| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   UConn | Had a good win against Creighton, held them to 48 points |
| 2 |  Purdue | Won their games |
| 3 |  North Carolina | Won their games |
| 4 |  Houston | Had a huge win against a good Texas Tech team |
| 5 |  Tennessee | Beat a decent Alabama by 20 |
| 6 |  Wisconsin | Won their games |
| 7 |  Arizona | Won their games against the disappointing LA schools |
| 8 |  Auburn | Dismantled a ranked Ole Miss team |
| 9 |  Kansas | Lost to a not so good WVU team, but WVU had been missing some players all season |
| 10 |  Kentucky | Here due to losing the h2h against Kansas |
| 11 |  Illinois | Won their games |
| 12 |  Oklahoma | Beat a decent Cincy on the road |
| 13 |  Baylor | Lost on the road to a decent Texas |
| 14 |  Marquette | Won on the road vs a good St. John’s |
| 15 |  Dayton | Winning in the A10 |
| 16 |  Duke | Lost at home to a not good Pitt team |
| 17 |  Colorado State | Won their games |
| 18 |  Creighton | 14 point loss @ UConn but a 3OT win @ Seton Hall |
| 19 |  Utah State | Lost to a New Mexico team projected to make the tournament, them and the teams below are definitely the lower tier |
| 20 |  BYU | Win against ISU, loss @ Texas Tech |
| 21 |  Iowa State | Loss the h2h @BYU, won @ a TCU team that was ranked |
| 22 |  Florida Atlantic | Didn’t really impress me but they won and other teams didn’t |
| 23 |  Seton Hall | Walked away from their game vs Creighton more impressed than not |
| 24 |  Texas Tech | Might be a homer pick but couldn’t find another team deserving to be here and they beat a good BYU team despite the big loss @ Houston |
| 25 |  Memphis | Would be out if other teams didn’t lose |
