NBK 2022: Championship Week – Wednesday

Recounting Tuesday’s movements in the Never Been Kissed – those schools whose men’s basketball programs have never made the Sweet Sixteen in all the years since the field first expanded to 64 in 1985.

Wagner fell to Bryant, who rode the nation’s leading scorer and meathead Peter Kiss and home-court advantage consisting of rowdy douchers to the NEC crown and the auto-bid. This would be a feel-good story for Bryant, new to Division I and winning their first bid, but they seem about has hard to root for as Liberty. So we’ll pass on the feeling good about that, and instead tip an NBK cap to Wagner coach Bashir Mason for wearing the #4 jersey of injured senior guard Elijah Ford for the stretch run.

South Dakota St dispatched North Dakota St in the Summit final without too much difficulty, storming to an early 14-4 advantage. The Bison did eventually cut the lead to one late, but the Jackrabbits and their #1 in the nation Three-Point FG% ($) are going to the Big Dance. Our Man Brackets has the JRs as a 12-seed — prime territory to knock off a wobbly #5 & #4 and graduate from the NBK watchlist.

WEDNESDAY
Colgate vs Navy (Patriot final)
Iona vs Rider
Utah St vs Air Force
Fresno St vs San Jose St
Vermont vs Binghamton

NBK standings through 3/8/2022. KenPom rankings through 3/8/2022. KenPom Conf Tourney odds via Ken’s Twitter, until the conference championship game, where they are the KenPom odds ($) of winning just that showdown – e.g. Colgate. ESPN Bracketology as of 3/9/2022 at 12:00 A.M. ET.

Data courtesy Kenpom.com and ESPN Bracketology and ESPN Bubble Watch and NCAA.com