NCAA Basketball - NET rankings and performance through 2-22

KenPom Strength of Schedule to Date
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Kentucky
7. Texas A&M
10. Mississippi State
15. Tennessee
17. Arkansas
18. South Carolina
19. Ole Miss
27. Oklahoma
31. Georgia
34. Texas
35. LSU
37. Vanderbilt
41. Florida
46. Missouri

Seeds don't matter as much any more as long as you are a 12 of better.

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Seeds don't matter as much any more as long as you are a 12 of better.

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That's only the case for bubble teams looking to secure an at large bid. For the higher seeded teams with realistic goals of getting to the Final 4 the seeding very much matters.

If your team is a potential 1 or 2 seed currently and has a remaining schedule that is difficult or demanding and you want them to have the best chance of advancing to at least the Elite 8 and hopefully the Final 4 then you want to make sure they drop no further than to a 3 seed. This guarantees that your team won't potentially face the #1 seed until the Elite 8 (if your team advances that far) and worst case scenario will potentially face the #2 seed instead of the #1 seed in the Sweet 16. Not only does a 3 seed allow a team to avoid the #1 seed until the Elite 8 it allows a 2nd realistic opportunity for an 9, 8, 5, or 4 seed to knock off the #1 seed in the round of 32 or the Sweet 16. Realistically speaking, a 1 or 2 seed losing to a 15 or 16 seed is very rare so 1 and 2 seeds only have 2 realistic opportunities (instead of 3) of being knocked off before reaching the Elite 8.

To your point, if you're not going to be a 1, 2, or 3 seed and your goal is to have the best chance to advance to the Sweet 16 or even the Elite 8 it's almost better to be either a 6 seed or an 11 seed because although you will have a more challenging 1st round game you're far more likely to have a slightly easier 2nd round game against a 3 seed compared to the 2nd round game you'll likely have if your team is a 7, 8, 9, or 10 seed.

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They matter. Tennessee will be sent to Duke’s bracket as it stands due to an outdated rule that can’t account for a conference having so many top seeds. Not only is that geographically the 3rd preference, you also get Duke as the 1, who is probably the best team right now.

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Arkansas had a streak of being assigned to play a North Carolina team on a "neutral" court... that was usually within a brisk walk of that school's campus. You do not want that to happen.

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Arkansas will be lucky to make the tournament. They need to win out and a few rounds of the SEC tournament as well.

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Your username is very accurate.

Arkansas is already projected in. They not only don't need to win out, but just go 2-2.

Lmao no shite Sherlock. They need to go .500 to remain in.

They need to win both home games in Texas and State to get in at 7-11.

Those two games are the most important right now. Lose one or both of those games then Arkansas would need to win the SEC tournament.

Joey Brackets still has us projected as a 3 seed, would like to keep that although I expect the Cats to finish 2-2 and 9-9 overall.

Would be pretty wild to finish 9-9 in the conference and get a 3 or 4 seed. Q1 wins matter.

He's got us in a 4 team pod where we would play the winner of the UofL/Arkansas (or VCU) game, not thrilled about that. Would like A&M's 3 seed pod in the West region.

You should totally be in. No question.