Bracket VII - KenPom Plus Location/Venue of Game - Texas beats Purdue for Title

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

The 7th Factor to consider in brackets is factoring in the venue of where the game is played. Long travel hurts teams, and also having already played in an arena in conference play to have conference fans on your side can help.

This table starts with "how good," or how much better or worse a team is than the average team in the tournament. Then we rank if each of their first two venues should make them a bit better or a bit worse. Houston would be at home for the Final Four, but this table just covers the first two weekends.

For example, Alabama is about 22 points better than the average team, but playing in Birmingham is worth an extra three points to them, so make the 25 better than the field there.

 

Gm	Team	Region	Seed	how good	First weekend	Venue	1st 2 R	Sweet 16	Venue	S16,E8
1	Alabama	South	1	22	Birmingham	3	25	Louisville	1	23
1	Southeast Missouri St.	South	16	-22	Birmingham		-22	Louisville	1	-21
1	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	South	16	-22	Birmingham		-22	Louisville		-22
2	Maryland	South	8	-2	Birmingham	-2	-4	Louisville		-2
2	West Virginia	South	9	2	Birmingham	-2	0	Louisville	2	4
3	San Diego St.	South	5	5	Orlando	-4	1	Louisville	-2	3
3	Charleston	South	12	-5	Orlando	-1	-6	Louisville	2	-3
4	Virginia	South	4	5	Orlando		5	Louisville	1	6
4	Furman	South	13	-5	Orlando		-5	Louisville	1	-4
5	Creighton	South	6	6	Denver	2	8	Louisville	1	7
5	N.C. State	South	11	-6	Denver	-1	-7	Louisville	1	-5
6	Baylor	South	3	11	Denver	1	12	Louisville	-1	10
6	UC Santa Barbara	South	14	-11	Denver	1	-10	Louisville	-2	-13
7	Missouri	South	7	-2	Sacramento	-2	-4	Louisville	1	-1
7	Utah St.	South	10	2	Sacramento	2	4	Louisville	-1	1
8	Arizona	South	2	14	Sacramento	2	16	Louisville	-2	12
8	Princeton	South	15	-14	Sacramento	-4	-18	Louisville	1	-13
9	Purdue	East	1	18	Columbus	3	21	New York	1	19
9	Fairleigh Dickinson	East	16	-18	Columbus		-18	New York		-18
9	Texas Southern	East	16	-18	Columbus	-2	-20	New York	-2	-20
10	Memphis	East	8	2	Columbus	2	4	New York		2
10	Florida Atlantic	East	9	-2	Columbus		-2	New York		-2
11	Duke	East	5	7	Orlando	1	8	New York	1	8
11	Oral Roberts	East	12	-7	Orlando		-7	New York		-7
12	Tennessee	East	4	11	Orlando	2	13	New York	-1	10
12	Louisiana	East	13	-11	Orlando	1	-10	New York		-11
13	Kentucky	East	6	4	Greensboro	1	5	New York	1	5
13	Providence	East	11	-4	Greensboro	-1	-5	New York	3	-1
14	Kansas St.	East	3	8	Greensboro	-1	7	New York	-2	6
14	Montana St.	East	14	-8	Greensboro	-2	-10	New York	-2	-10
15	Michigan St.	East	7	2	Columbus	3	5	New York	1	3
15	USC	East	10	-2	Columbus	-1	-3	New York	-2	-4
16	Marquette	East	2	11	Columbus	2	13	New York	2	13
16	Vermont	East	15	-11	Columbus	1	-10	New York	1	-10
17	Houston	Midwest	1	20	Birmingham	-2	18	Kansas City	1	21
17	Northern Kentucky	Midwest	16	-20	Birmingham	1	-19	Kansas City	1	-19
18	Iowa	Midwest	8	-1	Birmingham	-1	-2	Kansas City	2	1
18	Auburn	Midwest	9	1	Birmingham	4	5	Kansas City	-1	0
19	Miami FL	Midwest	5	3	Albany	-1	2	Kansas City	-1	2
19	Drake	Midwest	12	-3	Albany		-3	Kansas City		-3
20	Indiana	Midwest	4	4	Albany		4	Kansas City	2	6
20	Kent St.	Midwest	13	-4	Albany		-4	Kansas City	1	-3
21	Iowa St.	Midwest	6	6	Greensboro		6	Kansas City	2	8
21	Mississippi St.	Midwest	11	-6	Greensboro	2	-4	Kansas City		-6
21	Pittsburgh	Midwest	11	-6	Greensboro		-6	Kansas City		-6
22	Xavier	Midwest	3	12	Greensboro	1	13	Kansas City	2	14
22	Kennesaw St.	Midwest	14	-12	Greensboro		-12	Kansas City		-12
23	Texas A&M	Midwest	7	3	Des Moines	1	4	Kansas City	2	5
23	Penn St.	Midwest	10	-3	Des Moines	2	-1	Kansas City		-3
24	Texas	Midwest	2	14	Des Moines	2	16	Kansas City	2	16
24	Colgate	Midwest	15	-14	Des Moines	-1	-15	Kansas City	-1	-15
25	Kansas	West	1	22	Des Moines	3	25	Las Vegas	1	23
25	Howard	West	16	-22	Des Moines		-22	Las Vegas		-22
26	Arkansas	West	8	3	Des Moines	2	5	Las Vegas		3
26	Illinois	West	9	-3	Des Moines	2	-1	Las Vegas		-3
27	Saint Mary's	West	5	3	Albany	-3	0	Las Vegas	1	4
27	VCU	West	12	-3	Albany	1	-2	Las Vegas	-2	-5
28	Connecticut	West	4	10	Albany	3	13	Las Vegas	-1	9
28	Iona	West	13	-10	Albany	2	-8	Las Vegas	-1	-11
29	TCU	West	6	6	Denver	2	8	Las Vegas	1	7
29	Arizona St.	West	11	-6	Denver	1	-5	Las Vegas	3	-3
29	Nevada	West	11	-6	Denver	2	-4	Las Vegas	3	-3
30	Gonzaga	West	3	17	Denver	2	19	Las Vegas	3	20
30	Grand Canyon	West	14	-17	Denver	1	-16	Las Vegas	1	-16
31	Northwestern	West	7	-1	Sacramento	-2	-3	Las Vegas		-1
31	Boise St.	West	10	1	Sacramento	1	2	Las Vegas	1	2
32	UCLA	West	2	19	Sacramento	3	22	Las Vegas	2	21
32	UNC Asheville	West	15	-19	Sacramento	-2	-21	Las Vegas	-2	-21