Happy Friday, everybody! As we proceed ahead with the Mountain West males’s basketball season, we can be updating the convention’s bracketology outlook as we method the large dance in March! Let’s dive into this week’s replace!
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At Large Candidates:
Utah State:
NET: 16
KenPom: 26
Lunardi: No. 7 seed
Bracket Matrix (out of 58 brackets; Jan. 7): 58
Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 7.43
Skinny: Utah State stays the lone soul for an at-large bid. The solely method the MW at present nets a number of bids is that if the sector — not Utah State — wins the MW Title. They are the one program within the top-40 in NET and within the top-45 in KenPom. They can be examined inside the subsequent week towards a struggling Boise State on the highway on Saturday, and Nevada at house on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Still More Work To Do:
Boise State:
NET: 63
KenPom: 67
Lunardi: ————
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Bracket Matrix: 13
Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 9.77
Skinny: It was a tough week for Boise State. They dropped 10 spots in KenPom and 24 spots from final week’s NET on account of their triple extra time loss to San Diego State and 17-point loss to Grand Canyon. Obviously, the latter stings rather more than the previous. It’s trying extra practical that Boise’s solely path to creating the NCAA Tournament is a MW championship, regardless of topping the convention in Quad 1 wins (2) when the sector has three mixed.
New Mexico:
NET: 44
KenPom: 53
Lunardi: First Four Out
Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 10
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Skinny: New Mexico acquired the most important bump from final week’s bracketology. They jumped 22 spots in NET, beating Wyoming (Quad 3) at house by 20 earlier than beating Colorado State by 10 inside Moby Arena. Winners of 9 of their final 10, they’ve a fairly gentle schedule arising, with six of their subsequent seven being Quad 3 or 4 video games. The Lobos are actually 4-3 in Quad 1-2 video games, with their subsequent being on Jan. 17 towards SDSU.
San Diego State:
NET: 62
KenPom: 50
Lunardi: ————
Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 11
Skinny: While it picked up a pair of Quad 2 wins over Boise and Nevada, the Aztecs moved up simply 11 spots in NET and are nonetheless on the outside-looking-in. They have three Quad 2 video games over the following two weeks towards Wyoming, New Mexico and Grand Canyon, which could possibly be pushed to Quad 3 if Grand Canyon (at present 97 in NET) falls out of the top-100.