RPI rankings from realtimerpi.com....
1-seed
1 Duke
x7 Indiana
x4 Kansas
x2 New Mexico
Power conference teams and New Mexico, which leads the #1 RPI conference.
2-seed
x3 Miami
x6 Florida
8 Michigan State
x9 Gonzaga
I don't see the Zags as a 1-seed...
3-seed
x11 Georgetown
5 Louisville
12 Marquette
10 Michigan
Yeah, I've got three Big East teams as 3-seeds. I don't think that'll happen at the end but I'm thinking this at the moment...
4-seed
15 Syracuse
16 Minnesota
18 Kansas State
20 North Carolina
5-seed
x28 Saint Louis
x19 Memphis
13 Arizona
14 UNLV
6-seed
21 Ohio State
25 Oklahoma State
x23 Belmont
30 UCLA
7-seed
x36 Creighton
22 Oklahoma
24 North Carolina State
x26 Middle Tennessee
8-seed
31 Virginia Commonwealth
29 Butler
27 Colorado
x49 Oregon
9-seed
32 San Diego State
33 Missouri
34 Southern Miss
37 St. Mary's
10-seed
35 Illinois
38 Pittsburgh
42 Temple
41 Wisconsin
11-seed
45 La Salle
43 California
40 Wichita State
44 Boise State
12-seed
x46 Akron
x48 Louisiana Tech
47 Notre Dame
50 Cincinnati
13-seed
x52 Bucknell
x62 Valparaiso
-------------------- Play-in
51 Kentucky vs.
54 Massachusetts
53 Iowa State vs.
64 Virginia
I'm not a fan of the Wahoos taking the last spot but they are 10-6 in the ACC...
14-seed
x63 Stephen F. Austin
x69 Stony Brook
x74 South Dakota State
x76 Davidson
Seeing the quality of teams at the 14-seed spot is making me think that a chance of a 14-over-3 win is decent.
15-seed
x100 Montana
x114 Robert Morris
x115 Princeton
x118 Long Beach State
On the other hand, the 15-seed teams all have RPIs at 100 or worse.
16-seed
x122 Niagara
x133 Mercer
------------------- Play-in
x159 Northeastern vs.
x181 Texas Southern
x171 Norfolk State vs.
x188 Charleston Southern
Outside looking in... Villanova, Detroit, Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, BYU, and Baylor...
1-seed
1 Duke
x7 Indiana
x4 Kansas
x2 New Mexico
Power conference teams and New Mexico, which leads the #1 RPI conference.
2-seed
x3 Miami
x6 Florida
8 Michigan State
x9 Gonzaga
I don't see the Zags as a 1-seed...
3-seed
x11 Georgetown
5 Louisville
12 Marquette
10 Michigan
Yeah, I've got three Big East teams as 3-seeds. I don't think that'll happen at the end but I'm thinking this at the moment...
4-seed
15 Syracuse
16 Minnesota
18 Kansas State
20 North Carolina
5-seed
x28 Saint Louis
x19 Memphis
13 Arizona
14 UNLV
6-seed
21 Ohio State
25 Oklahoma State
x23 Belmont
30 UCLA
7-seed
x36 Creighton
22 Oklahoma
24 North Carolina State
x26 Middle Tennessee
8-seed
31 Virginia Commonwealth
29 Butler
27 Colorado
x49 Oregon
9-seed
32 San Diego State
33 Missouri
34 Southern Miss
37 St. Mary's
10-seed
35 Illinois
38 Pittsburgh
42 Temple
41 Wisconsin
11-seed
45 La Salle
43 California
40 Wichita State
44 Boise State
12-seed
x46 Akron
x48 Louisiana Tech
47 Notre Dame
50 Cincinnati
13-seed
x52 Bucknell
x62 Valparaiso
-------------------- Play-in
51 Kentucky vs.
54 Massachusetts
53 Iowa State vs.
64 Virginia
I'm not a fan of the Wahoos taking the last spot but they are 10-6 in the ACC...
14-seed
x63 Stephen F. Austin
x69 Stony Brook
x74 South Dakota State
x76 Davidson
Seeing the quality of teams at the 14-seed spot is making me think that a chance of a 14-over-3 win is decent.
15-seed
x100 Montana
x114 Robert Morris
x115 Princeton
x118 Long Beach State
On the other hand, the 15-seed teams all have RPIs at 100 or worse.
16-seed
x122 Niagara
x133 Mercer
------------------- Play-in
x159 Northeastern vs.
x181 Texas Southern
x171 Norfolk State vs.
x188 Charleston Southern
Outside looking in... Villanova, Detroit, Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, BYU, and Baylor...