North Carolina also had an arduous road to the 2022 NCAA Tournament’s second week. The Hurricanes hadn’t made an NCAA Tournament appearance since 2018 and haven’t reached the Sweet 16 since 2016 but are now favored to beat the Cyclones in one of this year’s most unexpected March Madness meetings. Miami is the final double-digit seed in the Sweet 16, battling past a plucky USC foe and obliterating No. The program is now seeking its first Elite Eight appearance since the 2000 NCAA Tournament, but will have to overcome another Cinderella squad to get there. The Cyclones haven’t made it this far since 2016, head coach Steve Prohm’s first year on the job. Iowa State also reached the Sweet 16 as a No. 2-seeded Villanova squad to reach the Elite Eight for the second time since 2018. The Wolverines have now made a Sweet 16 run in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments. 11 Michigan showed why it was a popular preseason pickto make a Final Four run with back-to-back wins over Colorado State and Tennessee. Follow me on twitter Look for updates all season long as we make our way to Atlanta for the Final Four.No.
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Look for an update on Friday ahead of the NCAA top 16 reveal on Saturday and an updated bracket following the weekend’s action next Monday. A win there and you would have to consider Creighton in the fight for the regular season Big East title as the Jays have five of their final eight at home. The Jays have another key road game Wednesday at Providence. The Bluejays have won four in a row including taking down Villanova on the road on Saturday. If they fail to garner more quality wins they could be out of the field soon. Despite a nice record and a NET in the mid-thirties, the Razorbacks have only beaten one team that is currently in the field (Indiana).
In the bracket but fading fast: Arkansas. 15 when they begin a 22-day stretch in which they face the top teams in the Big 12. As we said last week, the Bears can have it on cruise control until Feb. A top-four seed is not out of the question as they will have many opportunities in the Big Ten.īest team: Baylor. After taking down Big Ten rival Illinois on Sunday the Hawkeyes vaulted to a five seed. NEXT FOUR OUT: Minnesota, Virginia Tech, NC State, Alabama LAST FOUR IN: Virginia, Xavier, VCU, Texas TechįIRST FOUR OUT: Mississippi State, Georgetown, Arizona State, Purdue However, multiple losses do throw up a red flag. Bad teams are not going to make the dance, so a loss to one of these teams is hardly a problem. Everyone can lose from time to time, but wins over Q1 and Q2 opponents are generally wins over teams you will see in the NCAA tourney. How You Played: How many quality wins does your team have? Impressive wins can come in all shapes and sizes, but generally Q1 and Q2 wins are considered quality wins.Ī note about bad losses: Good wins help you more than bad losses hurt you.Teams are not necessarily helped by a good road/neutral record but a bad one may hurt you. The reason for this metric is simple: The NCAA tourney is not played on home sites. This has been devalued some over the last few years but still is a factor. Where You Played: This translates to a team’s road record.
Non-conference SOS is also important and can point out a team that inflated its record by beating up on inferior competition. More often than not, it helps you break ties between teams with similar resumes. SOS can often be the difference in a seed line or even whether or not you make the field. Who You Played: This is a team’s strength of schedule.While some committees focus on particular metrics more than others, the committee’s mantra has always been these three factors: who you played, where you played them and how you played. My many years of participating in this exercise has taught me a lot about the common threads that go through each committee, even though they change members each year. What I try to do is replicate what the committee would do if Selection Sunday was today. As we inch closer towards Selection Sunday, and with the reveal of this year’s committee’s top 16 being released on Saturday, I thought it would be a good time to remind everyone about some of things behind our bracket projections.įirst, remember that these are not my predictions.
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