NBK rankings for Tuesday of Championship Week.
Iona topped Monmouth in a tense MAAC final. Joey Brackets has Monmouth (and St. Bonaventure) hanging on as one of the Last Four In, so we keep them in the NBK.
Ken Pomeroy posted the Pac-12 and SEC odds, which do not favor Colorado (2.7%) nor South Carolina (7.6%). Both may be safely in, but each could use a deep conference tourney run to avoid a #1 or #2 seed in the second round.
The Pomeroy computer was much kinder to St. Bonaventure, giving the Atlantic-10 conference co-champs Bonnies a 12.6% chance of grabbing the auto-bid.
Stony Brook handled their business on Monday, easily dispatching Hartford by 16 and advancing to the next round. Look for that game whenever the America East gets around to holding it.
UNC Wilmington secured a bid by winning the CAA over Hofstra, mortally wounding the Pride and relegating it to gray, gray shame.
For the first time in a week, Oregon St. finds itself on the outside looking in as Joey Brackets lists them as First Four Out. With a 2.2% chance of winning the Pac-12 Tournament, the Beavers are poised on the brink of NBK elimination.
Welcome Green Bay! The Phoenix rose right into the field by romping through the Horizon League tourney, knocking off number one seed Valparaiso in OT in the semifinal, then getting by Wright St in the final early Tuesday eve.
South Dakota St squares off against North Dakota St in the Summit League final tonight.