Men’s Bracketology 2/1/2025

Oregon remains one of the hardest teams for me to seed. The Ducks have an incredible 8 Q1 wins- second in the country to Auburn. They also have looked incredibly mediocre in Big 10 play and now have predictive metrics in the 30s. The committee has been kinder than I would’ve expected to these sorts of teams in the past (2022 Providence is a good example), so I have given them some benefit of the doubt and kept them on the 4 line.

1: Auburn, Alabama, Duke, Iowa State

2: Florida, Purdue, Marquette, Kentucky

3: Houston, Tennessee, Michigan State, Texas A&M

4: Kansas, Mississippi State, Wisconsin, Oregon

5: Ole Miss, Louisville, Memphis, St. John’s

6: Missouri, Arizona, Texas Tech, Michigan

7: Illinois, Utah State, UCLA, Clemson

8: Maryland, Creighton, Vanderbilt, St. Mary’s

9: Baylor, Gonzaga, Georgia, Pittsburgh

10: West Virginia, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Ohio State

11: Texas, (UCF/San Diego State), (New Mexico/Arizona State), Drake

12: UC Irvine, VCU, McNeese, Liberty

13: Samford, Arkansas State, Yale, Akron

14: Grand Canyon, Lipscomb, Charleston, North Dakota State

15: High Point, Cleveland State, Northern Colorado, Marist

16: Central Connecticut, Norfolk State, (Southern/Little Rock), (Bryant/Colgate)

First Four Out: BYU, Wake Forest, Nebraska, Indiana

Next Four Out: SMU, North Carolina, North Texas, Xavier

Also Considered: Stanford, Northwestern, Arkansas, Boise State, LSU, Cincinnati, USC, Penn State

Moving In: Yale

Moving Out: Princeton

Bids by Conference:

SEC: 13

Big Ten: 9

Big 12: 9

ACC: 4

Big East: 4

Mountain West: 3

West Coast: 2