What my Bracketology would look like if we still used the RPI and not the new NET
Since there were no real big games on yesterday, I decided to sit down and do an exercise where I look at how the NCAA Tournament would look if we still used the RPI, feel free to compare this Bracketology to the one I posted yesterday with the link posted at the bottom. that version is heavily reliant on the NET Rankings. If your team is lower than you would expect don’t worry we have the NET Rankings around so the tournament field won’t look like this.
| Midwest Region (Kansas City) | East Region (Washington DC) |
| 1.Kansas (Des Moines) | 1.Duke (Columbia) |
| 16.Texas Southern/ Rider | 16.Howard/ St. Francis (NY) |
| 8.North Carolina | 8.Mississippi State |
| 9.Cincinnati | 9.VCU |
| 4.Villanova (Seattle) | 4.Indiana (Jacksonville) |
| 13.The Citadel | 13.Radford |
| 5.Florida State | 5.TCU |
| 12.Drake | 12.Syracuse/ St. Louis |
| 3.Buffalo (Hartford) | 3.Michigan State (Hartford) |
| 14.Georgia State | 14.Charleston |
| 6.Louisville | 6.Auburn |
| 11.Providence | 11.Creighton |
| 2.Wisconsin (Des Moines) | 2.Marquette (Columbus) |
| 15.Abiline Christian | 15.Holy Cross |
| 7.Seton Hall | 7.Texas |
| 10.Kentucky | 10.Purdue |
| West Region (Anaheim) | South Region (Louisville) |
| 1.Oklahoma (Tulsa) | 1.Tennessee (Columbia) |
| 16.South Dakota State | 16.Northern Kentucky |
| 8.Virginia Tech | 8.St. John’s |
| 9.Nebraska | 9.Texas Tech |
| 4.Ohio State (Salt Lake City) | 4.Virginia (Jacksonville) |
| 13.New Mexico State | 13.Vermont |
| 5.Arizona State | 5.Minnesota |
| 12.Oklahoma State/ UCF | 12.Lipscomb |
| 3.Gonzaga (Seattle) | 3.Kansas State (Tulsa) |
| 14.UC Irvine | 14.North Texas |
| 6.Houston | 6.Belmont |
| 11.Iowa State | 11.Butler |
| 2.Nevada (Salt Lake City) | 2.Michigan (Columbus) |
| 15.Montana | 15.Penn |
| 7.LSU | 7.Temple |
| 10.Washington | 10.Alabama |
First Four Out: Arizona, Missouri, Ole Miss, Iowa
The Next Five: UCLA, Penn State, Clemson, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame
Bullshit where’s Georgetown