Here's a quick look at mid-majors & others by the numbers from KenPom & RPI. I took only those in the top 40 of one or the other. I did these schools since I suspect they'll be chic "cinderella's", though the reality is, they're better than some of the teams they'll probably be seeded behind. A few of these schools may be over valued as well by the committee.
TOP 40 BOTH KenPom & RPI
- Wichita State (8 KP; 15 RPI)
- Memphis (11 KP; 18 RPI)
- St . Louis (12 KP; 30 RPI)
- New Mexico (14 KP; 33 RPI)
- Gonzaga (31 KP; 24 RPI)
- Temple (33 KP; 13 RPI)
- Creighton (35 KP; 20 RPI)
- Harvard (38KP; 36 RPI)
TOP 40 KP ONLY
- Belmont (22 KP; 61 RPI)
TOP 40 RPI ONLY
- Murray State (19 RPI; 45 KP)
- Colorado State (22 RPI; 79 KP)
- St. Mary's (25 RPI; 41 KP)
- San Diego State (26 RPI; 51 KP)
- Long Beach State (35 RPI; 42 KP)
- VCU ( 38 RPI; 47 KP)
Memphis will be a team to watch based on seeding. As a 8 or 9, I'd think they'd be an interesting potential 2nd round matchup for a one seed. The one thing that strikes me is, Wichita State is highly regarded by both and the somewhat stark difference between the two in regards to Murray State & Belmont.
These numbers are all pretty fluid over the next 5 days but it gives us a better idea which mid-majors we should look at when picking upsets in our brackets.
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