StatSheet Projects Colorado as NCAA Tournament Bubble Team 12 Seed: 03/11/2013

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StatSheet is projecting Colorado on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament with potentially a 12 seed. The Buffaloes are #43 in the StatSheet StatRank with a 20-10 overall record and a 10-8 record in the Pac-12.
During its last four games, Colorado registered a quality win against AP #19 Oregon and a win against Stanford but also dropped one against RPI #46 California and a bad loss to RPI #179 Oregon State.
Colorado is below average against top competition, with a 10-8 record against the RPI Top 100 but a 3-4 record against the RPI Top 50 and a 3-3 record against AP ranked teams. The Buffaloes have five quality wins including AP #19 Oregon (2 wins), AP #18 Arizona, RPI #46 California, and RPI #15 Colorado State. They also have two bad losses including RPI #179 Oregon State and RPI #172 Utah.
The last four teams into the NCAA Tournament with at-large bids are Baylor (18-13, 9-9 Big 12, StatRank #60), Temple (23-8, 11-5 A-10, StatRank #37), Ole Miss (23-8, 12-6 SEC, StatRank #56), and Colorado (20-10, 10-8 Pac-12, StatRank #36).
The first four teams out are Alabama (20-11, 12-6 SEC, StatRank #65), La Salle (21-8, 11-5 A-10, StatRank #46), Southern Miss (23-8, 12-4 Conference USA, StatRank #47), and Virginia (21-10, 11-7 ACC, StatRank #60).
The next four out are California (20-10, 12-6 Pac-12, StatRank #46), Iowa (20-11, 9-9 Big Ten, StatRank #72), Providence (17-13, 9-9 Big East, StatRank #83), and Wichita State (26-8, 12-6 Missouri Valley, StatRank #42).

Regional 1 #1 Duke #2 Georgetown #3 Florida #4 New Mexico #5 Colorado State #6 Arizona #7 Butler #8 Belmont #9 Creighton #10 Cincinnati #11 Boise State #12 Colorado #13 Akron #14 Davidson #15 FGCU #16 FIU #17 Liberty

Regional 2 #1 Gonzaga #2 Louisville #3 Kansas State #4 Ohio State #5 Minnesota #6 NC State #7 Missouri #8 Memphis #9 Illinois #10 Iowa State #11 Kentucky #12 MTSU #13 Baylor #14 SDSU #15 Harvard #16 Long Beach State #17 Long Island

Regional 3 #1 Indiana #2 Miami (FL) #3 Marquette #4 Oklahoma State #5 North Carolina #6 Saint Louis #7 UNLV #8 Oklahoma #9 San Diego State #10 Oregon #11 Tennessee #12 Ole Miss #13 Bucknell #14 Stephen F. Austin #15 Iona #16 Northeastern #17 Norfolk State

Regional 4 #1 Kansas #2 Michigan #3 Michigan State #4 Syracuse #5 Pittsburgh #6 Wisconsin #7 Notre Dame #8 VCU #9 UCLA #10 Saint Mary's #11 Villanova #12 Temple #13 Louisiana Tech #14 Valparaiso #15 Montana #16 Vermont #17 Texas Southern

[h=2]NCAA Tourney Projections by Conference[/h]

Conf NCAA Teams Conf Teams Pct in NCAA Big East 8 16 50.0% Big Ten 7 12 58.3% Big 12 6 10 60.0% SEC 5 12 41.7% Mountain West 5 8 62.5% Pac-12 4 12 33.3% A-10 4 14 28.6% ACC 4 12 33.3% West Coast 2 9 22.2% Sun Belt 2 12 16.7% Ivy League 1 8 12.5% Missouri Valley 1 10 10.0% Atlantic Sun 1 10 10.0% Patriot 1 8 12.5% Ohio Valley 1 11 9.1% SoCon 1 12 8.3% MAC 1 12 8.3% MAAC 1 10 10.0% Big South 1 11 9.1% Big West 1 9 11.1% NEC 1 12 8.3% WAC 1 8 12.5% Conference USA 1 12 8.3% Big Sky 1 9 11.1% MEAC 1 13 7.7% CAA 1 12 8.3% Summit League 1 10 10.0% Southland 1 12 8.3% SWAC 1 10 10.0% Horizon 1 10 10.0% America East 1 9 11.1%

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With a 1st round game against Colorado State? Yuck.