Bracketology is both the art and the science of looking at the resumes of 70+ teams and deciding which teams should be “in” and “out” of the field, not based on what I think, but based on the historical trends of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. Predicting what the Committee will do is often a difficult venture but that’s the fun and the challenge. I’ll be updating my bracket projection at least twice a week from here until Selection Sunday.
Here is my latest bracket projection of the 2024-2025 College Basketball Season. Once again, I will be taking part in The Bracket Matrix‘s annual bracket competition where I am ranked 104th in the nation.
Projected Seed List
Bracket Date: FINAL
Current conference leaders or highest remaining seeds in conference tournaments are projected as auto-bids and are listed in bold. Conference tournament champions/auto-bids are listed in bold red. The last 4 in teams that play in the “First Four” play-in games are listed in italics.
1 seeds: Auburn, Duke, Houston, Florida
2 seeds: Tennessee, Alabama Michigan State, St. John’s
3 seeds: Kentucky, Texas Tech, Iowa St, Wisconsin
4 seeds: Texas A&M, Michigan, Maryland, Oregon
5 seeds: Clemson, Arizona, Purdue, Ole Miss
6 seeds: UCLA, BYU, Louisville, St Mary’s
7 seeds: Missouri, Memphis, Kansas, Gonzaga
8 seeds: UConn, Illinois, Marquette, Mississippi State
9 seeds: Creighton, New Mexico, Drake, Georgia
10 seeds: Oklahoma, Utah St, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
11 seeds: West Virginia, Baylor, San Diego St, VCU, Indiana, North Carolina
12 seeds: Colorado St, UC San Diego, Liberty, McNeese
13 seeds: Yale, High Point, Akron, Grand Canyon
14 seeds: Lipscomb, Montana, Troy, UNCW
15 seeds: Robert Morris, Wofford, Norfolk State, Omaha
16 seeds: Bryant, Mount St Mary’s, SIUE, American, Alabama St, St Francis
The Bubble
Last 4 Byes: Utah St, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, West Virginia
Last 4 IN: Baylor, (VCU), Indiana, San Diego St, North Carolina
First 3 OUT: Xavier, Texas, Boise St
Next 4 OUT: Wake Forest, Ohio St, Cincinnati, Dayton
