Purdue is on the high of this week’s Bracketology NCAA Match bracket projection. The Boilermakers have essentially the most Quad 1 and a couple of wins at this level of the season, however their lone loss to Northwestern isn’t holding up in addition to anticipated.
Arizona has dropped off the highest line from the final bracket three weeks in the past to a No. 2 seed after losses to Purdue, FAU and Stanford, whereas undefeated Houston has moved as much as the highest line.
Kansas and UConn stay the opposite No. 1 seeds within the bracket.
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Numbers beginning to matter extra
As I discussed within the final Bracketology column, pc rankings are nonetheless fairly sketchy presently of 12 months. That’s very true of the one closely depending on margin of victory. Nowhere is that extra apparent than within the NET, which doesn’t make any lodging for not having sufficient video games to make a lot sense. That’s not like KenPom.com, which nonetheless has some prior season knowledge influencing the rankings. That ought to go away earlier than too lengthy.
So, I warning you as I all the time do that time of 12 months to not begin worshiping pc rankings but. Give it one other month.
For instance, here’s a comparability of the schedules and ends in quadrants for Iowa State and Kansas State. By some means, one in all them is 86 spots greater within the NET and 57 spots greater in KenPom than the opposite.
Iowa State is No. 8 within the NET whereas Kansas State is No. 94 largely resulting from having 4 additional time wins amongst its 10 whole victories. The Wildcats are additionally 94th in scoring margin, whereas the Cyclones are second behind BYU and simply forward of Houston. These are at present the highest two groups within the NET.
FAU going up and down
FAU, at present a No. 4 seed, is having a considerably disjointed season. For each good factor the Owls do, they do one thing simply as dangerous. FAU, a Last 4 crew final season, could possibly be making a push for the highest of the bracket, however a house loss to Bryant and a loss at Florida Gulf Coast final week makes it exhausting to seed the Owls a lot greater than the place I’ve them.
How Illinois is evaluated
Illinois, a No. 3 seed within the bracket projection, goes to should play with out its star Terrence Shannon, Jr. after he was suspended indefinitely following his arrest on a rape cost in Kansas. From a seeding perspective, the choice committee treats video games performed with out notable gamers the identical as any others. A little extra weight is given to how the crew carried out with the roster it might take to the NCAA Match. The Illini beat Northwestern by 30 of their first recreation with out Shannon. Friday’s recreation at No. 1 Purdue figures to be a little bit more durable.
Observe: The Bracketology schedule for the remainder of the season is that there will likely be new brackets on Mondays and Fridays apart from subsequent Monday due to the College Football Playoff championship recreation.
