Matty Brackets: CBB Review Bracketology (Feb. 27, 2025)

Can you sense it yet? March is coming as the Atlantic Sun is the first conference to have a bracket! Matty Brackets delivers his latest bracketology on this college basketball holiday.

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

South (Atlanta)

1. Auburn (26-2, 14-1)
2. Wisconsin (22-6, 12-5)
3. Missouri (21-7, 10-5)
4. Purdue (19-9, 11-6)
5. Kansas (19-9, 10-7)
6. Saint Mary’s (25-4, 15-1)
7. Ole Miss (19-9, 8-7)
8. Creighton (20-8, 13-4)
9. Memphis (23-5, 13-2)
10. West Virginia (17-11, 8-9)
11. North Carolina (18-11, 11-6 / Indiana (17-11, 8-9)
12. McNeese (23-6, 17-1)
13. Akron (22-6, 14-1)
14. Lipscomb (22-9, 14-4)
15. Bryant (17-11, 11-2)
16. Omaha (18-12, 12-3) / American (18-11, 12-4)

East (Newark)

1. Duke (25-3, 16-1)
2. Tennessee (23-5, 10-5)
3. St. John’s (25-4, 16-2)
4. Kentucky (19-9, 8-7)
5. Maryland (21-7, 11-6)
6. Clemson (23-5, 15-2)
7. UCLA (20-8, 11-6)
8. UConn (19-9, 11-6)
9. Vanderbilt (19-9, 7-8)
10. Georgia (17-11, 5-10)
11. San Diego State (19-7, 12-5)
12. Yale (18-6, 11-0)
13. High Point (26-5, 14-2)
14. Montana (20-8, 13-2)
15. Cleveland State (19-10, 13-5)
16. Quinnipiac (17-10, 13-3)

Midwest (Indianapolis)

1. Houston (24-4, 16-1)
2. Florida (24-4, 11-4)
3. Arizona (19-9, 13-4)
4. Texas A&M (20-8, 9-6)
5. Michigan (21-6, 13-3)
6. Illinois (18-11, 10-8)
7. Oregon (20-8, 9-8)
8. Mississippi State (19-9, 7-8)
9. Utah State (24-5, 14-4)
10. Vcu (23-5, 13-2)
11. New Mexico (22-6, 14-3)
12. Drake (26-3, 16-3)
13. Liberty (22-5, 10-4)
14. Chattanooga (21-8, 13-3)
15. Norfolk State (20-8, 10-1)
16. Ccsu (21-6, 12-2)

West (San Francisco)

1. Alabama (23-5, 12-3)
2. Michigan State (23-5, 14-3)
3. Iowa State (21-7, 11-5)
4. Texas Tech (21-7, 12-5)
5. Marquette (21-7, 12-5)
6. Louisville (22-6, 15-2)
7. BYU (20-8, 11-6)
8. Gonzaga (22-8, 13-4)
9. Baylor (16-12, 8-9)
10. Arkansas (17-11, 6-9)
11. Nebraska (17-9, 7-8) / Texas (16-12, 5-10)
12. UC San Diego (24-4, 14-2)
13. Grand Canyon (20-6, 10-2)
14. James Madison (20-10, 13-4)
15. Towson (19-10, 14-2)
16. Southern (18-9, 13-1) / Southeast Missouri State (19-10, 14-4)

First Four Out:

• Ohio State (16-13, 8-10)
• Oklahoma (17-11, 4-11)
• Cincinnati (17-11, 7-10)
• Xavier (18-10, 10-7)

Next Four Out:

• Boise State (20-8, 12-5)
• SMU (21-7, 12-5)
• Pitt (16-10, 7-8)
• Villanova (17-12, 10-8)