Men’s Bracketology 2/2/2026

It was another eventful weekend. I’d say the biggest winners of the weekend were:

Indiana- back to back Q1-A wins over Purdue and at UCLA put them in excellent shape to dance

Kentucky- the Wildcats have been a bit all over the place, but they were still only -400 to dance before a huge win at Arkansas

Texas A&M- the Aggies took a bit of time to get used to Bucky McMillan’s system, but are just a few wins away from lock status

California- the Golden Bears must be taken seriously as a bubble team after a Q1 win at Miami

UCF- the Golden Knights got a Q1-A win over Texas Tech and are now very likely to get their second at-large bid in program history

The biggest losers included:

TCU- the Horned Frogs were demolished by a bad Colorado team and have a huge uphill climb ahead of them

Miami (FL)- the Hurricanes lost to fellow bubble team Cal at home, and fall down to the First Four

St. Mary’s- the Gaels swing and missed at Gonzaga and have precious few opportunities left for a quality win

SMU- the Mustangs are getting sneakily closer to the bubble, it’s been a month since they did anything of note

I’ll be back on Wednesday or Thursday with another update.

Moving In: Texas

Moving Out: San Diego State

Bids by Conference:

Big 10: 11

SEC: 10

ACC: 8

Big 12: 7

Big East: 3

West Coast: 3

Mountain West: 2