Selection Sunday – Florida Gulf Coast (14 of 50 points) Bid Status: 15-seed in South This is the team that beat Miami early in the season, but do not expect a threat to Georgetown. They improved nicely down the stretch
Selection Sunday – Georgetown (35 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 2-seed in South Georgetown hits the tournament as one of the hottest teams in the country, having risen from 20th to 12th on www.kenpom.com in the last few weeks. They have
Selection Sunday – San Diego St (22 of 50 points) Bid Status: 7-seed in South San Diego State fans may be remembering Kawhi Leonard (pictured), because the current roster has great veteran guards including future NBA player Jamaal Franklin, but
Selection Sunday – Oklahoma (22 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 10-seed in South The big boost Oklahoma gets besides just being a good team overall is that they are senior dominated and should handle the pressure of being in
Selection Sunday – Florida (39 of 50 points) Bid Status: 3-seed in South As inconsistent as they can sometimes be, Florida is actually a stronger team coming into the tournament than two of the 1-seeds (Gonzaga and Kansas). Having a
Selection Sunday – Minnesota (30 of 50 points) Bid Status: 11-seed in South Trevor Mbakwe’s return for a sixth year gave Minnesota two NBA-level players to go along with the Hollins. They have cooled off, but getting a UCLA player
Selection Sunday – South Dakota St (17 of 50 points) Bid Status: 13-seed in South This may be the easiest scouting report in the country. Nate Wolters is the 10th best player in the country according to Value Add, and
Selection Sunday – Michigan (35 of 50 points) Bid Status: 4-seed in South Michgan has the abiility to go head to head with Kansas. They have the fourth best trio in the country led by the best player in the
Selection Sunday – Akron (19 of 50 points) Bid Status: 12-seed in South. Akron really looked like they had a shot to pull an upset or two with Zeke Marshall dominating inside on his way to the NBA, and a strong
Selection Sunday – Villanova (21 points out of 50) Bid Status: 9-seed in South Villanova may be the most improved team in the country, and even in the past few weeks continued to move up from 56th to 46th on www.kenpom.com.
Selection Sunday – Western Kentucky (7 of 50 points) Bid Status: 16-seed in South Western Kentucky had improved on www.kenpom.com from 203rd to 183rd, but the loss of their fourth best player Teeng Akol for academics makes the opener against Kansas even tougher.
Selection Sunday – Miami FL (25 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 2-seed in East Miami has cooled off in dropping from 10th to 14 on www.kenpom.com, but Value Add has them lower. They do have a future NBA player
Selection Sunday – Illinois (20 of 50 points) Bid Status: 7-seed in East Illinois is cold again since their big upset of Indiana, dropping from 28th to 42nd on www.kenpom.com. While Brandon Paul will be in the NBA and he does join
Selection Sunday – Colorado (25 of 50) Bid Status: 1-seed in the East The only negative on Colorado is that they closed the season cold, dropping from 40th to 50th in www.kenpom.com, but they are perfectly built for a run.
Selection Sunday – Marquette (25 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 3-seed in the East While Marquette has the edge in perhaps the tightest foursome in the tournament as they try to make their third straight Sweet 16, but there
Selection Sunday – Davidson (20 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 14-seed in East Davidson is getting hot heading into the tournament as they have in the past, and is all the way up to 58th at www.kenpom.com after being only
Selection Sunday – Bucknell (21 of 50 points) Bid Status: 11-seed in East Upset alert on this one. Bucknell has a much better trio than opening round foe Butler. They have senior Bryson Johnson getting the ball into All-American Mike
Selection Sunday – Butler (18 of 50 points) Bid Status: 6-seed in East. We do not have a factor for coaches, and Brad Stevens truly has the most amazing two years on his resume with two stunning Final Four runs.
Selection Sunday – Montana (7 of 50 points) Bid Status: 13-seed in East Montana has been playing well, but was going to clearly be outmanned by Syracuse. They improved from 153rd to 144th from February 20 on, but unfortunately there
Selection Sunday – Syracuse (36 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 4-seed in East The only negative on Syracuse is that they closed the season cold, dropping from 7th to 13th at www.kenpom.com. They had a couple of matchups with teams that
Selection Sunday – California (23) Bid Status: 12-seed in West The biggest thing going for California is that tournaments often come down to the top three players on each team, and California has the 27th best trio in the country led
Selection Sunday – Nevada Las Vegas (26 of 50 points) Bid Status: 5-seed in East UNLV is a hot team (climbed from 43rd to 35th on www.kenpom.com) with a good trio and another player in Mike Moser who is expected to
Selection Sunday – North Carolina A&T (11 of 50 points) Bid Status: In the tournament. Like Liberty, North Carolina A&T finished the season very hot, moving up from 246th to 222nd in the final month. They have a solid three seniors
Selection Sunday – Middle Tennessee (20 of 50 points) Bid Status: 13-seed in West, First Four A solid team led by senior guards can do damage. Rnk Player/Team Last Name Class Ft In Value Add NBA? 52 Middle Tennessee 2013
Selection Sunday – Liberty (5 out of 50 points) Bid Status: 16-seed, First Four in East The one thing that raises Liberty’s rating is that they are red hot – unfortunately that means they improved 282nd to 251st. If they
