NBK Update: Championship Week Wednesday

Good luck to all the NBKers opening their conference tournaments today.  And congratulations to Manhattan for making the field of 68 and keeping their Sweet Sixteen hopes alive for another week.

  • IN: 2 (SMU, Manhattan)
  • OUT: 2 (Indiana St, Southern Miss)
  • STILL FIGHTING: 11
  • PUCKERED: 1 (Murray St)

KenPom compiled the remainder of his Log5 tournament odds, updated in the table below.

Enjoy Championship Week!

NBK Rank
(Current)
Team (KenPom Rank)Conference FinishLog5 Conf Tourney Win %ESPN BracketologyRoad to the Sweet Sixteen
1SMU (26)T-1st (AAC)36.8%6-seedTulsa - CHECK
11 Boise St
3 Iowa St
2Manhattan (152)T-3rd (MAAC)12.3%16-seedQuinnipiac - CHECK
Marist - CHECK
St Peter's - CHECK
Iona - CHECK
16 Lafayette
1 Virginia
8 St John's
3Old Dominion (56)T-2th (CUSA)31.5%First Four OutMiddle Tenn (Thu)
UTEP (Fri)
La Tech (Sat)
4 Louisville
5 West Virginia
4Georgia St (71)1st (Sun Belt)54.0%13-seedGa Southern - CHECK
UL Lafayette (Sat)
Ga Southern (Sun)
4 Baylor
5 Arkansas
5Harvard (79)T-1st (Ivy)47%*Penn - CHECK
Yale (Sat)
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6Montana (146)T-1st (Big Sky)46.4%16-seedWeber St (Thu)
N Arizona (Fri)
E Washington (Sat)
16 Texas Southern
1 Kentucky
8 Cincinnati
7Murray State (77)1st (OVC)Next Four OutEight Days of Waiting
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8New Mexico (133)8th (MWC)1.8%Air Force (Wed)
Boise St (Thu)
Wyoming (Fri)
San Diego St (Sat)
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9Creighton (89)T-9th (BE)0.5%DePaul (Wed)
Georgetown (Thu)
Butler (Fri)
Villanova (Sat)
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10Nebraska (131)12th (B1G)0.03%Penn St (Wed)
Iowa (Thu)
Purdue (Fri)
Wisconsin (Sat)
Maryland (Sun)
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11Colorado (99)T-8th (P12)0.3%Oregon St (Wed)
Oregon (Thu)
Utah (Fri)
Arizona (Sat)
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12Fordham (213)T-12th (A10)0.07%George Mason (Wed)
VCU (Thu)
Richmond (Fri)
Davidson (Sat)
Dayton (Sun)
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13Saint Louis (293)14th (A10)0.002%Duquesne (Wed)
Geo Wash (Thu)
Rhode Island (Fri)
Dayton (Sat)
Davidson (Sun)
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14Indiana St (172)3rd (MVC)OUTget 'em next year
15Southern Miss (313)13th (CUSA)OUTget 'em next year
16Northwestern (111)11th (B1G)0.2%Indiana (Thu)
Maryland (Fri)
Michigan St (Sat)
Wisconsin (Sun)
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* The Ivy League does not conduct a conference tournament, so here we use their KenPom chances of winning the one-game playoff with Yale on Saturday at the Palestra in Philly