Sam Herder:
Who gets the last couple of Top 16 seeds, and who the last teams in will be fascinating. I think it's between 8-4 UNH and 7-5 UND for the last bid. I went with UND due to:
-Currently-ranked wins:
UND 2
UNH 1
-SOS:
UND No. 1
UNH No. 49
-Massey rating (committee uses this metric):
UND No. 6
UNH No. 28
-Performances in losses (committee values eye test):
UND lost by 3 to P4 K-State, by 1 to Top 5 Montana, by 5 to ranked USD, by 5 to No. 1 NDSU, and by 3 to ranked SDSU
UNH lost by 5 to G5 Ball State, by 7 to unranked Dartmouth, by 30 to ranked Nova, by 11 to ranked Rhody
Quality wins, SOS, computer rankings, and eye test all point to UND. But what makes sense to me may not make sense to individual committee members during the voting process
UNH has the edge in that it's on a 5-game winning streak. UND has lost 3 of its last 4. But again, SOS has mattered to the committee in past seasons