Final 2024 Men’s Bracketology

Selection Sunday is finally upon us. It’s been a tough Sunday for me so far as my Brown Bears dropped the Ivy League final in heartbreaking fashion. I hope things go better for my Michigan State Spartans later tonight- I think MSU is headed to the First Four, but I’d be lying if I said I felt 100% comfortable right now.

My seed list is unchanged from this morning, but my bracket is a bit different as I realized that I put Marquette and UConn in the same region. Alas, these are the perils of putting together a bracket on Saturday after midnight after a full day of watching hoops.

I’m not that confident about the bubble this year- no team outside my top 32 is totally safe and I could reasonably see any of my first 5 teams out in the tournament. I’m in the minority having Mississippi State out of the field but I think they have the worst losses of any of the high major teams on the bubble, most notably the Q4 home loss to Southern.

Best of luck to my fellow bracketologists this year, and once again a hearty thanks to the Bracket Matrix for compiling all of our predictions once again.

(Note- I have marked this bracket final even though the American championship game is still going. In the unlikely event that Temple mounts a massive comeback, I will edit this submission).

1: Connecticut, Purdue, Houston, North Carolina

2: Iowa State, Tennessee, Arizona, Marquette

3: Creighton, Baylor, Illinois, Kentucky

4: Kansas, Auburn, Duke, Alabama

5: BYU, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Florida

6: South Carolina, Utah State, St. Mary’s, San Diego State

7: Gonzaga, Nevada, Washington State, Dayton

8: Clemson, Nebraska, Boise State, Texas

9: Oklahoma, Northwestern, Colorado State, Colorado

10: Florida Atlantic, New Mexico, (TCU/St. John’s), (Michigan State/Texas A&M)

11: Drake, Oregon, NC State, James Madison

12: Grand Canyon, McNeese State, Samford, Duquesne

13: UAB, Vermont, Charleston, Yale

14: Akron, Morehead State, Oakland, Colgate

15: South Dakota State, Western Kentucky, Long Beach State, Stetson

16: Longwood, St. Peter’s, (Grambling State/Montana State), (Howard/Wagner)

First Four Out: Mississippi State, Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, Virginia

Next Four Out: Indiana State, Providence, Wake Forest, Ohio State

Moving In: None

Moving Out: None

Bids by Conference:

Big 12: 9

SEC: 7

Big Ten: 6

Mountain West: 6

ACC: 4

Big East: 4

Pac-12: 4

American: 2

Atlantic 10: 2

West Coast: 2