Monday, March 13, 2023

Bracket IV - KenPom Plus Hottest Teams - UConn beats Alabama for Title

Note: click here for the bracket results for all 8 methods.

Here is the bracket based on the KenPom rating but with a heavier weight toward the rating the last weeks of the season to move the hottest teams going into the tournament head in close games.




The AdjM ranking at www.kenpom is his master calculation of how many points better than the average team any given team is. When calculating the hottest team, we estimate the AdjM just over the past several weeks as a team has trended more hot or cold. We rank Connecticut as the hottest team in basketball in February and March despite losing by two points to Marquette in the Big East title. 

Here is where all 68 rank, with a note on their kenpom rank in early February and then last week to show the movement.

HotttestTeamAdjM RecentFeb 1 rankingRank final week
1Connecticut3064
2Alabama2843
3Texas28109
4Houston2711
5Gonzaga271710
6Arizona271210
7UCLA2642
8Marquette25812
9Xavier242314
10Duke242824
11Purdue2356
12Kansas2398
13San Diego St.232815
14Texas A&M234219
15Kentucky233422
16Baylor221414
17West Virginia221916
18Utah St.224818
19Maryland212918
20Tennessee2015
21Michigan St.204129
22Memphis203633
23Arkansas192019
24Indiana192227
25Florida Atlantic193929
26VCU197867
27Saint Mary's1877
28Creighton181112
29Kansas St.182418
30USC184534
31Nevada185240
32Northwestern185442
33Auburn173026
34Iowa St.161820
35Iowa163335
36Drake168177
37Penn St.154047
38Iona158576
39Boise St.142528
40Mississippi St.145045
41Missouri144951
42Charleston147773
43TCU131524
44Miami FL133740
45Oral Roberts135767
46Illinois122332
47Kent St.127178
48N.C. State115347
49Arizona St.116562
50Louisiana1199111
51Vermont11136113
52Virginia91331
53Providence92845
54Furman99190
55Pittsburgh86866
56Grand Canyon8118112
57Texas A&M Corpus Chris8219173
58Texas A&M Corpus Chris8219178
59Kennesaw St.7142130
60Montana St.6111110
61Princeton6112116
62UNC Asheville6179149
63Northern Kentucky6208163
64UC Santa Barbara591109
65Colgate5115112
66Howard2237218
67Texas Southern-5306294
68Fairleigh Dickinson-14313315

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