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 Finish | Log5 Conf Tourney Win % | ESPN Bracketology | Road to the Sweet Sixteen |
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| 1 | SMU (26) | T-1st (AAC) | 36.8% | 6-seed | Tulsa - CHECK 11 Boise St 3 Iowa St |
| 2 | Manhattan (152) | T-3rd (MAAC) | 12.3% | 16-seed | Quinnipiac - CHECK Marist - CHECK St Peter's - CHECK Iona - CHECK 16 Lafayette 1 Virginia 8 St John's |
| 3 | Old Dominion (56) | T-2th (CUSA) | 31.5% | First Four Out | Middle Tenn (Thu) UTEP (Fri) La Tech (Sat) 4 Louisville 5 West Virginia |
| 4 | Georgia St (71) | 1st (Sun Belt) | 54.0% | 13-seed | Ga Southern - CHECK UL Lafayette (Sat) Ga Southern (Sun) 4 Baylor 5 Arkansas |
| 5 | Harvard (79) | T-1st (Ivy) | 47%* | Penn - CHECK Yale (Sat) ? ? |
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| 6 | Montana (146) | T-1st (Big Sky) | 46.4% | 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) ? ? |
* 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