Bracketology 2/12/2021

Tomorrow afternoon the committee will do their annual reveal of their top 16 teams. The two teams I am most interested to see them place are probably Houston and Missouri. Houston is a classic example of a team from a medium sized league running up a great record, they remind me a bit of 2013 New Mexico. Missouri’s team sheet looks stellar but their predictive metrics are in line with a bubble team, and their NET of 34 roughly splits the difference between the two.

1: Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, Ohio State

2: Illinois, Alabama, Villanova, Virginia

3: Houston, West Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin

4: USC, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas

5: Kansas, Purdue, Colorado, Oklahoma

6: Texas Tech, Florida State, Clemson, Rutgers

7: Xavier, Virginia Tech, Creighton, BYU

8: Minnesota, Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma State

9: Louisville, Loyola Chicago, UCLA, San Diego State

10: Drake, North Carolina, Indiana, VCU

11: St. Bonaventure, LSU, Seton Hall, Colorado State

12: (Oregon/Boise State), (Maryland/Utah State), Toledo, Western Kentucky

13: Belmont, Wright State, Winthrop, Colgate

14: UC Santa Barbara, South Dakota State, Grand Canyon, Abilene Christian

15: Furman, Liberty, Vermont, Siena

16: Bryant, Texas State, (Southern Utah/Northeastern), (Morgan State/Prairie View A&M)

First Four Out: SMU, Richmond, Penn State, Connecticut

Next Four Out: Mississippi, Memphis, Stanford, St. John’s

Moving In: Maryland, Utah State

Moving Out: Connecticut, Richmond

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 10

Big 12: 7

ACC: 6

SEC: 6

Big East: 4

Pac-12: 4

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

West Coast: 2