As I watch Manhattan battle Iona for the MAAC championship, here are the latest goings-on with the Never Been Kissed conference. KenPom posted most of the remainder of his Log5 projections for the conference tournaments, and that informs this ranking update heavily.
Here is the overall status of our 16:
- IN: 1 (SMU)
- OUT: 2 (Indiana St, Southern Miss)
- FIGHTING: 12
- PUCKERED: 1 (Murray St)
Shout out to the Jaspers for getting to this point. They began their conference tournament with a 12.3% chance of winning it, but now are on ESPN2 with a 37% chance to dance.
The details:
| NBK Rank (Current) | Team (KenPom Rank) | Conference Finish | Log5 Conf Tourney Win % | ESPN Bracketology | Road to the Sweet Sixteen |
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| 1 | SMU (26) | T-1st (AAC) | TBD | 6-seed | Tulsa - CHECK 11 Boise St 3 Iowa St |
| 2 | Old Dominion (56) | T-2th (CUSA) | 31.5% | 13-seed | Middle Tenn (Thu) UTEP (Fri) La Tech (Sat) 4 Louisville 5 West Virginia |
| 3 | Georgia St (71) | 1st (Sun Belt) | TBD | 13-seed | Ga Southern - CHECK UL Lafayette (Sat) Ga Southern (Sun) 4 Baylor 5 Arkansas |
| 4 | Harvard (79) | T-1st (Ivy) | 47%* | Penn - CHECK Yale (Sat) ? ? |
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| 5 | Manhattan (152) | T-3rd (MAAC) | 12.3% | Quinnipiac - CHECK Marist - CHECK St Peter's - CHECK Iona (Mon) ? ? |
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| 6 | Montana (146) | T-1st (Big Sky) | TBD | 16-seed | Weber St (Thu) N Arizona (Fri) E Washington (Sat) 16 Texas Southern 1 Kentucky 8 Cincinnati |
| 7 | Murray State (77) | 1st (OVC) | Next Four Out | Eight Days of Waiting ? ? |
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| 8 | New Mexico (133) | 8th (MWC) | 1.8% | Air Force (Wed) Boise St (Thu) Wyoming (Fri) San Diego St (Sat) ? ? |
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| 9 | Creighton (89) | T-9th (BE) | 0.5% | DePaul (Wed) Georgetown (Thu) Butler (Fri) Villanova (Sat) ? ? |
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| 10 | Nebraska (131) | 12th (B1G) | 0.03% | Penn St (Wed) Iowa (Thu) Purdue (Fri) Wisconsin (Sat) Maryland (Sun) ? ? |
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| 11 | Colorado (99) | T-8th (P12) | 0.3% | Oregon St (Wed) Oregon (Thu) Utah (Fri) Arizona (Sat) ? ? |
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| 12 | Fordham (213) | T-12th (A10) | 0.07% | George Mason (Wed) VCU (Thu) Richmond (Fri) Davidson (Sat) Dayton (Sun) ? ? |
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| 13 | Saint Louis (293) | 14th (A10) | 0.002% | Duquesne (Wed) Geo Wash (Thu) Rhode Island (Fri) Dayton (Sat) Davidson (Sun) ? ? |
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| 14 | Indiana St (172) | 3rd (MVC) | OUT | get 'em next year | |
| 15 | Southern Miss (313) | 13th (CUSA) | OUT | get 'em next year | |
| 16 | Northwestern (111) | 11th (B1G) | 0.2% | Indiana (Thu) Maryland (Fri) Michigan St (Sat) Wisconsin (Sun) ? ? |