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Matty Brackets: CBB Review Bracketology (Feb. 6, 2025)

ByMat Mlodzinski

Feb 6, 2025
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Mat Mlodzinski gives his first February 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 (21-1, 9-0)
  2. Texas A&M (17-5, 6-3)
  3. Iowa State (17-5, 6-4)
  4. Marquette (18-5, 9-3)
  5. Michigan (17-5, 9-2)
  6. Illinois (15-8, 7-6)
  7. Saint Mary’s (20-3, 10-0)
  8. Clemson (18-5, 10-2)
  9. Georgia (16-7, 4-6)
  10. Utah State (20-3, 10-2)
  11. Drake (21-2, 11-2)
  12. McNeese (17-6, 11-1)
  13. Arkansas State (18-6, 9-3)
  14. Cleveland State (17-7, 11-2)
  15. Bryant (14-9, 8-0)
  16. Omaha (14-10, 8-1) / American (14-10, 8-3)

East (Newark)

  1. Duke (20-2, 12-0)
  2. Florida (19-3, 6-3)
  3. Wisconsin (18-5, 8-4)
  4. Kansas (16-6, 7-4)
  5. Ole Miss (17-6, 6-4)
  6. Creighton (17-6, 10-2)
  7. UConn (16-6, 8-3)
  8. Oregon (16-7, 5-7)
  9. Gonzaga (16-7, 7-3)
  10. BYU (15-7, 6-5)
  11. Arkansas (14-8, 3-6) / Nebraska (15-8, 5-7)
  12. Yale (13-6, 6-0)
  13. Grand Canyon (17-5, 7-1)
  14. Jacksonville State (15-7, 7-2)
  15. Fgcu (13-10, 8-2)
  16. Marist (16-3, 9-1)

Midwest (Indianapolis)

  1. Alabama (19-3, 8-1)
  2. Purdue (18-5, 10-2)
  3. Texas Tech (18-4, 9-2)
  4. St. John’s (20-3, 11-1)
  5. Maryland (17-5, 7-4)
  6. Kentucky (15-7, 4-5)
  7. Mississippi State (16-6, 4-5)
  8. Baylor (14-8, 6-5)
  9. New Mexico (19-4, 11-1)
  10. Texas (15-8, 4-6)
  11. West Virginia (14-8, 5-6)
  12. George Mason (18-5, 9-1)
  13. Samford (19-5, 9-2)
  14. Northern Colorado (17-6, 9-1)
  15. Towson (14-9, 9-1)
  16. Ccsu (16-6, 7-2)

West (San Francisco)

  1. Houston (18-4, 10-1)
  2. Tennessee (19-4, 6-4)
  3. Arizona (16-6, 10-1)
  4. Michigan State (18-4, 9-2)
  5. Missouri (17-5, 6-3)
  6. UCLA (17-6, 8-4)
  7. Louisville (17-6, 10-2)
  8. Memphis (19-4, 9-1)
  9. Oklahoma (16-6, 3-6)
  10. Ohio State (13-9, 5-6)
  11. San Diego State (15-5, 8-3) / Vanderbilt (16-6, 4-5)
  12. UC Irvine (20-3, 10-1)
  13. Akron (17-5, 10-0)
  14. High Point (20-5, 8-2)
  15. Norfolk State (16-8, 6-1)
  16. Southern (14-8, 9-0) / Morehead State (14-9, 9-3)

First Four Out:

  • SMU (18-5, 9-3)
  • VCU (18-5, 8-2)
  • North Carolina (13-10, 6-5)
  • Wake Forest (17-6, 9-3)

Next Four Out:

  • Xavier (14-9, 6-6)
  • Cincinnati (13-9, 3-8)
  • UCF (13-9, 4-7)
  • Pitt (14-8, 5-6)

By Mat Mlodzinski