Thanks for following along this season and during another entertaining Championship Week. The projections below are based on all games played through March 15th, 2026. Following the bracket, I included my First Four Out. I won’t completely rule out Auburn ...
As we roll into a huge Saturday of conference tournament action, there are still a few potential bid stealers out there, which means bubble teams will be keeping an eye on these conferences: • Atlantic 10: The top four seeds have ...
The story of the week so far has been the complete inability of bubble teams to win games. On Tuesday, the ACC took center stage as both Stanford and Virginia Tech lost to put an end to their at-large hopes. ...
Champ Week is underway and eight teams have officially secured automatic bids. As we get further into the week, though, the potential for bid thieves increases, which could spell the end for the last few teams in the field. Here ...
With less than two weeks until Selection Sunday, there are still several parts of the bracket that are in flux. One of these areas features eight teams that slot in between 6th and 13th on the seed list, spanning most ...
While I enjoyed the release of the Top 16 teams in this weekend’s Selection Committee reveal, there weren’t a lot of major surprises. I did appreciate the candor and transparency from this year’s committee chair, Keith Gill, so hopefully that ...
With less than four weeks remaining before Selection Sunday, the NCAA intends to release the top 16 overall seeds this weekend, which will provide a glimpse into what this year’s committee is valuing at this point in the process. I’ll ...
This week’s projections are being posted a day early because Indiana plays on Monday night, but a largely boring Super Bowl gave me the opportunity to put together the bracket. Despite losses by a pair of last week’s one seeds, ...
With the Indiana football program capturing the hearts and minds of so many (myself included), I am admittedly a bit late with my first set of bracket projections, but rest assured, I have still been tracking teams and results as ...
We’ve reached the end of the road after another exciting Champ Week. For a variety of reasons, there could well be some surprises on the last two teams in the field. I have Vanderbilt and San Diego State in Dayton ...
We’ve reached the point of Champ Week where potential bid thieves are a bit easier to identify. Here are the teams we will be watching intently over the next couple of days. • AAC: Memphis is definitely in regardless of what ...
Wednesday saw several bubble teams in action, with all of the major conference tournaments underway. Here’s a quick look at the winners and losers, as we head into a huge couple of days. Winners: • Arkansas held off South Carolina, ...
Champ Week is off and running, with seven automatic bids already handed out. Most notably for bubble teams, Drake took care of business at Arch Madness and it will be Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s once again in the WCC Final, eliminating our ...
We are officially in the thick of it with just nine days until Selection Sunday. Several smaller conference tournaments are underway, and the first five automatic bids will be handed out over the weekend. The major conferences wrap up league ...
With less than three weeks before Selection Sunday, there is still plenty of intrigue at the top of the bracket as well as along the cutline. We’ll get to the bubble more in the last four in/first four out section ...
This is a bit later than normal for my first set of projections and I would expect future updates to be a bit less regular than in years past. But as we close in on the end of January, I ...