Bracketology 12/11/2023

The Big 12 has increased its dominance as the best conference in college basketball. Right now the league has 9 of its 14 teams in the bracket including 4 teams as a 3 seed or better. It will only get better next year, as 3 of the 4 teams the league is adding (Arizona, Colorado and Utah) are in the bracket. The most dominant conference of my lifetime is probably the Big East of the late 2000s and the Big 12 of the 2020s projects to be even better.

1: Purdue, Arizona, Houston, Kansas

2: Connecticut, Marquette, Clemson, Creighton

3: Baylor, North Carolina, BYU, Oklahoma

4: Tennessee, Gonzaga, Florida Atlantic, Colorado State

5: Wisconsin, Alabama, Illinois, Virginia

6: Auburn, San Diego State, Memphis, Utah

7: Kentucky, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, James Madison

8: Northwestern, Duke, New Mexico, Texas

9: Colorado, Ohio State, Iowa State, Mississippi State

10: Miami (FL), Kansas State, Cincinnati, Nebraska

11: South Carolina, Princeton, Villanova, Indiana State

12: (Nevada/Providence), (Indiana/Florida), Dayton, Grand Canyon

13: UNC Greensboro, Louisiana Tech, Hawai’i, Purdue Fort Wayne

14: McNeese State, UNC Wilmington, Akron, Weber State

15: Vermont, South Dakota State, Longwood, Colgate

16: Lipscomb, Morehead State, (Marist/Norfolk State), (Prairie View A&M/Merrimack)

First Four Out: Texas Tech, Oregon, Washington State, Michigan State

Next Four Out: TCU, Dayton, UCLA, Washington

Bids by Conference:

Big 12: 9

SEC: 9

Big Ten: 7

ACC: 5

Big East: 5

Mountain West: 4

Pac-12: 3

American: 2