CBB teams that are undefeated against teams outside the Projected Field

Also this stat…

Wins against the Projected At-large teams minus losses to teams projected outside the field:

+8 Arizona, Duke, Michigan

+7 Alabama, Purdue

+6 Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, Tennessee

+5 Auburn, Florida, Houston, Vanderbilt

+4 Arkansas, Gonzaga, Nebraska

The SEC with 7 of the Top 16 teams in this metric. That’s impressive.

Georgia, Texas, and Texas A&M are all +2. Missouri is a net 0.

I think ultimately we get ten teams in and quite frankly all ten should be safely in IMO. Missouri is probably a stretch.

Me and WG are going to be over here blowing bubbles.

Wait that sounded bad. Maybe playing pick up sticks instead.

Don't get your panties in a wad, I am just trying to understand sir, take it easy, I come in peace.

So these are teams with only losses to teams IN the field, then correct?

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The SEC with 7 of the Top 16 teams in this metric. That’s impressive

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The conference is deeper than people are giving it credit for just because it's not as absurdly deep as it was the past few years.

We also don't have (except maybe Florida) that one team that looks like it'll go the distance, like Michigan.

One other gripe I’ve got is how the teams from the West Coast Conference and the Mountain West get treated with kid’s gloves.

I get it that Gonzaga is good. But the hoops that people jump through to boost St Mary’s and Santa Clara to try try to justify Gonzaga’s piss poor conference is unbelievable.

St. Mary’s is safely in the field by most every bracketologist despite being 0-3 against the projected field… losing to Vandy by 25, Gonzaga by 8, and Santa Clara by by 8. They also have one loss outside the projected field… losing to Boise State by 1.

Santa Clara is also one of the last teams in by most bracketologists despite also being 1-2 against the projected field with the one win over… You guessed it… St Mary’s. Santa Clara lost to St Louis by 1, and Gonzaga by 12. Where their resume really becomes questionable is their three losses outside the field: New Mexico (by 27 points!), Arizona State, and to horrific Loyola Chicago (NET #309). A Quad 4 loss.

Sorry but the WCC should be a one bid league. LSU, Ole Miss, and Oklahoma would mow through those schedules much more impressively.

Exactly. Gonzaga typically escapes criticism for their easy schedule because they at least load up their OOC schedule with tough opponents. This season was less than stellar though:

Against the projected field:

Lost to 1-seed Michigan by 40.
Beat 5-seed Alabama by 10.
Beat 7-seed Kentucky by 35.
Beat 10-seed UCLA by 10.
Beat 10-seed St Mary’s by 8.
Beat 11-seed Santa Clara by 12.

None of those were true road games. A solid resume for sure, but when you add in the loss to NET #203 Portland, I’m not sure they deserve the 3/4 line as most have them projected.