Bracketology 12/31/2023

As the calendar turns to 2024, conference play begins in earnest. We have a bit of an interesting distribution of bids this year with only 4 ACC teams and 3 Pac-12 teams in the field. As of right now a majority of at-large bids are going to the SEC, Big 12 and Big 10 and it will be hard for other conferences to break in given how well those leagues did in non-conference play.

1: Purdue, Houston, Arizona, Kansas

2: Clemson, Marquette, Connecticut, BYU

3: Tennessee, Memphis, North Carolina, Oklahoma

4: Colorado State, San Diego State, Utah, Illinois

5: Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, Auburn, Wisconsin

6: Kentucky, Duke, Baylor, New Mexico

7: James Madison, Dayton, Ohio State, Providence

8: Creighton, Iowa State, Mississippi State, Alabama

9: Texas A&M, Colorado, South Carolina, Texas

10: Nevada, Miami (FL), Villanova, Princeton

11: Nebraska, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Michigan State

12: Florida, Indiana State, (Texas Tech/Cincinnati), (Northwestern/Utah State)

13: UC Irvine, Liberty, McNeese State, Weber State

14: Samford, Akron, UNC Wilmington, Vermont

15: Purdue Fort Wayne, Morehead State, Lipscomb, Longwood

16: Colgate, Denver, (Norfolk State/Quinnipiac), (Southern/Merrimack)

First Four Out: Syracuse, Kansas State, St. John’s, Butler

Next Four Out: Indiana, Virginia Tech, Arkansas, Wake Forest

Bids by Conference:

SEC: 9

Big 12: 8

Big Ten: 8

Big East: 5

Mountain West: 5

ACC: 4

Pac-12: 3

American: 2