2018 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Latest Projection of the Field of 68
Despite a home loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday, the Virginia Cavaliers remain the projected No. 1 overall seed for the 2018 men's NCAA tournament. Joining the Cavaliers on the top line are Villanova, Xavier and Purdue.
The selection committee's top 16 seeds were the starting point for this projection. There's not much of an argument to be made against any of them and not much has happened since the committee released its list Sunday. Each of the Nos. 1-4 seeds is the same as it was in the top-16 reveal.
The other 52 spots are how the field should be seeded based on a combination of nearly a decade of experience with bracketology and clues from what those top 16 seeds tell us about what's important to this year's committee.
The biggest takeaway is that Group 1 wins matter. A lot. Kansas and Oklahoma are both seeded higher than a lot of people expected, and Michigan State is a bit lower than most seem to think it should be. And one commonality for those teams is that the "overseeded" ones are loaded with quality wins.
With that in mind, you'll find momentarily that quantity of quality wins is effectively a tiebreaker in this projection, particularly along the bubble cutline. Temple, Providence and Washington all have some ugly losses, but we're projecting those teams for spots in the field because they have more Group 1 wins (and better Group 1 wins) than the teams who just missed the cut.
As always, we will take a look at the last five teams to make the field, the first five out and a few others on the horizon.
After that, we will present each seeded region, including the subregional locations in which each pod will play, and some commentary on which teams have moved the most in each region. Then we will defend the rankings of the No. 1 seeds, followed by a summary of the field broken up by conference.
Last 5 In
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Last Team In: St. Bonaventure Bonnies
18-6, RPI: 43, KP: 69, SOS: 103
St. Bonaventure is on a six-game winning streak. Three of the games fall into Group 3 and the other three into Group 4, so nothing individually stands out as impressive. But thanks to a couple of 40-point performances from Jaylen Adams, at least the Bonnies aren't losing games.
That's enough for them to finally climb back into the projected field in advance of a critical week. They have a road game against La Salle on Tuesday before a colossal showdown with No. 16 Rhode Island on Friday. Should the Bonnies lose to the Rams for a second time, they'll need to win each of their remaining games to have any shot at an at-large bid.
Second-to-Last: Temple Owls
15-10, RPI: 40, KP: 83, SOS: 15
Get ready to read about a bunch of teams who have several quality wins and several terrible losses.
First up on that list is Temple. The Owls are one of our last teams in the field despite neutral-court wins over Auburn and Clemson and a big home win over Wichita State. That's because of bad losses to Memphis, La Salle, Tulane and George Washington. But they have won seven of their last eight games to finally make up for the 10 losses accumulated against a difficult schedule.
Temple will need to win at least one of its next two games (at Wichita State, vs. Houston) in order to remain in the hunt for a bid. Otherwise, the ratio of big wins to total losses will be too disappointing to overcome.
Third-to-Last: Providence Friars
16-9, RPI: 42, KP: 74, SOS: 25
Even if Providence had won both of its games this week, its resume was going to get a little worse. Such is life when you play back-to-back home games against Georgetown and DePaul. But the Friars barely scraped by the Hoyas before getting blown out 80-63 by the Blue Demons.
Jalen Lindsey missed the game against DePaul with a concussion, and the flu has been making its rounds on this roster. But the fact remains that this was an awful week for the Friars. They'll need to go at least 3-3 the rest of the way, which won't be easy with games remaining against Villanova, Butler, Seton Hall and Xavier.
Fourth-to-Last: Washington Huskies
17-8, RPI: 44, KP: 96, SOS: 44
Just as quickly as Washington stormed into the projected field, it has all but vanished from it. The Huskies won home games against Arizona and Arizona State two weeks ago, but they undid all that good with consecutive road losses to Oregon and Oregon State. And if style points matter, they were slaughtered by the Ducks in a 65-40 embarrassment.
Even if the Huskies win each of their remaining six regular-season games, they won't be adding to their Group 1 results and will only be getting a couple of borderline Group 2 games. A 6-0 finish would keep them in the field, but one more loss and they'll be in bad shape heading into the Pac-12 tournament.
