2026 Official Seed Watch List Thread

[Dougie_D]

Kansas blowing out Houston certainly makes getting a 3-seed a little bit harder.

I don’t think that game mattered for us. The committee seems to feel like SEC is the weaker conference. The SEC as whole did pretty poorly with non conference teams. Our top team (FL) is on that 3 line. Our ceiling is dictated by FL. And they beat us pretty bad. In order for us to get a 3 FL would have to slide up to a 2 seed.

 

[kckempf]

I don’t think that game mattered for us. The committee seems to feel like SEC is the weaker conference. The SEC as whole did pretty poorly with non conference teams. Our top team (FL) is on that 3 line. Our ceiling is dictated by FL. And they beat us pretty bad. In order for us to get a 3 FL would have to slide up to a 2 seed.

The perception that the committee has the SEC as a weaker conference is going up against the bracket predictors giving the SEC the most bids in their projections. Even before SEC play started Barttorvik has the SEC as the strongest conference, too. There aren't as many marquee wins this year for the conference, but there are apparently enough quality wins. Now only LSU, Mississippi State, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Oklahoma are clearly out of contention for the tournament.

 

[Dougie_D]

The perception that the committee has the SEC as a weaker conference is going up against the bracket predictors giving the SEC the most bids in their projections. Even before SEC play started Barttorvik has the SEC as the strongest conference, too. There aren't as many marquee wins this year for the conference, but there are apparently enough quality wins. Now only LSU, Mississippi State, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Oklahoma are clearly out of contention for the tournament.

As of right now, the bracket matrix has one SEC team (Florida at the 3) with the NEXT SEC team as the last 4.
The top 16 has 5 B10 and 5 B12. That's 10 spots ( 2 conferences) vs 6 spots (4 conferences).
So to me, it feels like the stronger conferences are B10 and B12.

 

[wtmvol]

Hadn't seen games for tonight posted, so I apologize if they were. Would be nice for Cincy to do us another solid like that did over the weekend.

NC State @ Virginia (-6.5)
Cincinnati @ Texas Tech (-6.5)
Saint Louis @ Dayton (+3.5)
UCF @ BYU (-11.5)

 

[VolGee4]

As of right now, the bracket matrix has one SEC team (Florida at the 3) with the NEXT SEC team as the last 4.
The top 16 has 5 B10 and 5 B12. That's 10 spots ( 2 conferences) vs 6 spots (4 conferences).
So to me, it feels like the stronger conferences are B10 and B12.

The SEC is deeper. Not many elite teams, but a bunch of quality teams. That’s why the conference is at the top. SEC has 13 in the KP top 58. Big 12 has 11 in the top 59 with 5 of those from 46-59. Big Ten has 12.