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| Tennessee | Florida | 6.7 |
| USC Upstate | Winthrop | -4.3 |
| Xavier | Providence | 7.6 |
| Butler | Creighton | -4.4 |
| Michigan | Northwestern | 8.2 |
| Charlotte | Old Dominion | 2.2 |
| Maine | New Hampshire | -11.2 |
| Marist | Saint Peter’s | 3.6 |
| Lafayette | Boston University | -5.6 |
| South Florida | SMU | -8.3 |
| Lehigh | Army | -1.1 |
| American | Holy Cross | 4.7 |
| Bucknell | Navy | -9.9 |
| Longwood | North Carolina A&T | 7.9 |
| High Point | Radford | 3.3 |
| Charleston Southern | Presbyterian | -6.0 |
| Campbell | Hampton | 11.0 |
| Virginia Tech | Miami | 6.3 |
| North Carolina | Boston College | 12.4 |
| Stony Brook | Vermont | -7.2 |
| UMBC | NJIT | 7.6 |
| Hartford | Binghamton | 3.5 |
| UMass Lowell | Albany | 4.4 |
| Valparaiso | Bradley | -2.3 |
| Evansville | Northern Iowa | -10.0 |
| La Salle | Massachusetts | -1.5 |
| George Mason | St. Bonaventure | -1.9 |
| Saint Joseph’s | Duquesne | 4.6 |
| Chattanooga | Wofford | 6.0 |
| Furman | VMI | 9.6 |
| East Tennessee St. | UNC Greensboro | 2.5 |
| The Citadel | Western Carolina | 5.9 |
| South Carolina | Vanderbilt | 1.6 |
| Mississippi | Arkansas | -5.4 |
| Oklahoma St. | Iowa St. | 3.2 |
| Wichita St. | Central Florida | 2.7 |
| Lamar | Tarleton St. | -7.4 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | Abilene Christian | -5.6 |
| West Virginia | Oklahoma | 1.5 |
| Illinois St. | Drake | -3.7 |
| Saint Louis | George Washington | 17.1 |
| Samford | Mercer | -0.5 |
| Seton Hall | Marquette | 5.6 |
| Davidson | VCU | 4.1 |
| Indiana | Penn St. | 7.5 |
| LSU | Texas A&M | 11.7 |
| Tulane | Tulsa | 2.9 |
| Notre Dame | NC St. | 5.9 |
| Georgia Tech | Florida St. | -4.7 |
| Washington St. | Utah | 8.2 |
| California Baptist | Sam Houston | 0.1 |
| Seattle | Stephen F. Austin | 3.7 |
| Utah St. | San Diego St. | 0.2 |
Teams With National Championship Bracketnomics Data
Every year at March Madness time, our Bracketnomics publication is our most viewed feature of the year. We use many factors that back-testing have showed that past national champions resembled. If for example every national champion since 1995 had a certain minimum offensive rebounding percentage, and additionally, 25 of the last 26 national champions had a certain maximum defensive 2-point field goal percentage, we would look for the teams in this year’s field that also possess those stats. It isn’t that easy, as many of our variables are multi-variable formulas such as a combination of multiple factors met on a certain scale of minimums and maximums based on the result of a key variable or variables.
Now, that we have probably confused you with a bunch of gobbledygook, you want to know which teams meet the criteria the most through January 26.
There are a half dozen teams that meet the basic criteria today. Here they are, alphabetically.
Arizona, Auburn, Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston, and Villanova are the super six as of today, but Baylor and Villanova have better criteria ratings than the other four.
We will continue to monitor these statistics for the next month and have them ready to go as teams win automatic bids. Then, on the Monday and Tuesday after Selection Sunday, we will have an all-inclusive Bracketnomics Report with all the pertinent data.
The Pi-Rate Ratings 