Fifth-to-Last: Kansas State Wildcats
17-8, RPI: 66, KP: 55, SOS: 80
Finally, a bubble team that doesn't have a lot of bad losses! In fact, Kansas State only has one loss to a team outside the RPI top 40—a home game against Tulsa (RPI: 93). And the Wildcats do have a few quality wins over Oklahoma, TCU and Texas. However, their nonconference SOS (330) was awful, and they have been blown out in three of their last four games. A 3-3 finish would probably do the trick, but a 4-2 record is strongly recommended.
First 5 Out
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First Team Out: UCLA Bruins
17-8, RPI: 53, KP: 49, SOS: 62
UCLA picked up a huge road win over Arizona to remain in the hunt for a bid, but this resume is still a bit lacking in marquee wins and peppered with losses to Oregon, Oregon State and Stanford.
Perhaps the biggest reason UCLA remains on the outside looking in is something out of its control. Its three best wins prior to the Arizona game were against Kentucky, USC and Washington, and those three teams went a combined 0-6 in the past week. That mitigated the positive effect of the win over the Wildcats and leaves the Bruins in a "needs to do more" position.
Second Team Out: USC Trojans
17-9, RPI: 50, KP: 47, SOS: 42
USC desperately needed to win one of its recent road games against UCLA, Arizona State and Arizona. But the Trojans fell three points shy against the Bruins, two points against the Sun Devils and 14 points against the Wildcats, leaving them with a questionable resume at best. The only noteworthy results are a couple of Group 1 wins over Middle Tennessee and New Mexico State in the Diamond Head Classic, and a Group 4 loss to Princeton just prior.
If USC wins each of its remaining five games, it will probably make the NCAA tournament. Anything short of that and this preseason AP Top 10 team will go down as perhaps the biggest disappointment of 2017-18 men's basketball.
Third Team Out: North Carolina State Wolfpack
16-9, RPI: 72, KP: 59, SOS: 58
NC State has four wins over teams that were in the selection committee's top 16 on Sunday—at North Carolina, Arizona (neutral), Duke and Clemson. That should be more than enough for the Wolfpack to earn a bid if they can go 3-3 the rest of the way. But the computer numbers on this resume just seem to get uglier by the day, and the back-to-back losses this week were enough for them to drop out for now.
Fourth Team Out: LSU Tigers
14-10, RPI: 77, KP: 61, SOS: 46
LSU was our last team in the field one week ago, but the Tigers slip to the wrong side of the bubble with a road loss to Florida. It's a perfectly understandable loss when taken by itself, but it was their 10th of the season, which is a problem when the best part of your resume is mostly made up of wins over bubble teams (Arkansas, Houston and Michigan).
The schedule isn't too daunting the rest of the way, and a 4-2 finish would likely be enough to put LSU right on the bubble heading into the SEC tournament.
Fifth Team Out: Marquette Golden Eagles
14-11, RPI: 65, KP: 50, SOS: 16
Marquette finished off a season sweep of Seton Hall with a road win on Wednesday, only to lose to St. John's three days later. In other words, the Golden Eagles added both their best win of the season and one of their three worst losses in the past week, remaining in the first five out for another week.
They didn't do much in nonconference play. A home win over Vermont and a neutral-court win over LSU are the closest things they have to bragging points. And now they are 5-8 in Big East play. Conference record doesn't matter as a standalone point, but in this context, it's hard to imagine Marquette making the tournament with anything worse than a .500 record in Big East play, which means going 4-1 the rest of the way just to remain in the conversation.
On the Horizon
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
19-8, RPI: 54, KP: 52, SOS: 97
I don't see much of a case for Nebraska, but this is the one bubble team that people cannot stop arguing about.
The 20-point home win over Michigan was nice, and it's great that the Cornhuskers have yet to suffer a completely unforgivable loss. But we're talking about a team this is 0-6 against Group 1 and 3-2 against Group 2—and one of those wins might not count as Group 2 for long, as the road win over Minnesota (RPI: 134) is right on that Group 2/Group 3 cut line.
Even though the selection committee has told us repeatedly that conference record doesn't matter, the main argument for inclusion is that Nebraska is 10-4 in Big Ten play. Unfortunately, with the imbalanced scheduling in that conference, nine of those 10 wins are hot air. Even if they finish 14-4, the 'Huskers are only going to have one win in the entire season against a team with any shot at an at-large bid.
