The Bracket: What To Know (Updated 2/5/19)
ESPN (updated 2/5)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (San Jose)
Kansas: 3 (Des Moines)
Iowa State: 5 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 7 (Salt Lake City)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 9 (Columbus)
Oklahoma: 10 (Columbus)
Texas: 10 (Jacksonville)
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25923557/welcome-start-madness
CBS (updated 2/3)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Iowa State: 6 (Jacksonville)
Kansas State: 7 (Des Moines)
Baylor: 8 (Salt Lake City)
Oklahoma: 8 (Columbus)
TCU: 10 (Columbus)
Texas: OUT
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/
Bracket Matrix (updated 2/4)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 4.77
Kansas: 2.72
Iowa State: 4.55
Kansas State: 6.74
Baylor: 7.88
Oklahoma: 7.56
TCU: 8.73
Texas: 9.82
http://bracketmatrix.com/
USA Today (updated 2/5)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas: 3 (Tulsa)
Iowa State: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas State: 6 (Tulsa)
Oklahoma: 6 (Jacksonville)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 9 (Columbia)
Texas: 10 (Des Moines)
"The Big 12 is arguably the country's toughest conference.
With no disrespect to the 16-team ACC, eight of 10 teams from the Big 12 are in the mix for NCAA tournament bids. As such, the conference leads the NCAA's new metric, the NET -- which replaces RPI this year.
It gets interesting when we take a look at these teams' seeding lines, as compared to their conference standings — which the selection committee doesn't care about. Take Kansas State and Baylor as examples, both teams lead the league standings with only two losses. Yet the Wildcats are a projected No. 6 seed and the Bears are just a No. 8 seed. Both teams rank No. 29 and 30 in the NET rankings because of mediocre credentials. Credit that to a lousy non-conference slate for Baylor and two portfolio-staining losses (to Tulsa and Texas A&M) for KSU.
Meanwhile, Kansas (No. 3 seed), Iowa State (No. 4 seed) and No. 5 Texas Tech (No. 5 seed) are in much better shape thanks to stronger overall résumés that feature either ample Quadrant 1 (top-30 home/top-75 road) victories or no losses outside the top-50.
Kansas State gets a chance to make a statement Tuesday at home against a Kansas team that's still looking to establish its identity and win a 15th consecutive Big 12 title. But even more, a win would work wonders for the Wildcats' résumé. And that's the double-edged sword that the Big 12 is this season, as it has been plenty of years in the past: There are a bundle of chances here in February to bulk up the NCAA tourney portfolio, but the gauntlet of beating each other up doesn't always pave way to March success.
Near the bubble line, Oklahoma (No. 7 seed), TCU (No. 9 seed) and Texas (No. 10 seed) are all under .500 in the conference standings but have many opportunities that mid-majors and even most power conference bubble teams don't have while playing in the toughest conference. Basement teams Oklahoma State and West Virginia aren't tourney-worthy teams, and that makes those matchups the scariest -- for all teams -- since they could dent up a otherwise strong profile.
Whichever team wins the Big 12 this year, especially if it's not Kansas for the first time in 15 years, might have have a worse seed than the third, fourth or fifth place finisher. That's just a reminder that the selection committee looks at résumés from November to March, and that this conference once again is loaded with decent teams."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...t-bracketology-college-basketball/2719167002/
The Athletic (updated 2/1)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 3 (Tulsa)
Iowa State: 5 (Hartford)
Kansas State: 7 (Jacksonville)
Oklahoma: 8 (Columbia)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 8 (Columbus)
Texas: 9 (Jacksonville)
https://theathletic.com/794850/2019...-six-weeks-until-selection-sunday-away-we-go/
ESPN (updated 2/5)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (San Jose)
Kansas: 3 (Des Moines)
Iowa State: 5 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 7 (Salt Lake City)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 9 (Columbus)
Oklahoma: 10 (Columbus)
Texas: 10 (Jacksonville)
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25923557/welcome-start-madness
CBS (updated 2/3)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Iowa State: 6 (Jacksonville)
Kansas State: 7 (Des Moines)
Baylor: 8 (Salt Lake City)
Oklahoma: 8 (Columbus)
TCU: 10 (Columbus)
Texas: OUT
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/
Bracket Matrix (updated 2/4)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 4.77
Kansas: 2.72
Iowa State: 4.55
Kansas State: 6.74
Baylor: 7.88
Oklahoma: 7.56
TCU: 8.73
Texas: 9.82
http://bracketmatrix.com/
USA Today (updated 2/5)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas: 3 (Tulsa)
Iowa State: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas State: 6 (Tulsa)
Oklahoma: 6 (Jacksonville)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 9 (Columbia)
Texas: 10 (Des Moines)
"The Big 12 is arguably the country's toughest conference.
With no disrespect to the 16-team ACC, eight of 10 teams from the Big 12 are in the mix for NCAA tournament bids. As such, the conference leads the NCAA's new metric, the NET -- which replaces RPI this year.
It gets interesting when we take a look at these teams' seeding lines, as compared to their conference standings — which the selection committee doesn't care about. Take Kansas State and Baylor as examples, both teams lead the league standings with only two losses. Yet the Wildcats are a projected No. 6 seed and the Bears are just a No. 8 seed. Both teams rank No. 29 and 30 in the NET rankings because of mediocre credentials. Credit that to a lousy non-conference slate for Baylor and two portfolio-staining losses (to Tulsa and Texas A&M) for KSU.
Meanwhile, Kansas (No. 3 seed), Iowa State (No. 4 seed) and No. 5 Texas Tech (No. 5 seed) are in much better shape thanks to stronger overall résumés that feature either ample Quadrant 1 (top-30 home/top-75 road) victories or no losses outside the top-50.
Kansas State gets a chance to make a statement Tuesday at home against a Kansas team that's still looking to establish its identity and win a 15th consecutive Big 12 title. But even more, a win would work wonders for the Wildcats' résumé. And that's the double-edged sword that the Big 12 is this season, as it has been plenty of years in the past: There are a bundle of chances here in February to bulk up the NCAA tourney portfolio, but the gauntlet of beating each other up doesn't always pave way to March success.
Near the bubble line, Oklahoma (No. 7 seed), TCU (No. 9 seed) and Texas (No. 10 seed) are all under .500 in the conference standings but have many opportunities that mid-majors and even most power conference bubble teams don't have while playing in the toughest conference. Basement teams Oklahoma State and West Virginia aren't tourney-worthy teams, and that makes those matchups the scariest -- for all teams -- since they could dent up a otherwise strong profile.
Whichever team wins the Big 12 this year, especially if it's not Kansas for the first time in 15 years, might have have a worse seed than the third, fourth or fifth place finisher. That's just a reminder that the selection committee looks at résumés from November to March, and that this conference once again is loaded with decent teams."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...t-bracketology-college-basketball/2719167002/
The Athletic (updated 2/1)
Seed Lines
Texas Tech: 5 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 3 (Tulsa)
Iowa State: 5 (Hartford)
Kansas State: 7 (Jacksonville)
Oklahoma: 8 (Columbia)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
TCU: 8 (Columbus)
Texas: 9 (Jacksonville)
https://theathletic.com/794850/2019...-six-weeks-until-selection-sunday-away-we-go/
