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

NCAA men’s Division I basketball rankings, March 11, 2018 (Selection Sunday!)

Here are my composite Markov chain rankings for March 11, 2018.  The full ranking is under the “NCAA BB rankings” tab.

1 Villanova
2 Virginia
3 Cincinnati
4 Purdue
5 Kansas
6 Michigan St
7 Duke
8 Gonzaga
9 North Carolina
10 Xavier
11 Michigan
12 West Virginia
13 Arizona
14 Houston
15 Wichita St
16 Tennessee
17 Auburn
18 Nevada
19 Texas Tech
20 Kentucky
21 St Marys CA
22 Clemson
23 Ohio St
24 USC
25 Loyola-Chicago
26 TCU
27 Rhode Island
28 Arkansas
29 New Mexico St
30 Seton Hall
31 Kansas St
32 Texas A&M
33 Virginia Tech
34 Florida
35 Louisville
36 Butler
37 Buffalo
38 Penn St
39 UCLA
40 Miami FL
41 Arizona St
42 WKU
43 Creighton
44 Oregon
45 S Dakota St
46 BYU
47 St Bonaventure
48 San Diego St
49 Vermont
50 ULL

Here are the B1G teams, ranked. I have four teams in the top 25. Wisconsin id not finish in the top 100.

4 Purdue
6 Michigan St
11 Michigan
23 Ohio St
38 Penn St
70 Nebraska
73 Maryland
105 Wisconsin
116 Indiana
126 Iowa
128 Minnesota
129 Northwestern
148 Rutgers
155 Illinois