Boise State Broncos
19-5, RPI: 37, KP: 53, SOS: 113
The computer numbers still look strong, but Boise State's road loss to Utah State on Saturday night just about eliminated the Broncos from the at-large pool. At this point, they need to go 5-0 the rest of the way to have any sort of chance, and that journey starts with a home game against Nevada on Valentine's Day.
Oklahoma State Cowboys
15-10, RPI: 88, KP: 66, SOS: 69
That RPI rank is going to be tough for the selection committee to overlook, but the Cowboys have road wins over Kansas and West Virginia in their last three games, as well as previous wins over Oklahoma and Florida State. The worst of their 10 losses was probably the home game against Baylor (RPI: 61). A 3-3 finish might be enough for this team to sneak in the back door.
Baylor Bears
15-10, RPI: 61, KP: 34, SOS: 30
Speaking of Baylor, its computer numbers are looking better by the day (a huge perk of playing in the Big 12). The Bears finally got a much-needed victory this weekend, beating Kansas 80-64 at home. Still, we're talking about a 10-loss team with a painfully short list of quality wins. But the Bears are on a four-game winning streak and would likely reach the Big Dance with a 3-2 finish.
St. John's Red Storm
12-13, RPI: 68, KP: 72, SOS: 3
We're just putting St. John's here to note that all the talk about this team now belonging in the NCAA tournament is irrational. Those wins over Duke, Villanova and Marquette were great, but even if the Red Storm go 5-0 the rest of the way, they would still have work to do in the Big East tournament. One good week simply does not erase three months of sub-mediocrity.
East Region (Boston)
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 Savannah State / Texas Southern
No. 8 Nevada vs. No. 9 Miami FL
Boise, Idaho
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Loyola-Chicago
No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Temple / St. Bonaventure
Dallas, Texas
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 Murray State
No. 6 Wichita State vs. No. 11 Syracuse
Charlotte, North Carolina
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Wagner
No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 10 Middle Tennessee
Moving Up: Syracuse Orange (New to the Field)
17-8, RPI: 39, KP: 46, SOS: 29
Syracuse was barely even on the radar last Monday, sitting at 15-8 without a single Group 1 win. But then the Orange got a road victory over Louisville—and followed it up with a home win over Wake Forest—and suddenly have a resume worth more than just a second look.
Coupled with just about every other team on the bubble suffering at least one loss in the past week, they jumped straight over the first five out and the last five in to get in position to avoid a play-in game in Dayton.
Can this team do enough to stay there, or are we destined for a third consecutive season of furiously debating Syracuse's tournament qualifications?
The Orange will need to go at least 3-3 the rest of the way, which might be asking too much. After a should-win home game against NC State Wednesday, they close out the season with road games against Miami, Duke and Boston College and home games against North Carolina and Clemson. Per KenPom, Syracuse is projected to lose all five of those games, but three of them should be nail-biters.
Moving Down: Miami Hurricanes (↓ 19 Spots)
18-6, RPI: 25, KP: 36, SOS: 72
I over-seeded the Hurricanes last week. No question about it. They played well in their first two games without Bruce Brown and it subconsciously made their numbers shimmer a little more than usual.
But even if I hadn't bumped Miami up two seed lines prematurely, it still would have been one of the biggest fallers in this projection. The 'Canes barely won a home game against Wake Forest before losing to Boston College. Aside from weeks involving a game against Pittsburgh, that's about as bad as it gets for a seven-day stretch in ACC play this year.
Miami now has three not-great losses (at Boston College, at Georgia Tech, New Mexico State on a neutral court) on a resume lacking in quality wins. Its only RPI top 100 win in nonconference play was a one-possession, neutral-court win over Middle Tennessee. And its best wins in ACC play are home games against Louisville and Florida State and road games against Virginia Tech and NC State. It's a decent collection as a whole, but the individual parts are nothing special.
The 'Canes aren't quite on the bubble yet, but if they're unable to win either of their two remaining games against North Carolina and Virginia, they could be headed for a double-digit seed.
