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2022 NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region breakdown

Here is a quick look at all of the other teams in Wisconsin’s region.

By Drew Hamm
Texas Tech v Kansas
Top-seeded Kansas will be a favorite to make the Final Four out of the Midwest Region.
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Earlier on Sunday, the NCAA selection committee released the full bracket for the 2022 men’s basketball tournament. Your Wisconsin Badgers will be the 3-seed in the Midwest Region and will play 14-seed Colgate in the first round. We’ll have a full breakdown of Colgate’s season on Monday for you, but for now, let’s take a brief look at how the rest of the teams in UW’s bracket fared this season.

NCAA.com

Kansas Jayhawks

Seed: 1
Record: 28-6 overall, 14-4 Big 12, Big 12 double champions
KenPom: 6
NET: 6

Auburn Tigers

Seed: 2
Record: 27-5 overall, 15-3 SEC, SEC champions
KenPom: 10
NET: 12

Wisconsin Badgers

Seed: 3
Record: 24-7 overall, 15-5 Big Ten, Big Ten champions
KenPom: 34
NET: 24

Providence Friars

Seed: 4
Record: 25-5 overall, 14-3 Big East, Big East champions
KenPom: 49
NET: 33

Iowa Hawkeyes

Seed: 5
Record: 26-9 overall, 12-8 Big Ten, Big Ten Tournament champions
KenPom: 13
NET: 14

LSU Tigers

Seed: 6
Record: 22-11 overall, 9-9 SEC
KenPom: 19
NET: 18

USC Trojans

Seed: 7
Record: 26-7 overall, 14-6 Pac-12
KenPom: 42
NET: 35

San Diego State Aztecs

Seed: 8
Record: 23-8 overall, 13-4 Mountain West
KenPom: 22
NET: 25

Creighton Blue Jays

Seed: 9
Record: 22-11 overall, 12-7 Big East
KenPom: 53
NET: 55

Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes

Seed: 10
Record: 23-10 overall, 14-6 ACC
KenPom: 62
NET: 62

Iowa State Cyclones

Seed: 11
Record: 20-12 overall, 7-11 Big 12
KenPom: 48
NET: 49

Richmond Spiders

Seed: 12
Record: 23-12 overall, 10-8 Atlantic 10, Atlantic 10 Tournament champions
KenPom: 83
NET: 82

South Dakota State Jackrabbits

Seed: 13
Record: 30-4 overall, 18-0 Summit League, Summit League double champions
KenPom: 71
NET: 65

Colgate Raiders

Seed: 14
Record: 23-11 overall, 16-2 Patriot League, Patriot League double champions
KenPom: 119
NET: 128

Jacksonville State

Seed: 15
Record: 21-10 overall, 13-3 Atlantic Sun, Atlantic Sun champions
KenPom: 146
NET: 142

Texas Southern

Seed: 16
Record: 15-12 overall, 13-5 SWAC, SWAC Tournament champions
KenPom: 188
NET: 197

Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Seed: 16
Record: 23-11 overall, 7-7 Southland, Southland Tournament champions
KenPom: 243
NET: 241

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