Men’s Bracketology 1/20/2026

Saturdays in college hoops are like drinking through a firehose this time of year. Tons of important results happened up and down the seed list, but here’s a few that particularly caught my eye:

-Florida won at Vanderbilt. The Gators were the victims of some close losses early in the season, their resume is now inching closer to their top 10 predictive metrics. Vanderbilt, meanwhile, is out of the 1 seed conversation.

-Santa Clara beat St. Mary’s. Santa Clara’s at-large hopes are very much alive- the Broncos have not made the NCAA tournament in my lifetime, but an 8-2 finish should get them there.

-NC State lost at home to Georgia Tech. My model still has them in the field, which I reckon most people won’t. Certainly if the tournament started today they’d be well out of the field, but they’re still 30th in Kenpom and have 7 Q1 opportunities remaining. I think they will win enough of those to sneak their way back in, but it’ll be close.