StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Read more about how StatSeed is calculated.
StatSheet projects Cincinnati to make the NIT as a five seed. The Bearcats are #94 in the StatSheet StatRank with a 17-7 overall record and a 7-4 record in the Big East.
During the last four games, Cincinnati picked up wins against St. John's and DePaul but also took on a loss against AP #2 Syracuse and a bad loss to RPI #147 Rutgers.
Cincinnati is stable against strong competition, with a 6-4 record against the RPI Top 100 that includes a 2-2 record against the RPI Top 50 and a 1-1 record against AP ranked teams. While the Bearcats have three quality wins including RPI #24 Connecticut, AP #12 Georgetown, and RPI #40 Notre Dame, they're dinged by three bad losses including RPI #147 Rutgers, RPI #131 St. John's, and RPI #248 Presbyterian.
The last four teams into the NCAA Tournament with at-large bids are Purdue (15-9, 5-6 Big Ten, StatRank #57), Brigham Young (20-6, 8-3 West Coast, StatRank #43), Arkansas (16-8, 4-5 SEC, StatRank #65), and Texas (15-9, 5-6 Big 12, StatRank #55).
The first four teams out are Colorado (16-8, 8-4 Pac 12, StatRank #71), Minnesota (17-8, 5-7 Big Ten, StatRank #69), Ole Miss (14-9, 4-5 SEC, StatRank #68), and Oregon (17-7, 8-4 Pac 12, StatRank #70).
The next four out are Arizona (17-8, 8-4 Pac 12, StatRank #64), Iona (19-6, 11-3 MAAC, StatRank #56), St. Joseph's (PA) (15-10, 5-5 A-10, StatRank #48), and Xavier (16-8, 7-3 A-10, StatRank #61).
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