Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

Final 2018 men’s D1 basketball team rankings

Here are my final 2018 composite Markov chain rankings as of April 3, 2018.  The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab.

1 Villanova
2 Duke
3 Virginia
4 Kansas
5 Michigan
6 Cincinnati
7 Purdue
8 Michigan St
9 Xavier
10 Gonzaga
11 West Virginia
12 North Carolina
13 Texas Tech
14 Kentucky
15 Tennessee
16 Clemson
17 Nevada
18 Houston
19 Loyola-Chicago
20 Arizona
21 Ohio St
22 Auburn
23 Penn St
24 Wichita St
25 Kansas St