Skip to main content

1/24 Kirby's Top 25

 These rankings are based on team statistics, NET rankings, KenPom rankings, and quadrant based wins and losses. They are combined and graded on a scale to 100.

 Here are the rankings as of 1-24-2022:

1. Gonzaga (99.6)

2. Arizona (95.7)

3. Baylor (93.5)

4. Houston (89.2)

5. Auburn (87.3)

6. Kentucky (84.7)

7. Purdue (84.4)

8. Kansas (84.4)

9. Villanova (79.3)

10. Duke (78.8)

11. LSU (75.6)

12. UCLA (72.6)

13. Texas Tech (72.0)

14. Illinois (69.6)

15. Tennessee (69.3)

16. Connecticut (67.7)

17. Michigan State (66.8)

18. Texas (65.3)

19. USC (64.0)

20. BYU (62.0)

21. Alabama (61.8)

22. Iowa (60.5)

23. Xavier (60.3)

24. Saint Mary's (59.8)

25. Loyola Chicago (59.2)

The next 5 up are Ohio State, Colorado State, Wisconsin, Iowa State, and San Francisco.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

KirbyCBB FINAL BRACKET

 Happy Selection Sunday! Here is my final seed list. The only contingency will be if UAB wins their auto bid. If that happens: - Indiana is OUT - UAB is the top 13 seed, Yale moves up to a 12 - The First Four would be 11 seeds Baylor, Texas, San Diego St, and Oklahoma.  If Memphis wins the AAC auto bid, then this is my seed list:   1    1    Auburn 1    2    Duke 1    3    Florida 1    4    Houston 2    5    Tennessee 2    6    Michigan State 2    7    Alabama 2    8    St. John's 3    9    Texas Tech 3    10    Kentucky 3    11    Wisconsin 3    12    Iowa State 4    13    Maryland 4...

Bracketology (3-2-25)

Here is my latest seed list and brackets. If Michigan beats Illinois today, they will likely overtake Kentucky on the 3 line. Buckle up everyone, we will have tickets punched to the tourney this time next week! 1 SEEDS 1    Auburn 2    Duke 3    Houston 4    Tennessee 2 SEEDS 5    Alabama 6    Florida 7    Michigan State 8    St John's 3 SEEDS 9    Iowa State 10    Wisconsin 11    Texas Tech 12    Kentucky 4 SEEDS 13    Michigan 14    Texas A&M 15    Purdue 16    Arizona 5 SEEDS 17    Maryland 18    Clemson 19    Saint Mary's 20    Marquette 6 SEEDS 21    Louisville 22    Missouri 23    Mississippi State 24    Oregon 7 SEEDS 25...

Chris Markwood and Maine are working towards their first NCAA Tournament bid

The NCAA Tournament is one of the great events in American sports. Each November, a journey starts for 364 (and counting) teams in all of the United States. Every game makes a difference, with teams compiling a rèsumè worthy of being chosen for the 68-team field. For many teams, though, the only way to reach the promised land is through a conference championship. Outside of the power conference structure, winning your conference tournament is the way to punch your ticket to the big dance. For this reason, there are over 40 teams that have never made the NCAA Tournament and almost all of those teams will not make it this year. Maine is fighting to not be one of them. The University of Maine men's basketball team has never made the NCAA Tournament. From 2014 through 2022, Maine had failed to reach 10 wins in a season. Their highest season finish at KenPom was 153rd in 1999, over 25 years ago. This is a program that has struggled mightily over the last few decades, typically being ran...