tech (58), Virginia Tech (62), Wake Forest (64), NC State (68), Drake (73), Arkansas (89)
Non-Power 6 At-Large Bids (6): San Diego State (22), New Mexico (35), Nevada (36), Utah State (38), Memphis (40), Saint Joseph’s (53)
Moving In (10): Akron, Kansas State, Longwood, Louisiana Tech, Saint Joseph’s, St. Thomas (South Dakota State), San Francisco, UMass-Lowell, UT-Martin, Weber State
Dropping Out (10): Denver, Gonzaga, High Point, Kent State, Liberty, Miami-Florida, Morehead State, Portland State, Vermont, Washington
WEEK #9 GAMES TO WATCH
Tuesday
Butler @ Saint John’s, 7:30 (FS1)
Northwestern @ Illinois, 8 (BTN)
New Mexico @ Colorado State, 9:30 (FS1)
Wednesday
Clemson @ Miami, 7 (ESPN)
Indiana @ Nebraska, 8 (BTN)
South Dakota State @ Weber State, 8 (ESPN+)
Thursday
College of Charleston @ Hofstra, 6
Colorado @ Arizona, 8:30 (ESPN)
Utah @ Arizona State, 10 (ESPN2)
Friday
UConn @ Butler, 5:30 (FS1)
Illinois @ Purdue, 7:30 (FS1)
Saturday
North Carolina @ Clemson, 11 (ESPN2)
Mississippi State @ South Carolina, 11 (CBS)
Kentucky @ Florida, 11:30 (ESPN)
Saint John’s @ Villanova, 12 (FOX)
Providence @ Creighton, 1 (FS1)
Virginia @ NC State, 1 (ACCN)
Auburn @ Arkansas, 1 (ESPN2)
Nebraska @ Wisconsin, 1:15 (BTN)
Miami @ Wake Forest, 1:15 (CWN)
Ole Miss @ Tennessee, 5 (SECN)
Iowa State @ Oklahoma, 5 (ESPN+)
Utah @ Arizona, 7 (PAC12N)
Texas Tech @ Texas, 7 (ESPN2)
Colorado @ Arizona State, 7 (ESPNU)
Ohio State @ Indiana, 7 (FOX)
Colorado State @ Utah State, 8
Cincinnati @ BYU, 9 (ESPN2)
REMAINING UNBEATENS (3)
#1 Houston
#29 James Madison
#60 Ole Miss
Note: Records indicated in below power rankings are vs. Division 1 opponents only
BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS
1 Purdue (12-1)
2 Wisconsin (9-3)
3 Illinois (10-2)
4 Northwestern (10-2)
5 Ohio State (11-2)
6 Michigan State (8-5)
7 Nebraska (11-2)
8 Indiana (10-3)
9 Minnesota (10-3)
10 Maryland (9-4)
11 Michigan (6-7)
12 Iowa (8-5)
13 Rutgers (8-4)
14 Penn State (7-6)
SUMMIT LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS
1 St. Thomas (7-5)
2 South Dakota State (4-7)
3 Denver (5-6)
4 Oral Roberts (3-7)
5 Omaha (3-8)
6 South Dakota (5-7)
7 North Dakota State (4-7)
8 North Dakota (5-7)
9 Kansas City (3-9)
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN THE RANKINGS
NET: Gophers #86, Tommies #132
KenPom: Gophers #81, Tommies #140
Haslametrics: Gophers #64, Tommies #101
We’re through Week #8 of the college basketball season. This week’s Field of 68 projection has a very rare (never?) occurrence. If you look toward the bottom of the projection, you’ll notice a team conspicuous by its absence. The Gonzaga Bulldogs are neither the WCC’s projected champion, nor a projected at-large qualifier. We’ll see if that holds, but for now the Bulldogs (#56 in the NET rankings) sit just outside the field as one of the “first 4 out”.
Also of note, St. Thomas currently leads the Summit League with its 2-0 conference mark but because the Toms are ineligible for the Summit’s automatic bid, second-place South Dakota State (1-0) gets the nod as the league’s auto-bid placeholder.
Automatic qualifiers from multiple-bid conferences are listed first. The automatic qualifier is the team with the best conference record (i.e. 2-0 is better than 1-0) or – in the event of a tie – the best NET ranking.
