Mid-major Basketball: Top 30 power rankings heading into 2022 NCAA Tournament
By Ryan Kay
No. 20 – Princeton
Conference: Ivy League
Regular Season Conference Standing: 1st Place
Conference Tournament Finish: Lost to Yale in the championship game
NCAA Tournament Automatic qualifier: No
Post Season Tournament: National Invitation Tournament
Last Ranking: Not Ranked
Best Wins: South Carolina in the Asheville Championship (66-62), at Oregon State (81-80), Drexel (81-79), at Yale (81-75), and Cornell (72-70)
Quad One and Quad Two Wins: One (1-1)
Notable Defeats: Minnesota in the Asheville Championship (80-87), at Monmouth (64-76), and at Hofstra (77-81)
RPI Ranking: 98
KenPom Ranking: 103
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 119
Net Ranking: 102
Sagarin Ranking: 117
Total Points from Rankings: 539
No. 19 – Middle Tennessee
Conference: Conference USA
Regular Season Conference Standing: 1st Place (East Division)
Conference Tournament Finish: Lost to UAB in the semifinals
NCAA Tournament Automatic qualifier: No
Best Wins: At Western Kentucky (93-85), at Florida Atlantic (87-79), and Winthrop (76-65)
Last Ranking: 18
Quad One and Quad Two Wins: Two (2-7)
Notable Defeats: At Murray State (87-93), at Chattanooga (65-77), at North Texas (63-70), and at UAB (75-97)
RPI Ranking: 62
KenPom Ranking: 100
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 108
Net Ranking: 104
Sagarin Ranking: 135
Total Points from Rankings: 509
No. 18 – Grand Canyon
Conference: WAC
Regular Season Conference Standing: 5th Place
Conference Tournament Finish: Lost to New Mexico State in the semifinals
NCAA Tournament Automatic qualifier: No
Best Wins: San Francisco in the Jerry Colangelo Classic (49-48), at Utah Valley (79-69), Seattle (78-66), and Abilene Christian (95-68)
Last Ranking: 21
Quad One and Quad Two Wins: Two (2-5)
Notable Defeats: Wyoming (61-68), at Arizona State (62-67), at New Mexico State (61-71), at Utah Valley (79-69), and at Stephen F. Austin (46-71)
RPI Ranking: 87
KenPom Ranking: 93
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 99
Net Ranking: 92
Sagarin Ranking: 102
Total Points from Rankings: 473
No. 17 – Northern Iowa
Conference: Missouri Valley
Regular Season Conference Standing: 1st Place
Conference Tournament Finish: Lost to Loyola Chicago in the semifinals
NCAA Tournament Automatic qualifier: No
Post Season Tournament: National Invitation Tournament
Best Wins: At St. Bonaventure (90-80), at Missouri State (85-84), at Drake (74-69), Missouri State ( 95-75), and Bradley (78-65)
Last Ranking: 19
Quad One and Quad Two Wins: Five (5-5)
Notable Defeats: At Arkansas (80-93), Richmond (52-60), Liberty in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (74-76), Vermont (57-71), at Loyola-Chicago (58-85), and Wyoming in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (69-71)
Conference Record: 13-4
RPI Ranking: 74
KenPom Ranking: 91
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 105
Net Ranking: 100
Sagarin Ranking: 100
Total Points from Rankings: 470
No. 16 – Louisiana Tech
Conference: Conference USA
Regular Season Conference Standing: 3rd Place (West Division)
Conference Tournament Finish: Lost to UAB in the championship game
NCAA Tournament Automatic qualifier: No
Best Wins: At Santa Clara (78-75), Texas Southern (87-60), and at UTEP (64-52)
Last Ranking: 20
Quad One and Quad Two Wins: Two (2-8)
Notable Defeats: At Alabama (64-93), at North Carolina State (81-90), UAB (76-83), North Texas (62-63), and LSU (57-66)
RPI Ranking: 71
KenPom Ranking: 98
College Basketball Power Index Ranking:103
Net Ranking: 96
Sagarin Ranking: 97
Total Points from Rankings: 465