As we hit the final stretch of the regular season, Mat Mlodzinski gives an updated bracketology.
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)
- Auburn (23-2, 11-1)
- Texas A&M (20-5, 9-3)
- Texas Tech (20-5, 11-3)
- Michigan State (20-5, 11-3)
- Missouri (19-6, 8-4)
- UCLA (19-7, 10-5)
- Saint Mary’s (23-4, 13-1)
- Baylor (16-10, 8-7)
- Memphis (21-5, 11-2)
- West Virginia (15-10, 6-8)
- Georgia (16-10, 4-9)
- McNeese (21-6, 15-1)
- Arkansas State (19-8, 10-4)
- Lipscomb (19-8, 11-3)
- Bryant (17-10, 11-1)
- Omaha (16-12, 10-3) / American (17-10, 11-3)
East (Newark)
- Duke (23-3, 15-1)
- Tennessee (21-5, 8-5)
- Arizona (18-8, 12-3)
- Kentucky (17-7, 6-6)
- Maryland (20-6, 10-5)
- Illinois (15-8, 7-6)
- Louisville (20-6, 13-2)
- UConn (17-8, 9-5)
- Ohio State (15-11, 7-8)
- BYU (17-8, 8-6)
- Arkansas (15-10, 4-8) / VCU (20-5, 10-2)
- Yale (16-6, 9-0)
- High Point (23-5, 11-2)
- Montana (19-8, 12-2)
- Cleveland State (18-9, 12-5)
- Quinnipiac (16-10, 12-3)
Midwest (Indianapolis)
- Alabama (21-4, 10-2)
- Iowa State (20-5, 10-4)
- Purdue (19-7, 11-4)
- St. John’s (22-4, 13-2)
- Kansas (17-8, 8-6)
- Mississippi State (18-7, 6-6)
- Creighton (17-6, 10-2)
- Oregon (18-8, 7-8)
- New Mexico (22-4, 14-1)
- Texas (16-10, 5-8)
- Drake (23-3, 13-3)
- George Mason (21-5, 12-1)
- Liberty (21-5, 9-4)
- UNC Greensboro (18-9, 11-3)
- Norfolk State (18-8, 8-1)
- Ccsu (19-6, 10-2)
West (San Francisco)
- Florida (22-3, 9-3)
- Houston (21-4, 13-1)
- Wisconsin (20-5, 10-4)
- Michigan (20-5, 12-2)
- Ole Miss (17-6, 6-4)
- Marquette (19-6, 10-4)
- Clemson (21-5, 13-2)
- Gonzaga (20-7, 11-3)
- Utah State (22-4, 12-3)
- Nebraska (17-9, 7-8)
- San Diego State (17-6, 10-4) / Vanderbilt (17-8, 5-7)
- UC Irvine (22-4, 12-2)
- Grand Canyon (19-6, 9-2)
- Akron (20-5, 12-0)
- Towson (18-9, 13-1)
- Southern (17-9, 12-1) / Southeast Missouri State (17-10, 12-4)
First Four Out:
- Oklahoma (16-9, 3-9)
- Xavier (16-10, 8-7)
- Wake Forest (19-7, 11-4)
- SMU (19-6, 10-4)
Next Four Out:
- North Carolina (15-11, 8-6)
- Cincinnati (15-10, 5-9)
- Pitt (15-10, 6-8)
- Indiana (15-11, 6-9)

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