With the NCAA Tournament coming to an abrupt cancelation this week, there will be no March Madness. No brackets, no office pools, no streaming the games from work. This is obviously a difficult pill to swallow for the many student-athletes around the country, especially the seniors, who had worked relentlessly to get to this point.
This week, a number of conference tournaments were canceled, and there were only 13 conference tournaments that were completed and crowned conference champions. (Ivy League excluded as they crowned Yale their auto bid winner). Here are those teams, along with their NET ranking, conference, and overall record:
No. 1 Gonzaga (31-2) – West Coast
No. 36 ETSU (30-4) – SOCON
No. 40 Utah St (26-8) – Mountain West
No. 67 Liberty (30-4) – ASUN
No. 69 Yale (23-7) – Ivy
No. 101 Belmont (26-7) – OVC
No. 102 Bradley (23-11) – MVC
No. 118 Hofstra (26-8) – CAA
No. 130 NDSU (25-8) – Summit
No. 148 Winthrop (24-10) – Big South
No. 150 Northern Kentucky (23-9) – Horizon
No. 160 Boston U (21-13) – Patriot
No. 203 Robert Morris (20-14) – NEC
We have seeded these teams 1-13 based on NET rankings. Who would win this revised NCAA Tournament? How far would Liberty advance?
