As the calendar turns to February, bracketology now begins to take focus. Every team has played at least 20 games, and there is real substance to analyze rather than just predictions.
Last year we saw an incredibly strong bracket at the top, with all four 1 seeds having Efficiency Margins above +35. This season thus far, it looks to be even stronger, with an astonishing 10 teams having EMs above +30 (for comparison's sake, 2023 had 0). This season is one of giants, and it results in many teams having 1 seed worthy resumes thus far but being knocked down to the 2 line.
As February progresses, teams at the top will take hits and losses, and the contenders will show themselves. Although it is unlikely that will have as obvious of a Top 4 as last season, there will be a clear upper echelon of squads that will be disappointed if they don't make deep runs in March. The basketball should be crazy fun.
As always, please go to http://bracketmatrix.com/ for other great brackets. Last season, I finished tied for 9th out of 250 brackets, the goal is to get back up there again!
1 Seeds
1 Arizona Auto
2 Duke Auto
3 Michigan Auto
4 UConn Auto
2 Seeds
5 Illinois
6 Iowa St
7 Houston
8 Nebraska
3 Seeds
9 Michigan St
10 Purdue
11 Vanderbilt Auto
12 Gonzaga Auto
4 Seeds
13 Kansas
14 Texas Tech
15 Florida
16 Virginia
5 Seeds
17 BYU
18 Tennessee
19 Arkansas
20 North Carolina
6 Seeds
21 Alabama
22 Louisville
23 St Johns
24 Clemson
7 Seeds
25 Kentucky
26 St Louis Auto
27 UCF
28 Auburn
8 Seeds
29 Texas A&M
30 Villanova
31 SMU
32 Iowa
9 Seeds
33 Utah St Auto
34 NC State
35 Wisconsin
36 St Marys
10 Seeds
37 Georgia
38 Miami (OH) Auto
39 USC
40 Indiana
11 Seeds
41 New Mexico
42 UCLA
43 Cal Last Four In
44 Miami (FL) Last Four In
45 George Mason Last Four In
46 Ohio St Last Four In
12 Seeds
47 Tulsa Auto
48 Belmont Auto
49 Liberty Auto
50 Yale Auto
13 Seeds
51 SFA Auto
52 High Point Auto
53 Hawaii Auto
54 Utah Valley Auto
14 Seeds
55 UNCW Auto
56 NDSU Auto
57 Troy Auto
58 Wright St Auto
15 Seeds
59 ETSU Auto
60 Austin Peay Auto
61 Portland St Auto
62 UTM Auto
16 Seeds
63 Navy Auto
64 Merrimack Auto
65 Long Island Auto
66 Vermont Auto
67 Bethune-Cookman Auto
68 UMES Auto
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