NCAA Tournament 2024 winners, losers: St. John’s leads notable snubs from bracket on Selection Sunday

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The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday, setting the stage for the best month in all of sports. All across the country, teams learned their seeds and bracket placement for March Madness, allowing the college basketball community to react to the selection committee’s decisions in real time. 

This tournament is set up well with storylines and stakes in all four corners of the bracket, including favorable paths for some and some surprising seeding decisions for others. There is also the annual disappointment for those teams that did not hear their name called as one of the 68 in the field, where the committee’s final calls at the cut line carry massive consequences for those teams who were hoping to be dancing this March. 

In the immediate wake of the bracket’s release, we’ve identified some winners and losers from the Selection Sunday festivities, starting with those who finished on the outside looking in. 

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When Rick Pitino called out his team publicly, St. John’s responded with six straight wins before coming up short in the Big East Tournament semifinals against No. 1 overall seed UConn. That streak included an upset win against Creighton and improved efficiency that led to a jump in the computer ratings. Left out of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, St. John’s stands as the highest-ranked team (No. 25) in the KenPom ratings to not make the field. Most bracket projections had St. John’s either in the field or right on the cut line, but when the selection committee’s final list was released, the Johnnies were not only absent from the bracket but not even listed as one of the first four out. Pitino’s rollercoaster first season with St. John’s made them one of the great stories in the sport. Now, their tournament snub becomes one of the…

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2024-03-18 00:46:08

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