WEEK #8 FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played Dec. 31)
America East (1): UMass-Lowell (113)
American (2): FAU (18), Memphis (40)
ACC (4): Clemson (8), North Carolina (20), Duke (21), Virginia (54)
ASUN (1): Lipscomb (126)
Atlantic 10 (2): Dayton (25), Saint Joseph’s (53)
Big East (6): Villanova (26), UConn (9), Marquette (10), Creighton (14), Providence (49), Saint John’s (50)
Big Sky (1): Weber State (83)
Big South (1): Longwood (105)
Big Ten (7): Indiana (100), Purdue (3), Illinois (12), Wisconsin (17), Michigan State (29), Ohio State (33), Northwestern (72)
Big XII (7): Houston (1), BYU (2), Iowa State (7), Kansas (11), Baylor (19), Oklahoma (28), Kansas State (88)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (66)
Colonial (1): Hofstra (96)
Conference USA (1): Louisiana Tech (74)
Horizon (1): Purdue Fort Wayne (82)
Ivy (1): Princeton (27)
MAAC (1): Marist (152)
MAC (1): Akron (122)
MEAC (1): Norfolk State (169)
Missouri Valley (1): Indiana State (32)
Mountain West (5): Colorado State (15), San Diego State (22), New Mexico (35), Nevada (36), Utah State (38)
NEC (1): Merrimack (201)
OVC (1): UT-Martin (167)
Pac 12 (3): Utah (16), Arizona (4), Colorado (30)
Patriot (1): Colgate (149)
SEC (9): Alabama (5), Tennessee (6), Auburn (13), Kentucky (23), Texas A&M (24), Mississippi State (34), South Carolina (44), Florida (47), Ole Miss (59)
SoCon (1): Samford (95)
Southland (1): McNeese (43)
SWAC (1): Southern U (189)
Summit (1): St. Thomas (132) – ineligible, replaced by South Dakota State (194)
Sun Belt (1): James Madison (31)
WCC (1): San Francisco (39)
WAC (1): Grand Canyon (42)
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Last 4 In: Saint John’s (50), Saint Joseph’s (53), Virginia (54), Kansas State (88)
First 4 Out: Miami-Florida (51), Gonzaga (56), Butler (60), Nebraska (63)
Dirty Dozen to Watch: Cincinnati (37), TCU (45), SMU (46), Texas (48), Saint Mary’s (52), Washington (57), Texas Tech (58), Virginia Tech (62), Wake Forest (64), NC State (68), Drake (73), Arkansas (89)
Non-Power 6 At-Large Bids (6): San Diego State (22), New Mexico (35), Nevada (36), Utah State (38), Memphis (40), Saint Joseph’s (53)
Moving In (10): Akron, Kansas State, Longwood, Louisiana Tech, Saint Joseph’s, St. Thomas (South Dakota State), San Francisco, UMass-Lowell, UT-Martin, Weber State
Dropping Out (10): Denver, Gonzaga, High Point, Kent State, Liberty, Miami-Florida, Morehead State, Portland State, Vermont, Washington
WEEK #9 GAMES TO WATCH
Tuesday
Butler @ Saint John’s, 7:30 (FS1)
Northwestern @ Illinois, 8 (BTN)
New Mexico @ Colorado State, 9:30 (FS1)
Wednesday
Clemson @ Miami, 7 (ESPN)
Indiana @ Nebraska, 8 (BTN)
South Dakota State @ Weber State, 8 (ESPN+)
Thursday
College of Charleston @ Hofstra, 6
Colorado @ Arizona, 8:30 (ESPN)
Utah @ Arizona State, 10 (ESPN2)
Friday
UConn @ Butler, 5:30 (FS1)
Illinois @ Purdue, 7:30 (FS1)
Saturday
North Carolina @ Clemson, 11 (ESPN2)
Mississippi State @ South Carolina, 11 (CBS)
Kentucky @ Florida, 11:30 (ESPN)
Saint John’s @ Villanova, 12 (FOX)
Providence @ Creighton, 1 (FS1)
Virginia @ NC State, 1 (ACCN)
Auburn @ Arkansas, 1 (ESPN2)
Nebraska @ Wisconsin, 1:15 (BTN)
Miami @ Wake Forest, 1:15 (CWN)
Ole Miss @ Tennessee, 5 (SECN)
Iowa State @ Oklahoma, 5 (ESPN+)
Utah @ Arizona, 7 (PAC12N)
Texas Tech @ Texas, 7 (ESPN2)
Colorado @ Arizona State, 7 (ESPNU)
Ohio State @ Indiana, 7 (FOX)
Colorado State @ Utah State, 8
Cincinnati @ BYU, 9 (ESPN2)
REMAINING UNBEATENS (3)
#1 Houston
#29 James Madison
#60 Ole Miss
Note: Records indicated in below power rankings are vs. Division 1 opponents only
BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS
1 Purdue (12-1)
2 Wisconsin (9-3)
3 Illinois (10-2)
4 Northwestern (10-2)
5 Ohio State (11-2)
6 Michigan State (8-5)
7 Nebraska (11-2)
8 Indiana (10-3)
9 Minnesota (10-3)
10 Maryland (9-4)
11 Michigan (6-7)
12 Iowa (8-5)
13 Rutgers (8-4)
14 Penn State (7-6)
SUMMIT LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS
1 St. Thomas (7-5)
2 South Dakota State (4-7)
3 Denver (5-6)
4 Oral Roberts (3-7)
5 Omaha (3-8)
6 South Dakota (5-7)
7 North Dakota State (4-7)
8 North Dakota (5-7)
9 Kansas City (3-9)
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN THE RANKINGS
NET: Gophers #86, Tommies #132
KenPom: Gophers #81, Tommies #140
Haslametrics: Gophers #64, Tommies #101
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