On Saturday, the NCAA Committee revealed their Top 16 teams with one month to go before Selection Sunday. The seed list was not terribly shocking, but it did reveal a few things:
- The SEC will be very well represented in the bracket. Currently, 5 of the top 6 teams in the bracket are in the SEC. It is very likely that the semi-finals of the SEC tournament will have a better seed average than the Final Four.
- Top wins are still the ticket to the top. Houston has amazing metrics, but were the #8 team in the reveal due to a (relative) lack of Q1A wins. They then went out and won at Arizona, immediately adding their best win of the season. On the flip side, Kentucky has solid metrics, but holds wins over Duke, Florida, and Tennessee (x2). This netted them the #10 spot.
- No one metric dominated the rankings. Each metric seemed to carry relatively equal weight, including the new ones.
At the end of the day, what garnered teams high seeds in the past decade will give them a high seed this season. This last month should have some incredible basketball, and we should enjoy every bit of it.
As always, go to http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ for more brackets!
1 Seeds
1 Auburn
2 Alabama
3 Duke
4 Florida
2 Seeds
5 Tennessee
6 Texas A&M
7 Houston
8 Purdue
3 Seeds
9 Iowa St
10 Wisconsin
11 Kentucky
12 Texas Tech
4 Seeds
13 Arizona
14 Michigan
15 St Johns
16 Kansas
5 Seeds
17 Michigan St
18 Marquette
19 Ole Miss
20 Missouri
6 Seeds
21 Maryland
22 Illinois
23 UCLA
24 Memphis
7 Seeds
25 Clemson
26 Mississippi St
27 Louisville
28 Creighton
8 Seeds
29 Oregon
30 St Marys
31 Baylor
32 Connecticut
9 Seeds
33 Utah St
34 Ohio St
35 New Mexico
36 Gonzaga
10 Seeds
37 Nebraska
38 West Virginia
39 Vanderbilt
40 Texas
11 Seeds
41 San Diego St
42 BYU
43 Arkansas
44 Oklahoma
45 Wake Forest
46 Drake
12 Seeds
47 George Mason
48 UC San Diego
49 McNeese
50 Yale
13 Seeds
51 Arkansas St
52 Akron
53 High Point
54 Samford
14 Seeds
55 Utah Valley
56 Jacksonville St
57 Lipscomb
58 N Colorado
15 Seeds
59 Towson
60 Cleveland St
61 Norfolk St
62 CCSU
16 Seeds
63 Bryant
64 Southern
65 Omaha
66 Merrimack
67 American
68 SEMO
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