A broken hand can’t stop me from defending my spot in the Bracket Matrix top five! Here’s my final bracketology for the 2024 season. Seed List Italicized – Play-in game Teams are ordered left to right on each individual seed line One Seeds: UConn, Purdue, Houston, North Carolina Two Seeds: Iowa State, Tennessee, Marquette, Arizona Three Seeds: Baylor, Creighton, Illinois, Auburn Four Seeds: Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Alabama Five Seeds: BYU, Wisconsin, South Carolina, San Diego State Six Seeds: Texas Tech, Florida, St. Mary’s, Utah State Seven Seeds: Clemson, Nevada, Gonzaga, Washington Sta ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field Changes from 1/19/2024 One Seeds: Purdue, UConn, Houston, Arizona ↑ Two Seeds: North Carolina, Tennessee, Marquette ↑, Kansas ↓ Three Seeds: Iowa State ↑, Alabama ↑, Duke, Baylor Four Seeds: Creighton, Auburn ↓, San Diego State ↑, Illinois Five Seeds: Kentucky ↓, Clemson ↑, BYU, Dayton Six Seeds: Wisconsin ↓, Washington State*, Saint Mary’s ↑, South Carolina ↑ Seven Seeds: Utah State ↓, Florida*, Texas Tech ↑, TCU ↑ Eight Seeds: Northwestern ↑, Colorado State ↓, Oklahoma ↓, Missi ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field Changes from 1/2/2024 One Seeds: Purdue, Connecticut ↑, Houston, Kansas Two Seeds: North Carolina ↑, Arizona ↓, Tennessee, Wisconsin ↑ Three Seeds: Baylor ↑, Duke ↑, Auburn ↑, Kentucky ↑ Four Seeds: Marquette ↓, Creighton ↑, Illinois ↓, Memphis Five Seeds: Dayton ↑, Alabama ↑, San Diego State ↑, BYU ↓ Six Seeds: Oklahoma ↓, Utah State ↑, Colorado State ↓, Clemson ↓ Seven Seeds: Florida Atlantic ↓, Utah ↓, Iowa State ↑, Villanova Eight Seeds: St. John’s ↑, Texas Tech *, TCU *, Ole Miss ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game One Seeds: Purdue, Houston, Kansas, Arizona Two Seeds: Connecticut, Marquette, Tennessee, Clemson Three Seeds: Illinois, BYU, North Carolina, Wisconsin Four Seeds: Memphis, Colorado State, Kentucky, Baylor Five Seeds: Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic, Creighton, Duke Six Seeds: Utah, Texas A&M, Auburn, San Diego State Seven Seeds: Alabama, Providence, Villanova, Ohio State Eight Seeds: Dayton, Iowa State, Colorado, Nevada Nine Seeds: Mississippi, James Madison, Gonzaga, Miami Ten Seeds: Mississippi State, Michigan S ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field One Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue Two Seeds: UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Gonzaga Three Seeds: Marquette, Baylor, Kansas State, Connecticut Four Seeds: Xavier, Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana Five Seeds: Duke, San Diego State, Iowa State, Texas A&M Six Seeds: TCU, Miami, Saint Mary’s, Kentucky Seven Seeds: Missouri, Creighton, Northwestern, Michigan State Eight Seeds: Florida Atlantic, Arkansas, Maryland, Memphis ↑ Nine Seeds: West Virginia ↓, Iowa, Illinois, Penn State ↑ Ten Seeds: Auburn ↓, Boise State, Utah ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field One Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue ↑ Two Seeds: UCLA ↓, Texas, Arizona, Gonzaga ↑ Three Seeds: Marquette, Baylor ↓, Kansas State, Connecticut Four Seeds: Xavier, Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana Five Seeds: San Diego State, Iowa State, Duke ↑, TCU Six Seeds: Texas A&M, Miami ↓, Saint Mary’s, Kentucky Seven Seeds: Creighton ↓, Missouri, Northwestern, Michigan State Eight Seeds: Florida Atlantic, Arkansas, Maryland, West Virginia ↑ Nine Seeds: Memphis, Iowa ↓, Illinois, Auburn Ten Seeds: Boise State, Penn S ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field 1 Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, UCLA 2 Seeds: Purdue, Texas, Arizona, Baylor 3 Seeds: Gonzaga, Marquette, Kansas State, Connecticut ↑ 4 Seeds: Tennessee ↓, Xavier, Indiana, Virginia 5 Seeds: Miami, Iowa State, San Diego State, TCU ↑ 6 Seeds: Saint Mary’s ↓, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Creighton 7 Seeds: Duke, Northwestern, Michigan State, Missouri ↑ 8 Seeds: Maryland, Arkansas, Florida Atlantic ↑, Iowa ↓ 9 Seeds: Illinois ↓, West Virginia, Memphis ↑, Auburn 10 Seeds: Boise State ↓, USC, NC State, Providence 11 See ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field 1 Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, UCLA ↑ 2 Seeds: Purdue ↓, Texas, Baylor, Arizona 3 Seeds: Marquette, Kansas State, Gonzaga, Tennessee 4 Seeds: Connecticut, Xavier, Indiana, Virginia 5 Seeds: Miami, Saint Mary’s, Iowa State ↑, San Diego State 6 Seeds: Kentucky, TCU ↓, Creighton, Texas A&M ↑ 7 Seeds: Duke, Michigan State, Northwestern ↓, Iowa ↑ 8 Seeds: Missouri, Maryland ↓, Illinois, Arkansas 9 Seeds: Florida Atlantic, Boise State, West Virginia ↑, Auburn ↑ 10 Seeds: Memphis, Providence ↓, USC, NC State ..read more

KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field 1 Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue 2 Seeds: UCLA, Baylor, Texas, Arizona 3 Seeds: Kansas State, Marquette, Tennessee, Gonzaga 4 Seeds: Connecticut, Xavier, Virginia, Indiana 5 Seeds: TCU, Saint Mary’s, Miami, San Diego State 6 Seeds: Iowa State, Creighton, Kentucky ↑, Northwestern 7 Seeds: Texas A&M, Duke, Maryland ↓, Michigan State ↑ 8 Seeds: Iowa, Illinois ↓, Arkansas, Missouri ↑ 9 Seeds: Providence ↓, Florida Atlantic, Boise State ↑, Rutgers 10 Seeds: Memphis ↑, Pittsburgh, NC State, USC ↑ 11 Seeds ..read more

The committee loves the Big 12 and Indiana – UConn? Not so much. Here’s the updated bracketology after a busy week in college basketball. KEY Italicized – Play-in game ↑ – Moved Up ↓ – Moved Down * – New to field 1 Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue 2 Seeds: UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Baylor 3 Seeds: Kansas State ↑, Marquette, Tennessee, Virginia 4 Seeds: Gonzaga ↓, Iowa State, UConn, Indiana ↑ 5 Seeds: Miami, Xavier ↓, Saint Mary’s, Creighton 6 Seeds: San Diego State, Northwestern, TCU, Illinois 7 Seeds: Texas A&M ↑, Michigan State, Maryland, Providence ..read more