Here are my top 25 composite rankings for NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball after the play in games, the rounds of 64 and 32 (Sweet Sixteen), and the NIT and CBI games this past week. My composite rankings use Markov chains and analytics to rank teams. The full rankings are here.
1 Gonzaga
2 Alabama
3 Baylor
4 Illinois
5 Houston
6 USC
7 Michigan
8 Arkansas
9 Colorado
10 Iowa
11 Ohio St
12 Oregon
13 Creighton
14 Oklahoma St
15 Kansas
16 Texas
17 West Virginia
18 Loyola-Chicago
19 Villanova
20 San Diego St
21 Texas Tech
22 UCLA
23 LSU
24 Wisconsin
25 Florida St