February 19 Bracket

February 19 Bracket

Conference breakdown

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

SEC: 5

ACC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Missouri Valley: 2

Pac 12: 2

Last Four In

Washington

VCU

Alabama

Texas

First Four Out

Ole Miss

UCF

NC State

USF

Next Four Out

Arizona

George Mason

Northwestern

Minnesota

Additions (case for, case against)

Washington

• 10-2 in last 12 games
• Worst loss at Colorado (RPI: 74)

• Lost at home to South Dakota State by 19 points on Dec. 18
• 4-6 in road/neutral games
• 0-4 against RPI Top 50

Colorado State

• SOS: 6
• Non conference SOS: 28
• Eight of nine losses on the road

• 4-8 in road/neutral games
• Losses at Boise State (RPI: 169) on Feb. 15, at TCU (RPI: 108) on Feb. 11

Virginia Commonwealth

• 11-5 in road/neutral games
• 11-1 in last 12 games

• SOS: 246
• Losses at home against Georgia State (RPI: 129) on Jan. 4, neutral site to Georgia Tech (RPI: 172) on Nov. 18

Alabama

• SOS: 21
• Neutral site wins against Wichita State (RPI: 16) on Nov. 18, Purdue (RPI: 48) on Nov. 20

• 6-6 in road/neutral games and in last 12 games overall
• Loss at South Carolina (RPI: 178) on Jan. 25

Subtractions (case against, case for)

Arizona

• SOS: 97
• Loss at UCLA (RPI: 134)

• 8-4 in last 12 games
• 7-6 in road/neutral games

Minnesota

• 5-9 in Big Ten
• Non conference SOS: 212
• 5-6 in road/neutral games

• 12-1 in non conference
• Won at Indiana (RPI: 15) on Jan. 12

NC State

• Loss at home against Georgia Tech (RPI: 172) on Jan. 11
• Twelve of 18 wins against sub-RPI Top 150

• SOS: 38
• 6-4 in road/neutral games

Ole Miss

• Non conference SOS: 114
• 5-7 in last 12 games
• Loss at Auburn (RPI: 123) on Jan. 14

• SOS: 30

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (MWottreng)