Both of them are computer models. The 84th and 164th ranked out of 174 bracketologists.
I will say that NC State in the mid 2010s was only in 1 bracket and not even in many "First Four Outs" but I made several posts on here that weekend saying that they are in my bracket and why they should be in. To be fair though, there werent nearly as many teams that year as there are this year. There's possibly 8-10 resumes this year who wont make it that would make nearly any other tournament. Last year's Pitt resume has no chance of making THIS tournament. NET 67. Similar quads but no real high profile win and a Q4 loss. No chance. And we were pretty safely in.
I will say that NC State in the mid 2010s was only in 1 bracket and not even in many "First Four Outs" but I made several posts on here that weekend saying that they are in my bracket and why they should be in. To be fair though, there werent nearly as many teams that year as there are this year. There's possibly 8-10 resumes this year who wont make it that would make nearly any other tournament. Last year's Pitt resume has no chance of making THIS tournament. NET 67. Similar quads but no real high profile win and a Q4 loss. No chance. And we were pretty safely in.