Bracketology Bets 2/9/2026

Stanford to miss tournament -900 (3 units)

Stanford was a fun story to start the season and has a legitimate NBA player in Ebuka Okorie. Unfortunately, they’re 1-4 since their second best player (Chisom Okpara) was ruled out for the season. They’re nowhere near the field right now, and if they end up close to the bubble, they won’t get the benefit of the doubt thanks to their bad predictive metrics. This should be -2000 or -2500.

Missouri to make tournament +230 (2 unit)

I bet Missouri to miss the tournament last week at -205. Since then, the only thing that’s happened is they won on the road by 19 points. And their odds to make the tournament have… gotten worse? I don’t get it. The Tigers should get in with a 4-4 finish.

Virginia Tech to miss tournament -350 (2 units)

Like Stanford, Virginia Tech is not close to the tournament right now, and has a lot of work to do. They do have chances remaining- road trips to Clemson, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia await. I think they probably need to win two of those, and win all three remaining home games. It’s a very tough ask for a team that only has two road wins this season and predictive metrics in the 60s.