BRACKETOLOGY: 10 Most Complicated Resumes to Analyze this Season

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Bracketology 2023: 10 most complicated resumes to analyze this season (bustingbrackets.com)

North Texas Mean Green

Excluding the Mountain West, Gonzaga, and Saint Mary’s, the mid-major teams that have been in the at-large conversation are Florida Atlantic and College of Charleston. But the Cougars have lost two games in CAA play and have put themselves in a situation where they likely need the autobid to get into the NCAA Tournament.

FAU is in a good spot out of Conference USA and there’s a darkhorse in the league that could get another spot in North Texas. They’re 23-5 on the season and 13-3 in league play, with two of those losses coming to Florida Atlantic. They’re 3-3 against Quad 1/2 opponents, which isn’t great but the worst losses (Rice, UNC Wilmington) aren’t awful either.

The metrics are solid and they have a top-40 NET ranking. The Mean Green also has a road game at Charlotte this week, which will count as a Quad 2 win if they can get it. It’s a resume that’s better than College of Charleston and if they win out until a potential loss to FAU in the title game, would have 29 total wins. There’s always a mid-major team on the bubble that somehow gets to the First Four of the NCAA Tournament and North Texas might be that team, even though their best win to date is against UAB.