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 is now projecting Cleveland State to be a 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Vikings are currently on track for an automatic bid and will need it to retain the invite as they're ranked #53 in the StatSheet StatRank. They have a 19-4 overall record and a 9-2 record in the Horizon.
Over the last four games, Cleveland State looked strong with wins against Loyola (Chicago), Youngstown State, Milwaukee, and Green Bay.
Cleveland State has little experience against top competition, with a 3-1 record against the RPI Top 100 that includes a 1-0 record against the RPI Top 50 and AP Top 25. While the Vikings have a single quality win against AP #25 Vanderbilt, they're also hampered by three bad losses including RPI #111 Valparaiso, RPI #148 Youngstown State, and RPI #252 Hofstra.
The last four teams into the NCAA Tournament with at-large bids are Minnesota (16-7, 4-6 Big Ten, StatRank #53), New Mexico (18-4, 4-2 Mountain West, StatRank #38), Brigham Young (19-6, 7-3 West Coast, StatRank #37), and NC State (16-7, 5-3 ACC, StatRank #60).
The first four teams out are Miami (FL) (13-7, 4-3 ACC, StatRank #63), Notre Dame (14-8, 6-3 Big East, StatRank #70), Purdue (15-7, 5-4 Big Ten, StatRank #62), and St. Joseph's (PA) (14-9, 4-4 A-10, StatRank #45).
The next four out are Colorado (15-7, 7-3 Pac 12, StatRank #80), Pittsburgh (14-9, 3-7 Big East, StatRank #62), Texas (13-9, 3-6 Big 12, StatRank #67), and Xavier (15-7, 6-3 A-10, StatRank #50).
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