2009 NCAA Tournament: Top 65 Teams - Who Got Snubbed?

I put together a list of the Top 65 teams according to Overall Efficiency, including the teams that received automatic bids. I figured this would be a good way to tell who got snubbed once they announce the brackets:

Top 65 Teams by Efficiency Rank(auto-bid teams in italics):

1.) Memphis 1
2.) North Carolina 2
3.) Connecticut 3
4.) Louisville 4
5.) Gonzaga 5
6.) Pittsburgh 6
7.) Duke 7
8.) West Virginia 8
9.) UCLA 9
10.) Missouri 10
11.) Kansas 11
12.) Arizona St. 12
13.) Michigan St. 13
14.) Purdue 14
15.) Syracuse 15
16.) Washington 16
17.) Oklahoma 17
18.) Brigham Young 18
19.) Villanova 19
20.) Marquette 20
21.) Wake Forest 21
22.) Clemson 22
23.) Illinois 23
24.) Xavier 24
25.) Utah 25
26.) Georgetown 26
27.) Southern California 27
28.) Texas 28
29.) California 29
30.) Wisconsin 30
31.) Tennessee 31
32.) Washington St. 32
33.) Oklahoma St. 33
34.) San Diego St. 34
35.) Florida St. 35
36.) Ohio St. 36
37.) Notre Dame 37
38.) New Mexico 38
39.) Arizona 39
40.) Butler 43
41.) LSU 46
42.) Boston College 59
43.) Temple 47
44.) VCU 55
45.) Utah State 56
46.) Mississippi State 62
47.) Siena 65
48.) Cleveland State 67
49.) North Dakota State 71
50.) Northern Iowa 82
51.) Akron 91
52.) Stephen F. Austin 95
53.) Western Kentucky 99
54.) Cornell 100
55.) Cal-State Northridge 104
56.) American 109
57.) East Tennessee State 113
58.) Portland State 117
59.) Robert Morris 122
60.) Morgan State 139
61.) Binghamton 162
62.) Morehead State 167
63.) Radford 170
64.) Alabama State 197
65.) Chattanooga 212

Of the Top 65 teams Georgetown, Washington State, & Notre Dame will probably not make it, so that opens up at least 3 more spots for bubble teams.

Wisconsin, San Diego State, New Mexico, & Arizona are all question marks, so that could be another 4 spots for bubble teams.

Here are the bubble teams according to Overall Efficiency ranks:

Miami FL 40
Kansas State 41
UAB 42
Florida 44
Minnesota 45
Kentucky 48
Michigan 49
Baylor 50
Stanford 51
Texas A&M 52
Auburn 53
Maryland 54
Virginia Tech 57
Tulsa 58
St. Mary's 60
Illinois State 61
South Carolina 63
Houston 64
Creighton 68
UNLV 69
Davidson 72
URI 74
Penn State 78
Providence 80
Dayton 83

Once the brackets are announced, I'll take a look to see which teams have the biggest beef about getting snubbed.

Analysis:

- The following teams were not ranked among the top teams in efficiency and made it in to the NCAA Tournament: Minnesota(45), Michigan(49), Texas A&M(52), Maryland(54), Dayton(83)

- The followings teams were ranked among the top teams in efficiency and did not make it into the NCAA Tournament: Georgetown(26), Washington State(32), San Diego State(34), Notre Dame(37), New Mexico(38)

- Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Washington State really didn't have the best records, so I don't consider them snubs. They all played really tough schedules and that's what did them in. It looks like San Diego State and New Mexico have the biggest beefs. One of them should probably be in over Dayton, who was 83rd in efficiency.

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