Midwest Region (Omaha)
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 16 Stephen F. Austin
No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech
Boise, Idaho
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 South Dakota State
No. 5 Rhode Island vs. No. 12 Buffalo
Nashville, Tennessee
No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 14 College of Charleston
No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 11 Providence / Washington
Nashville, Tennessee
No. 2 Auburn vs. No. 15 Northern Kentucky
No. 7 Florida State vs. No. 10 Michigan
Moving Up: Virginia Tech Hokies (New to the Field)
18-7, RPI: 56, KP: 40, SOS: 88
At this stage in the season, it's tough to recall a team jumping straight from first five out to a projected No. 9 seed in the span of one week, but how could we not give Virginia Tech that treatment?
The Hokies started the week strong with a bubble vs. bubble win over North Carolina State. A few hours after that game, I published a Bubble Stock Watch article in which Virginia Tech was one of the five teams trending fastest in the right direction.
On Saturday, they merely went on the road and beat the projected No. 1 overall seed.
In typical Virginia fashion, the game wasn't pretty. In fact, the Hokies and Cavaliers were tied at 49 when the game went into overtime. But Justin Robinson had 20 points and seven assists to lead Virginia Tech to one of the best wins in program history.
Prior to that result, the Hokies had one impressive win (vs. North Carolina) and one terrible loss (neutral court against Saint Louis). But this victory over Virginia more than trumps that bad loss and puts Virginia Tech in fantastic shape for an at-large bid—despite nary a nonconference win over an RPI top-100 team.
The remaining schedule is brutal, though. VT still plays Duke twice, at Miami and home games against Clemson and Louisville. The Hokies will need to win at least one of those games and the road game against Georgia Tech.
Moving Down: Michigan Wolverines (↓ Nine Spots)
19-7, RPI: 38, KP: 26, SOS: 79
With the exception of the road win over Michigan State, everything about this resume screams "Bubble Team!"
Michigan's only other Group 1 win was a 59-52 road game against Texas right after the Longhorns lost their best shooter to a hand injury. Aside from that, the two best wins the Wolverines can boast are home games against UCLA and Maryland, neither of which is in the projected field.
So, yes, it's a little worrisome that this team has lost games to Nebraska and Northwestern in the past month.
Michigan has three moderately difficult games remaining, wrapping up the regular season versus Ohio State and at Penn State and Maryland. If the Wolverines were to lose two of those three games (and win the home game against Iowa) to finish at 21-9 overall and 11-7 in Big Ten play, they would be smack dab on the bubble heading to the Big Ten tournament.
Of course, they were in the exact same boat last season when a plane skidding off the runway somehow propelled them to six consecutive neutral-court wins.
South Region (Atlanta)
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Charlotte, North Carolina
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Penn / UNC-Asheville
No. 8 Seton Hall vs. No. 9 Texas
San Diego, California
No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Louisiana
No. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 12 New Mexico State
Wichita, Kansas
No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 Montana
No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Louisville
Detroit, Michigan
No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 15 Bucknell
No. 7 Arizona State vs. No. 10 Arkansas
Moving Up: Arizona State Sun Devils (↑ 14 Spots)
19-6, RPI: 26, KP: 32, SOS: 65
Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley played at Duke, so we're allowed to borrow this Blue Devils question from last season:
Is Arizona State back?
The Sun Devils, who dominated nonconference play, dropped off the face of the earth for about a month, losing six of their first 10 Pac-12 games. But they have scored at least 80 points in three straight games (all wins) despite not shooting well.
In previous marquee wins away from home over Xavier and Kansas, Arizona State was 27-of-55 (49.1 percent) from three-point range. Over the last three games, though, it shot 23-of-76 (30.3 percent) from downtown. Yet, Tra Holder, Shannon Evans II and Co. managed to win at Washington State before sweeping home games against USC and UCLA.
Barring a complete collapse involving multiple losses to the likes of Oregon State and California, Arizona State is now safely in the tournament field. But if the Sun Devils can win the home game against Arizona this Thursday, they could still climb at least two or three seed lines higher.
Moving Down: Seton Hall Pirates (↓ 10 Spots)
17-8, RPI: 27, KP: 35, SOS: 23
Seton Hall is in the midst of one heck of a downward spiral.
After starting the season 14-2 with nice wins over Texas Tech, Butler, Creighton and Louisville, the Pirates have lost six of their last nine games. Most recently, they lost at home to Marquette and at Georgetown. Were it not for a previous road loss to Rutgers, those results in the past week would be their two worst outcomes of the season.
