Men’s Bracketology 3/16/2025 AM

Happy Selection Sunday! I will have one final update of my bracketology this evening prior to the Selection Show. I’ll go through my seed list in detail today so I might swap a team or two around this afternoon.

I am going with North Carolina over Boise State for the last spot. In a world in which the committee is only getting more mathematically oriented over time, my gut says that they’ll trust their six metrics, which overwhelmingly say North Carolina should be in the field.

1: Auburn, Duke, Houston, Florida

2: Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan State, St. John’s

3: Kentucky, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

4: Maryland, Iowa State, Arizona, Purdue

5: Oregon, Louisville, Clemson, Ole Miss

6: Michigan, BYU, St. Mary’s, Kansas

7: Illinois, UCLA, Gonzaga, Missouri

8: Marquette, Memphis, Creighton, Connecticut

9: Mississippi State, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma

10: West Virginia, Utah State, Drake, Baylor

11: Arkansas, VCU, (Vanderbilt/San Diego State), UC San Diego

12: (Indiana/North Carolina), Colorado State, McNeese, Liberty

13: Yale, High Point, Akron, Grand Canyon

14: Lipscomb, UNC Wilmington, Troy, Robert Morris

15: Montana, Wofford, Bryant, Omaha

16: Norfolk State, SIUE, (American/Mount St. Mary’s), (Alabama State/St. Francis)

First Four Out: Boise State, Texas, Xavier, Ohio State

Next Four Out: Wake Forest, UC Irvine, Dayton, San Francisco