Bracketology 12/25/19
This was one of the quieter weeks of the college hoops season, and my 1 seeds remain unchanged from last update, although the order has shifted slightly. There's two changes among the protected seeds, as Michigan and Arizona join the group at the expense of Virginia and Kentucky. Both the Cavaliers and the Wildcats have very tough resumes to evaluate at this point- Virginia is going to be able to suffocate many teams this year, but they're suspect to performances like the one against South Carolina a few nights ago. And Kentucky has a win over Michigan State and nothing else of note on their resume.
The lack of solid teams this year has led to some interesting teams climbing up the seed list. One of them is BYU, who has very good adjusted efficiency numbers but 4 early non-conference losses. However, the Cougars played a very strong non-conference schedule and have 3 solid wins against Houston, Virginia Tech and Utah State as well. Another is Stanford- their efficiency numbers are not good, but they have a fantastic NET and their only loss is by a point to Butler. They have a massive home game with Kansas coming up this week.
This weekend brings more good games, and then conference play starts in earnest next week. Updates will be at least weekly from here on out.
1: Ohio State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville
2: Butler, Duke, San Diego State, Oregon
3: Auburn, Baylor, West Virginia, Maryland
4: Michigan, Michigan State, Memphis, Arizona
5: Florida State, Villanova, Dayton, Wichita State
6: Penn State, Iowa, Virginia, Creighton
7: Stanford, Marquette, Indiana, Texas Tech
8: Kentucky, BYU, Xavier, Colorado
9: Arkansas, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Purdue
10: Utah State, Florida, Northern Iowa, St. Mary's
11: Liberty, DePaul, Houston, Tennessee
12: (NC State/Washington), (Texas/VCU), East Tennessee State, Yale
13: Louisiana Tech, Akron, Vermont, Stephen F. Austin
14: Rider, Georgia State, Colgate, Belmont
15: Delaware, New Mexico State, Hawaii, Sacramento State
16: Wright State, St. Francis PA, (Texas Southern/Oral Roberts), (Radford/Bethune Cookman)
First Four Out: Oklahoma, USC, Rutgers, Minnesota
Next Four Out: St. John's, North Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma State
Bid by Conference:
Big East: 8
Big Ten: 8
ACC: 5
Big 12: 5
SEC: 5
Pac-12: 5
American: 3
West Coast: 3
Atlantic 10: 2
Mountain West: 2
The lack of solid teams this year has led to some interesting teams climbing up the seed list. One of them is BYU, who has very good adjusted efficiency numbers but 4 early non-conference losses. However, the Cougars played a very strong non-conference schedule and have 3 solid wins against Houston, Virginia Tech and Utah State as well. Another is Stanford- their efficiency numbers are not good, but they have a fantastic NET and their only loss is by a point to Butler. They have a massive home game with Kansas coming up this week.
This weekend brings more good games, and then conference play starts in earnest next week. Updates will be at least weekly from here on out.
1: Ohio State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville
2: Butler, Duke, San Diego State, Oregon
3: Auburn, Baylor, West Virginia, Maryland
4: Michigan, Michigan State, Memphis, Arizona
5: Florida State, Villanova, Dayton, Wichita State
6: Penn State, Iowa, Virginia, Creighton
7: Stanford, Marquette, Indiana, Texas Tech
8: Kentucky, BYU, Xavier, Colorado
9: Arkansas, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Purdue
10: Utah State, Florida, Northern Iowa, St. Mary's
11: Liberty, DePaul, Houston, Tennessee
12: (NC State/Washington), (Texas/VCU), East Tennessee State, Yale
13: Louisiana Tech, Akron, Vermont, Stephen F. Austin
14: Rider, Georgia State, Colgate, Belmont
15: Delaware, New Mexico State, Hawaii, Sacramento State
16: Wright State, St. Francis PA, (Texas Southern/Oral Roberts), (Radford/Bethune Cookman)
First Four Out: Oklahoma, USC, Rutgers, Minnesota
Next Four Out: St. John's, North Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma State
Bid by Conference:
Big East: 8
Big Ten: 8
ACC: 5
Big 12: 5
SEC: 5
Pac-12: 5
American: 3
West Coast: 3
Atlantic 10: 2
Mountain West: 2
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