Bracketology 12/10/2020
We’re a little more than two weeks into the season, and there hasn’t been a ton of movement at the top of the bracket. Gonzaga and Baylor have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field, although the matchup between them was unfortunately canceled. Traditional blue bloods Duke and Kentucky have fallen quite a bit- I’m more confident that Duke can turn things around than Kentucky, who lost to a very average Georgia Tech team.
The protected seeds are littered with Big 12 and Big Ten teams, with 5 from each conference. The Big Ten has 8 teams on the top 6 seed lines- a nice performance in the Big Ten/ACC challenge certainly helped their cause, and this season could end up looking like last year with 10 or more teams in the tournament.
I’ll update things again around Christmas, some major conferences are starting conference play between now and then.
1: Gonzaga, Baylor, Kansas, Michigan State
2: Texas, Villanova, Houston, Iowa
3: Illinois, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Creighton
4: Texas Tech, Michigan, Louisville, Florida State
5: Ohio State, Tennessee, Indiana, Duke
6: Clemson, Rutgers, Saint Louis, Virginia
7: Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas, San Diego State
8: UCLA, Marquette, Missouri, Xavier
9: Oregon, Richmond, Arizona State, NC State
10: Stanford, Connecticut, Miami (FL), Oklahoma State
11: LSU, USC, Loyola Chicago, Kentucky
12: (Maryland/Virginia Tech), (Oklahoma/Alabama), Furman, Western Kentucky
13: South Dakota State, Vermont, Murray State, New Mexico State
14: Toledo, Georgia State, Wright State, Liberty
15: Abilene Christian, UC Santa Barbara, Winthrop, Siena
16: Colgate, Drexel, (Southern Utah/Texas Southern), (Norfolk State/Bryant)
First Four Out: Arizona, Syracuse, Providence, Mississippi
Next Four Out: Minnesota, SMU, Utah, Cincinnati
Bracketology 11/25/2020
It’s going to be a bumpy ride, but college hoops season is finally back. The first games tip off today, which means it is time to update my preseason bracketology. There’s not a ton of changes from my previous bracket in October, although Villanova and Kansas did replace Wisconsin and Virginia on the 1 line. Still, there’s no clear elite teams in the sport this year, there’s probably over a dozen teams that could end up snagging a spot on the top line in March.
I’ll update my projections roughly once a week throughout December, and probably twice a week from January 1st onwards. The next update should then include a lot of the early season tournaments being played during Thanksgiving week.
1: Baylor, Gonzaga, Villanova, Kansas
2: Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, West Virginia
3: Duke, Texas Tech, Texas, Michigan State
4; Iowa, Kentucky, Creighton, Michigan
5: Ohio State, Houston, Oregon, Florida State
6: Tennessee, Florida, Arizona State, Purdue
7: Louisville, UCLA, North Carolina, Rutgers
8: LSU, Indiana, Saint Louis, Miami (FL)
9: Memphis, Syracuse, Providence, Stanford
10: Alabama, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Connecticut
11: Richmond, Loyola Chicago, Virginia Tech, (Arizona/Marquette)
12: (Mississippi/Washington), San Diego State, Western Kentucky, Furman
13: Vermont, South Dakota State, New Mexico State, Murray State
14: Georgia State, Wright State, Buffalo, UC Irvine
15: Winthrop, Siena, Eastern Washington, Colgate
16: Abilene Christian, Liberty, (Northeastern/Fairleigh Dickinson), (Norfolk State/Southern)
First Four Out: BYU, North Carolina State, Clemson, Seton Hall
Next Four Out: Maryland, Dayton, USC, Utah
Bracketology 10/10/20
With college basketball season about six weeks away, my first bracketology of the year is here. With schedules still not set for most teams, there’s a lot of guesswork that went into these projections. Still, the correlation between the preseason bracket and the committee’s selections in March is stronger than you might think. Of the 45 at-large teams I have here, my guess is that around 30 or 35 of them will actually make the tournament in March.
1: Baylor, Gonzaga, Virginia, Wisconsin
2: Kansas, Villanova, West Virginia, Duke
3: Illinois, Texas, Florida, Michigan State
4: Creighton, Tennessee, Iowa, Texas Tech
5: Oregon, Houston, Florida State, Ohio State
6: North Carolina, Arizona State, Michigan, Saint Louis
7: Kentucky, Miami (FL), Louisville, Syracuse
8: Rutgers, Oklahoma, Indiana, Providence
9: Purdue, Richmond, Memphis, Alabama
10: UCLA, Kansas State, Stanford, Mississippi
11: Loyola Chicago, Penn State, Western Kentucky, (Washington/Connecticut)
12: (BYU/Seton Hall), San Diego State, UNC Greensboro, Vermont
13: New Mexico State, Yale, South Dakota State, Georgia State
14: Murray State, Wright State, Abilene Christian, Bowling Green
15: Montana, UC Irvine, Siena, Winthrop
16: Delaware, Liberty, (Colgate/Norfolk State), (Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson)
Last Four In: Washington, BYU, Seton Hall, Connecticut
First Four Out: Minnesota, Arizona, Northern Iowa, Missouri
Next Four Out: LSU, Arkansas, Maryland, Marquette
Bids by Conference:
Big Ten: 10
ACC: 7
Big 12: 7
Big East: 5
Pac-12: 5
SEC: 5
American: 2
Atlantic 10: 2
WCC: 2
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