College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 12 conference Champs from the bottom 12 leagues, obviously eliminates 12 of the 68 spots available.
Bracketolgy Link...
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology
Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
94 Old Dominion CUSA 25-13
112 Middle Tennessee CUSA 25-10
114 UAB CUSA 26-7 PICKED in the TOP 100 #89
Link...
http://kenpom.com/index.php
Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
74 Middle Tenn (23-10)
81 UAB (25-7) in the TOP 100 #89
114 Old Dominion (25-13)
Link...
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/
UPDATED 8/18/2016
#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 A10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
#114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 MAC
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 A10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten
Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .
1). ACC
(13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten
(12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska]
3). PAC 12
(11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC
(11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn]
5). BIG XII
(8) -]
6). Big East
(8) -]
7). Atlantic 10
(8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond ]
8). American
(6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC
(6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado State]
10). CUSA
(5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB]
11). MAC
(5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio Men's]
12). Missouri Valley
(5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa)
13). CAA
(5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston]
14). West Coast
(4) [#4 Pepperdine,]
15). Big West
(4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
16). Ivy League
(3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard ]
17). MAAC
(3) [#3 Siena, #2 Iona,]
18). Horizon
(2) [#2 Green Bay,]
19). SoCon
(2) [#2 East Tennessee State,]
20). Ohio Valley
(2) [#2 Morehead State,)
21). Big South
(2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
(22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED [/b]
(23). America East (2) #2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED[/b]
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED[/b]
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED[/b]
26. Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED[/b]
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED] [/b]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED][/b]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC (1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0][/b]
Link....
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 89
1 Villanova #1 Big East 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ
7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 Big East 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 Big East 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 Big East 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 B10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 Big East 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 Big East 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #1 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13
49 BYU #2 WCC 26-11
50 Kansas St.#8 BIG XII 17-16 --------- At Large Bid Start Range
51 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
52 Hawaii #1 Big West 28-6
543Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
55 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range
55 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
56 Georgetown #7 Big East 15-18 NIT Invite
57 South Carolina #5 SEC 25-9NIT Invite
58 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
59 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite
60 Princeton Ivy 22-7 AQ
61 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
62 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
63 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite
64 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ
65 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17 NIT Invite
66 South Dakota St.#2 Summit 26-8 NIT Invite
67 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 NIT Invite
68 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17 NIT Invite
69 Middle Tennessee #1 CUSA 25-10 NCAA AQ
70 Ohio St. #9 BIG 10 21-14 NIT Invite
71 St. Bonaventure #5 A10 22-9 NIT Invite
72 James Madison #2 CAA 21-11
73 Monmouth #1 MAAC 28-8 NCAA AQ
74 Akron #1 MAC 26-9 NCAA AQ
75 Old Dominion #3 CUSA 25-13
76 Marquette #8 Big East 20-13
77 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
78 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
79 Davidson #6 A10 20-13
80 UNLV MWC 18-15 MWC #3 or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
81 Chattanooga #1 SC 29-6
82 Ball St. #2 MAC 21-14
83 Evansville #2 MVC 25-9
84 Belmont 20-12, Murray St. 17-14 or Tennessee St. 20-11 for the #1 OVC
THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
CUSA 3 Teams to be Selected in Poll - 2 remain after 8/14/16
RED Teams selected after my prediction
32 Conferences link... [/color]http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/conference