This is it. The big one. What a crazy week it has been. East 1        Connecticut (1) Brooklyn, NY 16    St Peters (63) 8        Colorado St (32) 9        Northwestern (34) 5        BYU (17) 12    McNeese St (48) 4        Auburn (14) Omaha, NE 13    Vermont (52) 6        Florida (24) 11    NC State (46) 3        Illinois (11) Pittsburgh, PA 14    Akron (56) 7        Gonzaga (28) 1 ..read more

 I don't even know anymore lol. Seed List 1 Seeds 1. Connecticut 2. Houston 3. Purdue 4. North Carolina 2 Seeds 5. Tennessee 6. Arizona 7. Iowa St 8. Marquette 3 Seeds 9. Baylor 10. Creighton 11. Illinois 12. Duke 4 Seeds 13. Kentucky 14. Kansas 15. Auburn 16. Alabama 5 Seeds 17. BYU 18. South Carolina 19. San Diego St 20. Wisconsin 6 Seeds 21. Texas Tech 22. Utah St 23. St Mary’s 24. Florida 7 Seeds 25. Nevada 26. Clemson 27. Washington St 28. Gonzaga 8 Seeds 29. Dayton 30. Boise St 31. Texas 32. Colorado St 9 Seeds 33. Nebraska 34. Northwestern 35. TCU 36. Mississippi St 10 Seeds 37. F ..read more

Man, there is a lot going on today. 13 tickets will be punched today, and the bubble will grow tighter and tighter. Fully embrace the madness today.  And go to https://www.bracketmatrix.com/ for all your brackets. Seed List 1 Seeds 1. Purdue 2. Connecticut 3. Houston 4. North Carolina 2 Seeds 5. Tennessee 6. Arizona 7. Marquette 8. Iowa St 3 Seeds 9. Baylor 10. Creighton 11. Duke 12. Kentucky 4 Seeds 13. Illinois 14. Kansas 15. Auburn 16. Alabama 5 Seeds 17. BYU 18. South Carolina 19. San Diego St 20. Wisconsin 6 Seeds 21. Texas Tech 22. Utah St 23. Nevada 24. St Mary’s 7 Seeds 25. C ..read more

 Another seed list, before the madness truly begins again. Also, a historical tidbit, no team has ever won the national championship after losing their first conference tourney game. So for Creighton and Duke, a run to the championship would defy history. 1 Seeds 1. Purdue 2. Connecticut 3. Houston 4. Tennessee 2 Seeds 5. North Carolina 6. Arizona 7. Marquette 8. Iowa St 3 Seeds 9. Baylor 10. Creighton 11. Kentucky 12. Duke 4 Seeds 13. Illinois 14. Kansas 15. Alabama 16. Auburn 5 Seeds 17. BYU 18. South Carolina 19. San Diego St 20. Wisconsin 6 Seeds 21. Utah St 22. Clemson 23. Texas Tech ..read more

 Today's bracketology doesn't have time for full match-ups, but here is a seed list to give a rough idea of how teams stand going into today. These next three days are going to be absolutely incredible. So much high level basketball will be played, enjoy every second of it. Seed List 1 Seeds 1. Purdue 2. Connecticut 3. Houston 4. Tennessee 2 Seeds 5. North Carolina 6. Arizona 7. Iowa St 8. Marquette 3 Seeds 9. Creighton 10. Baylor 11. Duke 12. Kentucky 4 Seeds 13. Illinois 14. Kansas 15. Alabama 16. Auburn 5 Seeds 17. BYU 18. South Carolina 19. San Diego St 20. Wisconsin 6 Seeds 21. Utah ..read more

With conference tournaments in fullswing, the bubble gets even more focus. In particular, the group everyone will be watching out for are the bid theives. We have already seen our first potential bid thief, with Drake upsetting Indiana State in the MVC final. The question is, who did Drake steal a tourney bid from? Was it from another bubble team, or Indiana State? The Sycamores now have to wait an agonizing week to find out if they will be dancing or not. Their resume is solid, but they have no further opportunities to improve it, something that other bubble teams have. Time will tell if any ..read more

The conference tournaments are in full swing at the mid-major level, and with it comes the most intense basketball so far this season. For the one bid leagues, the conference tournament is literally do or die, and we have already seen some fantastic basketball, particularly in the Atlantic Sun. For the conference tournaments, the highest seeded team remaining in the tournament is now the auto-bid representive, until the tournament concludes and the champion takes that spot. So after Eastern Kentucky was upset, Stetson is now the auto-bid for the time being. For the big conferences, these are t ..read more

 At this point in the season, the hope is that the bubble has taken care of itself. The tourney teams have strung together the wins, the non-tourney teams have faltered, and that the cutline has become very clear. It never works out that way. As of today, the bubble is as chaotic and messy as it normally is. The bubble itself actually isn't awful this season, but the lines separating the tourney and non-tourney teams are near invisible. Including a stunning four Big East teams between the Last Four In and First Four out. Now, the bubble will clear up slightly, as meh teams will drop games ..read more

It has arrived. March is here, and we are all better off for it. The stakes get higher, the play more intense, and our ulcers grow larger. It truly is the best time of the year. As things currently stand, honestly th 7-10 lines have very little separating them. You could put it in most any order and it would make sense. These next two weeks provide a lot of opportunity for a team to break through, but also to drop like a stone.  These next two weeks will tell a lot, and we should enjoy every second of it. As always, go to https://www.bracketmatrix.com/ for more awesome brackets. Midw ..read more

As the calendar comes closer to March, opportunities arise for teams to solidify their spots on the bracket. Not all opportunities are created equal, and some teams have been able to improve their standing dramatically. Wake Forest always had great metrics, but lacked that top notch win that would be the lynchpin of the resume. After Saturday's win over Duke, Wake now is on the right side of the cutline with a little room to spare. On the flip side, New Mexico took a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad loss to Air Force on Saturday, taking what was a solid resume into bubble territory. There ..read more