StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Read more about how StatSeed is calculated.
StatSheet now projects Denver to go to the NIT as an eight seed. The Pioneers are ranked #71 in the StatSheet StatRank with a 16-6 overall record and a 6-3 record in the Sun Belt.
During its last four games, Denver registered wins against Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe but also fell apart with bad losses to RPI #190 Arkansas-Little Rock and RPI #200 North Texas.
Denver is underwhelming against top competition, with a 3-3 record against the RPI Top 100 but a 2-3 record against the RPI Top 50 and a 1-0 record against AP ranked teams. While the Pioneers have two quality wins including AP #21 Saint Mary's and RPI #11 Southern Miss, they're also weighed down by three bad losses including RPI #190 Arkansas-Little Rock (2 losses) and RPI #200 North Texas.
The last four teams into the NCAA Tournament with at-large bids are NC State (15-7, 4-3 ACC, StatRank #60), Arkansas (15-6, 3-3 SEC, StatRank #50), Oregon (15-5, 6-2 Pac 12, StatRank #63), and Purdue (15-7, 5-4 Big Ten, StatRank #51).
The first four teams out are Colorado (14-7, 6-3 Pac 12, StatRank #73), New Mexico (17-4, 3-2 Mountain West, StatRank #44), Stanford (15-5, 5-3 Pac 12, StatRank #72), and Xavier (14-7, 5-3 A-10, StatRank #49).
The next four out are Brigham Young (18-6, 6-3 West Coast, StatRank #46), Miami (FL) (11-7, 2-3 ACC, StatRank #57), Oklahoma (13-7, 3-5 Big 12, StatRank #68), and Texas (13-8, 3-5 Big 12, StatRank #64).
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