KenPom - comparisons to tournament seeding

Some interesting tidbits:

Gonzaga (#9 in KenPom) has the biggest discrepancy between themselves and the teams around them in terms of tournament seed:

Above Gonzaga at #8 is #2 seed Michigan State
Below Gonzaga at #10 is #3 seed Iowa State

In the other direction is Memphis, who is a #5 seed, is 51st - between Vanderbilt (#49, a 10 seed), Boise State (50th, not in the field) and Utah State (52nd, a 10 seed)

The lowest ranked AQ is Saint Francis at 311th



SEC opening matchups by KenPom ranking:

#2 Florida vs #180 Norfolk State
#4 Auburn vs #273 Alabama St / #311 Saint Francis winner
#5 Tennessee vs #120 Wofford
#6 Alabama vs #139 Robert Morris

#15 Missouri vs #58 Drake
#16 Kentucky vs #98 Troy
#17 Texas A&M vs #73 Yale

#26 Ole Miss vs #46 SDS / #33 North Carolina

#32 Mississippi State vs #29 Baylor
#34 Georgia vs #9 Gonzaga
#38 Oklahoma vs #35 UConn
#40 Arkansas vs #21 Kansas

#44 Texas vs #43 Xavier (Play-in game)
#49 Vanderbilt vs #22 St. Mary's



Aside from the play-in game, the closest match-ups are Oklahoma vs UConn and Mississippi State vs Baylor (both teams within 3 of each other according to KenPom)