With wins in three of its last four games, IU basketball is firmly back in the NCAA tournament discussion.
The Hoosiers still have work to do with a pivotal road game against Washington tomorrow night in Seattle.
Bracketologist Andy Bottoms included IU in his projected field earlier this week and the Hoosiers are now showing up in several notable projections ahead of this weekend’s game.
Before we get to the projections, here is a brief look at IU’s tournament resume:
According to the NCAA’s NET rankings, the Hoosiers are 4-11 in Quad 1, 4-0 in Quad 2, 5-0 in Quad 3 and 4-0 in Quad 4. As of Friday, Indiana is No. 57 in the NET.
As of Friday afternoon, Indiana sits at 55th in the BPI, 52nd in KenPom and 60th in Bart Torvik in the predictive metrics used by the NCAA tournament selection committee.
According to the results-based metrics used by the NCAA tournament selection committee, Indiana is ranked 46th in wins above bubble (or WAB), 33rd in KPI and 50th in strength of record.
Delphi Bracketology has consistently performed well in the Bracket Matrix and Indiana is in its latest projections released Friday morning as a No. 11 seed and one of the last four teams in the field.
Lunardi’s latest projections released Friday morning have Indiana as a No. 11 seed playing in the First Four in Dayton.
What’s most interesting about this projection is that Indiana is two spots away from the cutline. Lunardi’s current last four in: Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio State and Texas.
Palm’s latest projections, also released Friday, have the Hoosiers as the top team in the last four in.
Palm’s current last four in: Indiana, Georgia, Boise State and Xavier. The first four out, according to Palm: Texas, North Carolina, Baylor and Ohio State.
The Bracket Matrix, a composite look at projections from across the Web, has Indiana in 73 of 108 projections tracked or 67.5 percent of the published brackets.
As of early Friday afternoon, the Hoosiers were listed as a No. 10 seed in two projections. However, the other 71 brackets that include IU have them as a No. 11 or 12 seed.
You can view the Bracket Matrix here.