I see that Charlie still hasn't justified why Baylor is getting the shaft in his bracket. The number one overall seed should be facing the weakest 2 seed, or if absolutely necessary the 2nd weakest. They absolutely should not be facing the 2nd best 2 seed, especially when there is an enormous gap in quality between the top 6 and the next few teams. It could easily be rectified by shuffling a couple teams, so there is no reason for it.
As of February 24, 2019,
the NCAA link has Mississippi State 9th in RPI, with Baylor ranked 2nd. But in terms of rankings as of today (February 25, 2019),
RealTimeRPI has MSST 7th in current RPI, with Baylor second. In terms of projected RPI (for the end of the season before the NCAAT), RealTimeRPI still has
Baylor 2nd and
MSST 7th.
If that ends up being the case, then the 2nd best #1 seed (Baylor) would be playing the 2nd weakest #2 seed (MSST).
That being said, however, RealTimeRPI projects
NC State as the 8th seed and
Notre Dame as the 1st seed.
My point is that even if you are not happy with Creme's bracket (and there is a different between not being happy and disagreeing based on specific evidence/links/rules, which I did not see in your post -- and I apologize if they were in another post in a different thread, as I did not see them) are certainly numbers out there that justify Charlie Creme's current placement of Mississippi State in the bracket with Baylor (along with
Creme's note about the way the committee assigns regional placement based on a team's position on the S-curve). And this is why I provided all of the different links in my (this) post.
In addition, there will be changing circumstances, especially since three of the top 8 seeds (the #1s and #2s) play in the same conference (NC State, Louisville, and Notre Dame), with NC State to play Louisville this week, plus the upcoming ACC Tournament.
Not sure of BYU in bracket unless they win WCC tournament. No significant wins in OOC play and losses to Cal and Utah.
I know they beat the Zags twice, by 2 points each game, but I was not impressed with them in the games I have seen.
As of February 24, 2019, the NCAA link has
BYU 27th in RPI. As of February 25, 2019, RealTimeRPI has
BYU as 29th in RPI.
With all due respect, the fact that you were not impressed with BYU in the games you saw is not exactly a criterion for not securing an at-large bid.
However, the fact that BYU's remaining games are against San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Clara -- two of which have RPI ratings over 240, with the third at 166 -- certainly is, as it will bring down BYU's
current RPI (29) and SOS (76) (as of February 25, 2019) to a proejcted
RPI (36) and SOS (97) -- and the projected RPI is assuming that BYU
wins all three games. A loss would severely dampen BYU's chances for an at-large bid and likely would require winning the WCC Tournament to make the NCAAs.
