Bracketology 2020: Examining mid-major Basketball at-large profiles

Bracketology 2020: Examining mid-major basketball at-large profiles

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 8: The NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meets on Wednesday afternoon, March 8, 2017 in New York City. The committee is gathered in New York to begin the five-day process of selecting and seeding the field of 68 teams for the NCAA MenÕs Basketball Tournament. The final bracket will be released on Sunday evening following the completion of conference tournaments. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) /

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 05: Malachi Flynn #22 of the San Diego State Aztecs (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) /

San Diego St. Aztecs

29-2 | NET: 4 | KPI/SOR Avg: 9.5 | BPI/POM/SAG Avg: 7.3

Losing to Utah St. in the Mountain West tournament championship game finally put to bed all the talk (folly is a more appropriate word) about whether it would be prudent for San Diego St. to lose and avoid the trappings of being a West Coast team having to travel to Madison Square Garden as the East Region’s 1-seed to play any of a cast of East Coast-based top seeds.

Led by MWC player of the year Malachi Flynn, the Aztecs went on a remarkable run to being the country’s final remaining undefeated team before losing at home to UNLV in what is a Quad 3 loss.

SDSU is 11-1 across Quads 1 and 2, including a perfect 3-0 in Quad 1A with wins at BYU, at Utah St., and on a neutral floor against Creighton. SDSU also racked up an impressive neutral-court win over Iowa and went 16-1 in road and neutral court opportunities, something the NCAA Selection Committee will value highly.

While I believe its loss to Utah St. took away any chance SDSU has at a 1-seed, it is firmly and immovably on the 2-seed line where it will likely remain out West as the #2 to Gonzaga’s #1. Please, dear basketball gods, let us see that matchup in the Elite Eight!

Bracketology Prediction: 2-seed, West Region

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