Bracketology 2/15/2024

Iowa State is the best team in the country that no one is talking about. The Cyclones have their best team of the KenPom era and picked up their 5th Q1-A win of the season at Cincinnati on Tuesday. An 8-3 record in the Big 12 is no joke, and they’ve now passed Kansas for my last 2 seed.

On the bubble, Indiana State took a horrible Q4 loss at home to Illinois State this week. I was feeling quite good about the Sycamores’ at-large chances but they would be ill advised to lose again before Arch Madness.

1: Purdue, Connecticut, Houston, Arizona

2: Tennessee, North Carolina, Marquette, Iowa State

3: Kansas, Baylor, Auburn, Alabama

4: Duke, Dayton, Illinois, Creighton

5: San Diego State, Texas Tech, South Carolina, BYU

6: Utah State, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oklahoma

7: Florida Atlantic, Clemson, TCU, Colorado State

8: Michigan State, Northwestern, New Mexico, Ole Miss

9: St. Mary’s, Virginia, Washington State, Texas

10: Nebraska, Utah, Florida, Butler

11: Texas A&M, Indiana State, Providence, Grand Canyon

12: (Boise State/Mississippi State), (Nevada/Gonzaga), Princeton, James Madison

13: Samford, McNeese State, UC Irvine, UNC Wilmington

14: Morehead State, Akron, Louisiana Tech, Vermont

15: Eastern Washington, Quinnipiac, High Point, Oakland

16: Colgate, Southern, (South Dakota State/Eastern Kentucky), (Norfolk State/Merrimack)

First Four Out: Kansas State, Drake, Cincinnati, Wake Forest

Next Four Out: Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova, Syracuse

Also Considered: Pittsburgh, Memphis, Colorado, Princeton, James Madison, Oregon, Xavier, Virginia Tech

Moving In: Gonzaga

Moving Out: Cincinnati

Bids by Conference:

Big 12: 9

SEC: 9

Big Ten: 6

Mountain West: 6

Big East: 5

ACC: 4

Pac-12: 3

West Coast: 2