March 9-15, 2020
We've got 2 complete conference tournament and a conference tourney final to look at, so here we go.
Atlantic Ten Tournament
St. Louis (Kuji Chagulia) beat (10) Duquesne 73-55 in the quarterfinals, then beat (3) St. Josephs 69-61 in the semifinals, but lost 59-49 to (5) UMass in the A-Ten Title Game. Despite that, with a national ranking and 25-8 record, they should have no trouble receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Big West Tournament
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) ran through conference play like it was nothing, and expected to do the same in the conference tourney. Not so fast. In what might be the upset of the year, the Warriors lost in the quarterfinals to (8) UC Irvine 67-59. Given the fact they didn't even have 1 national vote, I have a feeling their bubble will burst and they'll end up in the NIT.
WCC Championship
BYU (Patrick Hutt) won their first 2 games to get here, and finished it off with a 106-95 win over (5) Pepperdine to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Their seed is anybodys guess, but if I had to, I'd say around an 8 or 9.
Here's a look at the final polls before Selection Sunday:
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Oklahoma State (72) 29-4 1800 1 Big 12 Conference
2. Connecticut 28-5 1723 3 American Athletic Conference
3. Pittsburgh 25-7 1625 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. Villanova 29-5 1595 7 Big East Conference
5. Ohio State 27-8 1495 11 Big Ten Conference
6. Wisconsin 24-7 1461 4 Big Ten Conference
7. Kansas 24-8 1349 8 Big 12 Conference
8. Syracuse 25-10 1219 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Tennessee 25-6 1200 5 Southeastern Conference
10. Michigan 25-7 1181 10 Big Ten Conference
11. Miami 22-8 1112 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Louisville 25-7 1023 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Saint Mary's 25-6 940 13 West Coast Conference
14. Purdue 25-8 888 14 Big Ten Conference
15. Mississippi 24-6 781 12 Southeastern Conference
16. Duke 23-10 734 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Stanford 22-10 659 16 Pacific-12 Conference
18. Saint Louis 25-8 508 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Marquette 22-10 466 21 Big East Conference
20. Xavier 23-10 344 NR Big East Conference
21. Colorado 22-9 287 19 Pacific-12 Conference
22. Princeton 24-6 234 23 Ivy League
23. Memphis 22-10 164 NR American Athletic Conference
24. Texas 22-10 156 22 Big 12 Conference
25. Southern California 22-10 93 24 Pacific-12 Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Wichita State 25-8 84 Missouri Valley Conference
Southern Mississippi 24-8 71 Conference USA
Washington 23-11 55 Pacific-12 Conference
Baylor 20-10 42 Big 12 Conference
Brigham Young 23-9 28 West Coast Conference
Georgetown 20-11 28 Big East Conference
Hofstra 24-7 19 Colonial Athletic Association
Seton Hall 22-10 14 Big East Conference
Chattanooga 24-7 12 Southern Conference
UCLA 20-10 10 Pacific-12 Conference
Not much change here, even with the loss in the A-Ten title game, the Lou only fell 1 spot.
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Mid Major Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 25-6 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. Saint Louis 25-8 1712 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Brigham Young 23-9 1619 3 West Coast Conference
4. Southern Mississippi 24-8 1576 8 Conference USA
5. Wichita State 25-8 1483 4 Missouri Valley Conference
6. UNLV 24-9 1466 11 Mountain West Conference
7. Princeton 24-6 1359 5 Ivy League
8. Hofstra 24-7 1272 6 Colonial Athletic Association
9. VCU 21-9 1207 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Air Force 22-9 1130 7 Mountain West Conference
11. Chattanooga 24-7 1032 12 Southern Conference
12. UW Milwaukee 23-9 971 10 Horizon League
13. UW Green Bay 23-8 970 19 Horizon League
14. Fresno State 22-9 905 13 Mountain West Conference
15. Saint Joseph's 20-10 767 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Belmont 22-10 677 18 Ohio Valley Conference
17. Monmouth 23-8 521 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
18. Hawaii 22-8 495 14 Big West Conference
19. Alcorn State 24-7 492 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference
20. Wyoming 21-11 479 22 Mountain West Conference
21. Richmond 21-10 443 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Drake 22-11 361 21 Missouri Valley Conference
23. Massachusetts 22-12 246 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Sacramento State 23-9 150 23 Big Sky Conference
25. Northeastern 21-10 92 24 Colonial Athletic Association
Others Receiving Votes:
LIU Brooklyn 22-9 62 Northeast Conference
Georgia Southern 21-10 47 Sun Belt Conference
American 20-10 20 Patriot League
San Diego State 19-12 19 Mountain West Conference
South Alabama 21-11 12 Sun Belt Conference
Ohio 22-13 7 Mid-American Conference
Charlotte 19-13 4 Conference USA
South Carolina State 22-10 3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Loyola Maryland 20-12 1 Patriot League
I'm a little bit surprised that BYU didn't receive some first place votes here, and at the very least jump over St. Louis, since they won their conference tourney and St. Louis didn't. Very interesting.