Intro to NCAA Basketball Standings
NCAA Basketball is one of the most popular college sports in the U.S. The highlight of each season is the NCAA Tournament, also known as March Madness, which ultimately determines a national champion for the current season.
NCAA Basketball standings determine each team’s ranking in their respective conferences based on their season wins and losses. NCAA Basketball teams play more than 30 games in the regular season.
Therefore, teams higher in the standings are more likely to become champions of their conference at the end of the season. This means they will be invited to a postseason tournament, such as the NIT or NCAA Tournament.
The national rankings will also feature teams with the best overall records. These polls are known as the AP Top-25 and the Coaches Poll. These rankings help the NCAA determine who the best schools are in the country and help them decide which will be selected to compete at the end of the season for the NCAA Championship. They’re also important in order to make NCAAB picks.
Understanding NCAABB Standings
Fans of NCAA Basketball need to understand how the standings work to better figure out NCAAB odds. Teams with the best records in their conference and higher in the national rankings are usually the ones that are the best NCAA Basketball picks for bettors.
Every game during the regular season is an opportunity to improve in the conference standings and be among the top teams in the national rankings. Teams that are the winners of their conferences get an automatic bid as one of the 64 teams chosen to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Other top conference teams could also be selected, but it’s not guaranteed.
Teams at the top of conference standings and national rankings always have the best NCAA Basketball odds of making it to the end of the postseason tournament and becoming the national champion for that season.
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