Seton Hall scored well in both of those losses, but defense has failed this team lately. During its current three-game losing streak, Seton Hall has allowed 87.7 points per game and 122.9 points per 100 possessions.
Don't expect that schneid to end in the next game, either, as the Pirates travel to Xavier Wednesday. If that one goes the way everyone is expecting, Seton Hall will be very much on the bubble heading into its final five regular-season games.
West Region (Los Angeles)
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Detroit, Michigan
No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 8 Saint Mary's vs. No. 9 Butler
San Diego, California
No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 East Tennessee State
No. 5 Texas A&M vs. No. 12 Vermont
Dallas, Texas
No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 14 Rider
No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Kansas State
Wichita, Kansas
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara
No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Houston
Moving Up: Texas A&M Aggies (↑ 16 Spots)
17-8, RPI: 17, KP: 21, SOS: 5
It has been a tale of three seasons for the Aggies.
They were great for the first six weeks, opening the year 11-1 with seven KenPom top 100 wins. The lone loss came by a three-point margin against Arizona on a neutral court.
Then they opened SEC play with five consecutive losses and ended up dropping seven out of nine games while recovering from injuries and suspensions.
Over the past two weeks, though, Texas A&M is 4-0. Just in the past seven days, the Aggies picked up a pivotal road win over Auburn before stomping Kentucky by more than the 85-74 final score would have you believe. Even in a week in which Virginia Tech won at Virginia, it was probably the most impressive two-game stretch in the country.
A&M has scored at least 80 points in all four games of this winning streak, which is more in line with what it was doing for the first 12 games of the season. Quite the turnaround for a team that averaged 65.6 points in its nine previous disappointing contests.
Moving Down: Saint Mary's Gaels (↓ Eight Spots)
24-3, RPI: 29, KP: 17, SOS: 127
Let's begin by noting that Saint Mary's is still in great shape as a projected No. 8 seed.
Prior to Saturday's home loss to Gonzaga, the Gaels had won 19 consecutive games, including a road game against the Zags. The only reason they dropped two full seed lines after the loss is because there aren't many noteworthy results on this resume, leaving it vulnerable to wild swings resulting from one outcome.
That one loss didn't put Saint Mary's on the bubble, but it did put the Gaels into a position in which one more loss would send them into the danger zone.
If that loss comes to Gonzaga in the WCC championship game, that's fine. 30-4 with a road win over Gonzaga and only one terrible loss (Washington State) would all but certainly be enough for a bid. But a loss to any other WCC team could spell disaster for a squad that's plenty good enough on offense to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament.
Ranking the No. 1 Seeds
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No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers
23-4, RPI: 11, KP: 4, SOS: 38
Heading into last week, I said that even if Purdue lost both its games to Ohio State and Michigan State, it would likely remain on the top line. That's how far ahead of everyone else that Purdue, Villanova and Virginia were at the time. And as it turns out, I do occasionally know what I'm talking about, as the Boilermakers did lose both games and were still No. 4 overall in the selection committee's top-16 reveal.
Can Purdue bounce back with a strong finish to remain a No. 1 seed?
Given how well it played in those losses—by one and three points, respectively—there's no good reason to believe it can't. The Boilermakers are going to need more out of Vincent Edwards and P.J. Thompson, though. Isaac Haas and Carsen Edwards were a two-man show against two of the Big Ten's best teams, and Purdue still almost won those games. If the normal, well-rounded attack resurfaces, this is still one of the favorites to win the national championship.
No. 3 Xavier Musketeers
23-3, RPI: 2, KP: 13, SOS: 7
It's getting to the point where you have to wonder if Xavier is even capable of losing a close game. Two of its last three games were decided in overtime, and the third came down to free throws with 0.3 seconds remaining. The Musketeers are now 10-0 in games decided by seven points or fewer.
That's a sign of great coaching and veteran leadership. Save for a dud in Saturday's game against Creighton, senior leader Trevon Bluiett always seems to come through in the clutch, and his top two running mates—J.P. Macura and Kerem Kanter—are also double-digit scorers who have been playing college basketball for four years.
The emergence of Kanter is what has made this team so tough to beat. Early on in the season, it was Bluiett, Macura and not much else. A bunch of guys were averaging five to seven points per game, but there wasn't anyone who could carry the team for short bursts—let alone for a full game. Kanter has been that guy lately, and Xavier will be a title contender as long as that continues.
