I'll admit to not having followed them all that closely this year but all 3 of the rankings bukie linked to in the OP, especially kenpom have them amongst the top 25ish teams in the country. Kenpom has them 11th kenpom loves WSU. But their tournament resume is pretty bad. Here are their numbers using both RPI and KENPOM vs RPI Top- 25: 1-0 50: 1-4 75: 1-5 100: 4-7 101-200: 8-1 201-300: 7-0 vs 301+: 4-0 best RPI wins: 8, at 84, at 89 worst RPI losses: at 121, vs 84, at 84 SOS rank: #107 vs KenPom Top- 25: 1-1 50: 1-3 75: 1-4 100: 4-7 101-200: 11-1 201-300: 6-0 vs 301+: 2-0 best KenPom wins: 25, at 76, 76 worst KenPom losses: at 115, 90, at 81 SOS Rank: #115 Only one top 75 win using either metric. Only 4 top 100 wins using either metric. Not sure the MVC is a two bid league, personally. Don't see much that dazzles me on that resume. Looks like they feasted on a ton of cupcakes. That said, I don't follow all of cbb closely enough to really participate in this kind of thing, so maybe that's actually a strong resume this year. I'd assumed a team with barely any legit wins in a weak league that they won't win would be on the outside looking in.