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Matty Brackets: CBB Review Bracketology (Jan. 17, 2025)

ByMat Mlodzinski

Jan 17, 2025
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Mat Mlodzinski gives his first bracketology of the 2025 college basketball season.

Click here to compare Matty Brackets to the rest of the Bracket Matrix.

If a team is bolded, they are a projected automatic bid.

South (Atlanta)

  1. Auburn (16-1, 4-0)
  2. Marquette (15-2, 6-0)
  3. Kentucky (14-3, 3-1)
  4. Purdue (13-4, 5-1)
  5. Gonzaga (14-4, 5-0)
  6. Baylor (11-5, 3-2)
  7. Louisville (13-5, 6-1)
  8. Texas Tech (12-4, 3-2)
  9. Pitt (12-4, 3-2)
  10. Iowa (12-5, 3-3)
  11. UC Irvine (16-2, 6-0)
  12. McNeese (12-5, 6-0)
  13. High Point (15-5, 3-2)
  14. Akron (11-5, 4-0)
  15. New Mexico State (11-6, 4-0)
  16. Omaha (11-9, 5-0) / Colgate (7-11, 4-1)

Midwest (Indianapolis)

  1. Iowa State (15-1, 5-0)
  2. Alabama (14-3, 3-1)
  3. Illinois (13-4, 5-2)
  4. Ole Miss (15-2, 4-0)
  5. Wisconsin (14-3, 4-2)
  6. Arizona (11-5, 5-0)
  7. Memphis (13-3, 3-0)
  8. Georgia (14-3, 2-2)
  9. North Carolina (11-6, 4-1)
  10. San Diego State (11-4, 4-2)
  11. Texas (12-5, 1-3)
  12. Bradley (15-3, 6-1)
  13. Samford (15-3, 5-0)
  14. South Alabama (13-5, 5-1)
  15. Cleveland State (13-6, 7-1)
  16. Ccsu (11-6, 2-2)

East (Newark)

  1. Duke (15-2, 7-0)
  2. Florida (15-2, 2-2)
  3. Houston (12-3, 4-0)
  4. Michigan (13-3, 5-0)
  5. UConn (13-4, 5-1)
  6. Mississippi State (14-3, 2-2)
  7. West Virginia (12-3, 3-1)
  8. Missouri (14-3, 3-1)
  9. Maryland (13-4, 3-3)
  10. Creighton (11-6, 4-2)
  11. Ohio State (10-7, 2-4) / UCF (12-4, 3-2)
  12. Grand Canyon (12-5, 2-1)
  13. Princeton (12-4, 1-0)
  14. Lipscomb (12-6, 4-1)
  15. Marist (13-2, 6-0)
  16. Vermont (10-9, 3-1) / Morehead State (11-7, 6-1)

West (San Francisco)

  1. Tennessee (16-1, 3-1)
  2. Michigan State (14-2, 5-0)
  3. Kansas (12-4, 3-2)
  4. Oregon (15-2, 4-2)
  5. Texas A&M (13-4, 2-2)
  6. Utah State (16-1, 6-0)
  7. St. John’s (15-3, 6-1)
  8. Clemson (14-4, 6-1)
  9. Saint Mary’s (15-3, 5-0)
  10. Oklahoma (13-4, 0-4)
  11. UCLA (11-6, 2-4) / Cincinnati (11-5, 1-4)
  12. Vcu (13-4, 3-1)
  13. Charleston (14-4, 4-1)
  14. Northern Colorado (13-5, 4-0)
  15. Norfolk State (12-8, 3-1)
  16. Southern (9-8, 4-0)

First Four Out:

  • Indiana (13-5, 4-3)
  • Nebraska (12-5, 3-4)
  • SMU (13-4, 4-2)
  • Vanderbilt (14-3, 2-2)

Next Four Out:

  • BYU (11-5, 2-3)
  • New Mexico (14-4, 6-1)
  • Dayton (11-6, 1-3)
  • LSU (12-5, 1-3)

By Mat Mlodzinski

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