No. 2 Villanova Wildcats
23-2, RPI: 3, KP: 2, SOS: 22
Villanova took a bad home loss this week against St. John's, but there's a good reason: Neither Phil Booth nor Eric Paschall played due to injury.
That doesn't mean the loss doesn't count, but since the Wildcats don't have another disappointing loss, it does give us (and the selection committee) a good reason to overlook it a bit. Plus, Villanova bounced back with an impressive win over Butler a few days later to maintain its stranglehold on a projected No. 1 seed.
But this is where things start to get dicey, especially for a team not playing at full strength. Four of Villanova's next five games are on the road against Providence, Xavier, Creighton and Seton Hall. As long as they go at least 2-2—and win the home games against DePaul and Georgetown—the Wildcats will still be in great shape for a No. 1 seed heading into the Big East tournament.
Just try not to get too discouraged if they drop a couple of games in the next two-plus weeks. This is a brutal stretch on the schedule.
No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers
23-2, RPI: 1, KP: 1, SOS: 8
The dream of an 18-0 ACC record went up in smoke in an overtime loss to Virginia Tech, but the Cavaliers are still the runaway favorites to win the ACC and a near-lock for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
They still play road games against Miami and Louisville, as well as a season-ending home game against a Notre Dame team that might be at full strength for the first time since December. Another loss or two wouldn't be shocking, nor would it likely keep them from getting the No. 1 seed in the South Region.
And I know this has nothing to do with projected seeding, but can we please stop holding previous years' results against Virginia when discussing this incredible season?
In every sports talk radio interview, people ask me why we should trust the Cavaliers this time around.
Here's the deal: In 2014, Virginia ran into a really good Michigan State team that was under-seeded because of injuries. Justin Anderson broke his finger late in the 2015 season and never returned to form. In 2016, Virginia was one five-minute Malachi Richardson scoring bonanza away from reaching the Final Four. And last year, this team's most important player (Isaiah Wilkins) was battling an upper respiratory illness for weeks and didn't even play in the loss to Florida.
Tony Bennett isn't a choke artist. His teams have simply faced a bunch of unfortunate circumstances in March. The Cavaliers don't even need good luck to reach the Final Four this year. They just need to avoid bad luck for once.
Seeding by Conference
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In case seeded regions aren't for you and you want to know where the top 68 teams stand in relation to one another, here is a list of each team's overall seed broken down by conference. The first five out are in italics.
American
8. Cincinnati
22. Wichita State
37. Houston
46. Temple
ACC
1. Virginia
7. Duke
9. Clemson
12. North Carolina
28. Florida State
34. Miami
35. Virginia Tech
41. Syracuse
42. Louisville
71. North Carolina State
Atlantic 10
17. Rhode Island
47. St. Bonaventure
Big 12
6. Kansas
10. Texas Tech
16. Oklahoma
20. West Virginia
31. TCU
36. Texas
43. Kansas State
Big East
2. Villanova
3. Xavier
24. Creighton
32. Seton Hall
33. Butler
45. Providence
73. Marquette
Big Ten
4. Purdue
11. Michigan State
14. Ohio State
40. Michigan
Pac-12
15. Arizona
25. Arizona State
44. Washington
69. UCLA
70. USC
SEC
5. Auburn
13. Tennessee
18. Texas A&M
21. Kentucky
23. Florida
26. Alabama
27. Missouri
38. Arkansas
72. LSU
West Coast
19. Gonzaga
29. Saint Mary's
Other
30. Nevada
42. Middle Tennessee
48. New Mexico State
49. Vermont
50. Buffalo
51. Loyola-Chicago
52. Louisiana
53. East Tennessee State
54. South Dakota State
55. Murray State
56. Montana
57. Rider
58. College of Charleston
59. UC Santa Barbara
60. Northern Kentucky
61. Bucknell
62. Wagner
63. Florida Gulf Coast
64. Stephen F. Austin
65. UNC-Asheville
66. Penn
67. Savannah State
68. Texas Southern
KenPom rankings and RPI ratings (courtesy of WarrenNolan.com) current through the start of play on Feb. 12.
Kerry Miller covers men's college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @kerrancejames.
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