Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Bracketology 2021: Games thru Tue, Jan. 26

Here's the latest seedlist.

Some notes instead of a bracket today:

No Duke, Michigan St., or Kentucky in today's field of 68, what a crazy year!

Creighton vs. Seton Hall and Wisconsin vs. Maryland have massive bubble implications (as massive as January games get, anyway). 

Louisville vs. Clemson should help sort out the jumble of teams trailing UVA.

An Ole Miss win at Arkansas would push both teams to the very edge of the field (Ole Miss up, Arkansas down). 

Interestingly, Penn St. is still within spitting distance of the First Four despite a sub-.500 record. If they were to go into Columbus tonight and win, they'd be right on the cutline.

A Drake win would almost certainly push them onto the 8 line and perhaps the 7. Time to start taking the undefeated Bulldogs seriously, although the real measuring stick will come in a couple of weeks when they take on Loyola Chicago, a team on the bubble themselves (but for now pretty safely in).

Not quite sure what to do with Oregon. A week ago they were a 6 seed with a top-30 NET. Then they returned from a COVID hiatus and suffered a really bad loss at home to Oregon State. I'm keeping them on the 8 line for now, but they could easily be a 10 or 11. That being said, when healthy and playing as well as they can, they fall right in line with the other 3 tournament Pac-12 teams (Colorado, UCLA, USC).

True RankSeedTeamConf.QualificationHBC ScoreW/L
1
1
GonzagaWCCConf. Champ98.26615-0
2BaylorB12Conf. Champ96.54114-0
3MichiganB10Conf. Champ92.64613-1
4VillanovaBEConf. Champ90.99310-1
5
2
HoustonAmerConf. Champ89.82413-1
6TexasB12At Large88.18511-3
7IowaB10At Large88.16112-3
8VirginiaACCConf. Champ85.94811-2
9
3
AlabamaSECConf. Champ85.73314-3
10West VirginiaB12At Large84.48911-4
11Ohio St.B10At Large84.29412-4
12WisconsinB10At Large82.42912-4
13
4
KansasB12At Large82.2189-5
14IllinoisB10At Large81.91610-5
15TennesseeSECAt Large81.41411-3
16Texas TechB12At Large81.16711-5
17
5
Florida St.ACCAt Large80.8709-2
18MissouriSECAt Large80.54410-3
19CreightonBEAt Large79.01911-4
20MinnesotaB10At Large76.76311-5
21
6
OklahomaB12At Large76.71410-4
22ColoradoP12Conf. Champ76.22312-4
23USCP12At Large75.28912-3
24UCLAP12At Large75.18212-3
25
7
PurdueB10At Large73.22311-6
26LouisvilleACCAt Large72.81210-3
27ClemsonACCAt Large72.6509-4
28Boise St.MWCConf. Champ72.41012-1
29
8
FloridaSECAt Large72.2978-4
30OregonP12At Large72.0749-3
31Oklahoma St.B12At Large71.94810-4
32BYUWCCAt Large71.90212-3
33
9
DrakeMVCConf. Champ71.83712-0
34XavierBEAt Large71.45910-2
35ConnecticutBEAt Large71.4368-3
36North CarolinaACCAt Large71.39111-5
37
10
Saint LouisA10Conf. Champ69.9617-2
38LSUSECAt Large69.81011-4
39RutgersB10At Large69.7778-6
40ArkansasSECAt Large69.30112-4
41
11
Virginia TechACCAt Large68.81711-3
42Loyola ChicagoMVCAt Large67.45811-3
43San Diego St.MWCAt Large66.86510-4
44MarylandB10At Large65.7508-7
45
12
St. BonaventureA10At Large65.5388-1
46IndianaB10At Large65.3539-7
47Seton HallBEAt Large64.9709-6
48StanfordP12At Large62.6309-5
49WinthropBSthConf. Champ59.52915-0
50ToledoMACConf. Champ57.78514-4
51
13
ColgatePatConf. Champ56.0825-1
52Western KentuckyCUSAConf. Champ55.93413-4
53UC Santa BarbaraBWConf. Champ52.4188-3
54BelmontOVCConf. Champ52.09915-1
55
14
South Dakota St.SumConf. Champ48.3259-3
56FurmanSCConf. Champ48.1297-5
57Wright St.HorzConf. Champ47.93711-4
58Abilene ChristianSlndConf. Champ46.2248-3
59
15
VermontAEConf. Champ44.5347-3
60SienaMAACConf. Champ42.4337-1
61Georgia St.SBConf. Champ41.3996-4
62LibertyASunConf. Champ40.6299-5
63
16
Grand CanyonWACConf. Champ39.7977-3
64NortheasternCAAConf. Champ36.6388-6
65
16
BryantNECConf. Champ33.9169-3
66Eastern WashingtonBSkyConf. Champ32.7843-6
67Morgan St.MEACConf. Champ19.8566-3
68Texas SouthernSWACConf. Champ18.9512-7
691st outMichigan St.B10At Large61.8288-4
702nd outSyracuseACCAt Large60.4739-5
713rd outSMUAmerAt Large60.4178-3
724th outRichmondA10At Large59.10510-4
735th outDukeACCAt Large59.0256-5
746th outVCUA10At Large58.92311-4
757th outColorado St.MWCAt Large58.49410-3
768th outPenn St.B10At Large56.5415-6
77
Receiving votes
Utah St.MWCAt Large56.16011-5
78Saint Mary'sWCCAt Large55.16311-5
79ProvidenceBEAt Large54.0978-7
80Wichita St.AmerAt Large54.0736-4
81Georgia TechACCAt Large53.5197-5
82MississippiSECAt Large52.3268-6
83PittsburghACCAt Large51.6768-4
84MemphisAmerAt Large50.5439-5
Note: Conference champs are my picks to win the conference, not necessarily the current leader of the conference
Conference Breakdown (Conferences not shown have 1 bid each)
B1010
B127
ACC6
SEC6
BE5
P125
A102
MWC2
WCC2
MVC2

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