Mat Mlodzinski gives a special New Year’s Day CBB Review Bracketology, aka Matty Brackets.
For past Matty Brackets bracketology projections, click here.
Click here to compare Matty Brackets to the rest of the Bracket Matrix.
If a team is bolded, they are a projected automatic bid.
West (Las Vegas):
- Arizona (13-1, 2-1)
- Texas (12-1, 1-0)
- Gonzaga (12-3)
- Xavier (12-3, 4-0)
- Indiana (10-3, 1-1)
- Auburn (11-2, 1-0)
- Ohio State (9-3, 1-0)
- Texas Tech (10-3, 0-1)
- LSU (12-1, 1-0)
- Charleston (14-1, 2-0)
- Iowa (8-5, 0-2)
- Indiana State (10-4, 3-0)
- Liberty (10-4, 1-0)
- Oral Roberts (12-3, 3-0)
- High Point (8-5, 0-1)
- Wagner (8-5, 1-1)
East (New York):
- UConn (14-1, 3-1)Â
- Alabama (11-2, 1-0)
- UCLA (12-2, 3-0)
- TCU (12-1, 1-0)
- Duke (11-3, 2-1)
- Mississippi State (11-2, 0-1)
- Illinois (9-4, 0-1)
- Memphis (11-3, 1-0)
- North Carolina (9-5, 1-2)
- San Diego State (11-3, 2-0)
- Fordham (12-2, 0-1)
- Kansas State (12-1, 1-0) / USC (11-3, 3-0)
- Iona (9-4)
- Utah Valley (11-4, 2-0)
- Navy (7-5)
- Norfolk State (9-5)
South (Louisville):
- Houston (14-1, 2-0)
- Virginia (10-2, 2-1)
- Arkansas (11-2, 0-1)
- Wisconsin (10-2, 2-0)
- Baylor (10-3, 0-1)
- New Mexico (14-0, 2-0)
- Kentucky (9-4, 0-1)
- Virginia Tech (11-3, 1-2)
- Providence (11-3, 3-0)
- West Virginia (10-3, 0-1)
- Utah (11-4, 4-0)
- Kent State (10-3)
- Southern Miss (13-2, 2-0)
- UC Santa Barbara (11-2, 2-0)
- Bryant (10-4, 1-0)
- Grambling (7-5) / Eastern Washington (8-7, 2-0)
Midwest (Kansas City):
- Purdue (13-0, 1-0)Â
- Kansas (12-1, 1-0)
- Tennessee (11-2, 1-0)
- Miami (Fla) (13-1, 4-0)
- Marquette (11-4, 3-1)
- Maryland (10-3, 0-1)
- Missouri (12-1, 1-0)
- Iowa State (10-2, 1-0)
- Saint Mary’s (12-4, 2-0)
- Creighton (8-6, 2-1)
- UAB (12-2, 3-0)
- Michigan State (9-4, 1-0) / Oklahoma (9-4, 0-1)
- Yale (10-4, 0-1)
- Furman (10-4, 1-0)
- Youngstown State (10-5, 2-2)
- Nicholls (6-7, 1-0) / SIU Edwardsville (10-4, 1-0)
First Four Out:
- Penn State (10-3, 1-1)
- Wake Forest (10-4, 2-1)
- Rutgers (9-4, 1-1)
- Arizona State (11-3, 2-1)
Next Four Out:
- Northwestern (10-2, 1-0)
- Utah State (12-2, 1-0)
- St. John’s (11-4, 1-3)
- Florida Atlantic (12-1, 1-0)
Building a resume:
- Pitt (10-4, 3-0)
- Clemson (11-3, 3-0)
- UNLV (11-3, 0-2)
- Villanova (7-7, 1-2)
- Oklahoma State (8-5, 0-1)
- NC State (11-4, 1-3)
- UCF (10-4, 1-1)
- BYU (12-5, 2-0)
- Nevada (12-3, 2-0)
- Dayton (10-5, 2-0)
- Boise State (10-4, 0-1)
- Colorado (9-6, 1-3)
- Ole Miss (8-5, 0-1)
- Washington (9-5, 1-2)
- Saint Louis (9-5, 1-0)
- Syracuse (9-5, 2-1)
- Georgia (10-3)
- Oregon (8-6, 2-1)
- Cincinnati (10-4, 1-0)
- Santa Clara (13-4, 1-1)
- San Jose State (11-4, 2-0)