5 Up, 5 Down

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#5: Utah
#4: Arizona
#3: Kentucky
#2: Xavier
#1: Duke

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#5: Florida State
#4: Butler
#3: Purdue
#2: Maryland
#1: Iowa

(Conferences Considered: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC)

ACC

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Florida State – 16-10 (6-8)KenPom #48

Good Wins: VCU, @ Florida, @ NC State, vs Virginia,
Bad Losses: Hofstra, vs Pittsburgh, vs Georgia Tech

Pittsburgh – 18-7 (7-6) KenPom #57

Good Wins: @Notre Dame, @ Florida State
Bad Losses: vs NC State

Syracuse – 18-9 (8-6) KenPom #36

Good Wins: Connecticut, Texas A&M, @ Duke
Bad Losses: vs Wisconsin, @ St. Johns, vs Clemson

Big Ten

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Michigan – 19-8 (9-5) KenPom #49

Good Wins: Texas, @ NC State, vs Maryland, @ Nebraska, vs Purdue

Bad Losses: NONE!

Wisconsin – 16-10 (8-5) KenPom #38

Good Wins: VCU, @ Syrcuse, vs Michigan State, vs Indiana

Bad Losses: vs Western Illinois, Georgetown, vs Milwaukee, vs Marquette

BIG 12

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Baylor – 19-7 (8-5) KenPom #37

Good Wins: @ Iowa State, @ Texas Tech, @ Oklahoma State, @ Kansas State, vs Iowa State
Bad Losses: vs Texas, vs Texas Tech

PAC-12

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Colorado – 19-8 (8-6) KenPom #60

Good Wins: @ Stanford, vs Oregon
Bad Losses: vs Utah

Oregon State – 15-9 (6-7) KenPom #66

Good Wins: vs Oregon, @ Stanford
Bad Losses: vs UCLA, vs Stanford, vs Valparaiso

BIG EAST

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Butler – 18-8 (7-7) KenPom #43

Good Wins: @ Cincinnati, Purdue, @ Seton Hall
Bad Losses: vs Providence, @ Marquette

Providence – 19-8 (7-7) KenPom #54

Good Wins: Arizona, @ Rhode Island, @ Butler, @ Creighton, @ Villanova, @ Georgetown
Bad Losses: vs Marquette, vs Seton Hall, @DePaul, @ Marquette

Seton Hall – 18-7 (8-5) KenPom #32

Good Wins: vs Wichita State, @ Providence, @ Creighton, @ Georgetown
Bad Losses: Long Beach State, vs Creighton, vs Butler

 

Creighton – 17-10 (8-6) KenPom #45

Good Wins: @ Seton Hall, vs Xavier
Bad Losses: vs Arizona State, @ Loyola-Chicago, vs Providence, @ Seton Hall

SEC

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Florida – 17-9 (8-5) KenPom #34

Good Wins: Saint Joseph’s, @ Mississippi, vs West Virginia, @ Georgia
Bad Losses: vs Florida State, vs Alabama

South Carolina – 21-3 (8-3) KenPom #55

Good Wins: Tulsa,  @ Clemson, @ Mississippi, @ Texas A&M
Bad Losses: @ Missouri

Vanderbilt – 15-11 (7-6) KenPom #28

Good Wins: @Tennessee
Bad Losses: vs Dayton, vs LSU

Alabama – 16-9 (7-6) KenPom #61

Good Wins: Wichita State, Notre Dame, @ Clemson, @ Florida, @ LSU
Bad Losses: @Auburn, vs LSU