Considerations have been previously posted.
This is a bit of a new "system." Took 2019's bracket as the basis and made a few changes to the formula based on the 2021 bracket preview selections. Granted, 16-18 teams is a very small sample and there were outliers, no matter how you moved the system, but I attempted to justify it as much as I could in light of 2019.
This is the result. FWIW, Mizzou is the "1st" 6 seed. There's a huge jumble of teams in the 3-6 lines that are very difficult to distinguish between. Mizzou is the 14th at-large in this system. There are 37 at-larges selected. To give you a bit of an idea of the cushion the Tigers are working with. I see Mizzou's "best" ways to improve seeding from here on out...obviously playing and beating good teams. They have a Q2 and Q1 game for sure remaining. It would also be beneficial to win whatever games are played by a larger margin than they have been. Like it or not, NET is partially based on possession level data.
To give you an idea of how close Mizzou is to other teams, a win vs. Arkansas would have had them at the end of the 4 line, beginning of 5. Basically where the committee had them pegged before the Arkansas game. Even with the UGA loss. It's that close. On the plus side, after the 6's and early 7's, there's a pretty good drop off.
Anyway, fire away
Last 4 byes: VCU, Minnesota, Louisville, Indiana
Last 4 in: Seton Hall, Xavier, Colorado St., Stanford
First 12 out: SMU, Syracuse, Wichita, UConn, Ga Tech, WKU, Richmond, Duke, Penn State, SLU, Memphis, Ole Miss
This is a bit of a new "system." Took 2019's bracket as the basis and made a few changes to the formula based on the 2021 bracket preview selections. Granted, 16-18 teams is a very small sample and there were outliers, no matter how you moved the system, but I attempted to justify it as much as I could in light of 2019.
This is the result. FWIW, Mizzou is the "1st" 6 seed. There's a huge jumble of teams in the 3-6 lines that are very difficult to distinguish between. Mizzou is the 14th at-large in this system. There are 37 at-larges selected. To give you a bit of an idea of the cushion the Tigers are working with. I see Mizzou's "best" ways to improve seeding from here on out...obviously playing and beating good teams. They have a Q2 and Q1 game for sure remaining. It would also be beneficial to win whatever games are played by a larger margin than they have been. Like it or not, NET is partially based on possession level data.
To give you an idea of how close Mizzou is to other teams, a win vs. Arkansas would have had them at the end of the 4 line, beginning of 5. Basically where the committee had them pegged before the Arkansas game. Even with the UGA loss. It's that close. On the plus side, after the 6's and early 7's, there's a pretty good drop off.
Anyway, fire away
| Seed | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 |
| 1 | Gonzaga | Baylor | Michigan | Ohio State |
| 2 | Iowa | West Virginia | Alabama | Illinois |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Villanova | Houston | Florida State |
| 4 | Wisconsin | USC | Kansas | Virginia |
| 5 | Arkansas | Purdue | Clemson | Creighton |
| 6 | Tennessee | Texas | BYU | Mizzou |
| 7 | Texas Tech | LSU | Colorado | Va Tech |
| 8 | Loyola Chi | Rutgers | UNC | Maryland |
| 9 | San Diego St. | Boise St. | UCLA | Oklahoma St |
| 10 | VCU | Drake | Oregon | Florida |
| 11 | Minnesota | St. Bonaventure | Louisville | Indiana |
| 12 | Belmont | Colgate | Colorado St./Stanford | Seton Hall/Xavier |
| 13 | UC Santa Barbara | Toledo | Winthrop | Marshall |
| 14 | Liberty | Furman | Abilene Christian | Wright State |
| 15 | E. Washington | Siena | Grand Canyon | South Dakota St. |
| 16 | Northeastern/Norfolk | Bryant/Prairie View | Vermont | Georgia St. |
Last 4 byes: VCU, Minnesota, Louisville, Indiana
Last 4 in: Seton Hall, Xavier, Colorado St., Stanford
First 12 out: SMU, Syracuse, Wichita, UConn, Ga Tech, WKU, Richmond, Duke, Penn State, SLU, Memphis, Ole Miss
