by Bobby Knight | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
The national champion Stanford Cardinal made the jump from No. 15 all the way up to No. 1 after defeating Oklahoma State 4-3 to win the NCAA Championship. Oklahoma State moved up four spots from No. 12 to No. 8 but anyone who saw them play would say without a doubt they were a top 5 team.Cal stayed at No. 2 after a semifinal appearance while Florida, who was No. 1, dropped to No. 3 after losing in the Round of 16 to Stanford. North Carolina fell one spot to No. 4 and Vanderbilt came up one spot to No. 5.There were several teams that made big jumps or falls with Baylor coming up eight spots to No. 32, Rice coming up seven spots to No. 41, and TCU coming up six...
by Bobby Knight | May 6, 2016 | Blog
The final set of rankings that was used to determine the NCAA field for both teams and individuals was released on Thursday. There weren’t many differences from what I projected on Monday with the men’s at-large cut-off falling at No. 42 while the women’s at-large cut-off was No. 43. The Alabama men missed the field by .08 while the Fresno State women missed the field .23.The men’s singles at-large cut-off was No. 56 since there were eight automatic qualifiers that were ranked below that number. No. 57 Strong Kirchheimer is listed as the first alternate though past experience tells us that at least three or four alternates (if not...
by Bobby Knight | May 3, 2016 | Blog
64 teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament with that number comprised of 32 automatic qualifiers and 32 at-large bids (the AQs are at the bottom of the link). The at-large cut-off for the women’s field ended up at 43 since there were 11 conference champions that were ranked in the top 43.As with the men there are a few spots that are literally separated by tenths of a point and in the case of Texas Tech and Georgia Tech hundredths of a point. I’m showing that Texas Tech is .003 ahead of Georgia Tech for the No. 16 spot so with the difference being that small we just won’t know for sure until the names are announced tomorrow.It appears...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog
Florida moved at No. 1 after winning the SEC Tournament while Cal fell to No. 2. North Carolina dropped one spot to No. 3, Georgia stayed at No. 4, and Ohio State and Vanderbilt swapped spots at No. 5 and No. 6. Miami stays at No. 7, Pepperdine moved up one spot to No. 8, Duke dropped one spot to No. 9, and Auburn moved into the top 10 for the first time in school history.This set of rankings used each team’s nine best wins as will next week’s unpublished rankings which will be used to make the at-large selections for the NCAA Tournament.The following teams moved up at least 5 spots versus the last rankings – movement...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog
California stays at No. 1 for the seventh week in a row but its margin over No. 2 North Carolina narrowed a good bit after losing at Stanford on Saturday. Florida moved up one spot to No. 3 and Georgia fell one spot to No. 4 after the Gators beat the Bulldogs last Friday. Vanderbilt moves up one spot to No. 5 while Ohio State falls on spot to No. 6. Miami and Duke remain at No. 7 and No. 8 while Pepperdine and Michigan swapped spots at No. 9 and No. 10.Princeton and Brown were the only two teams to rise by double digits while Long Beach State came up 9 spots. Oregon was the only team to drop by double digits while UNLV had the next...
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