2022 Final Bracket Projections

 Here's my final projections. I'm assuming Purdue and Houston both win, but probably wouldn't change it even if either lost. They were among the harder teams to gauge. The bubble was tough, rejected ND and Rutgers at the very end. 

And here's the bracket pairings:

Feb 27 Bracket

 

Feb. 27 bracket pairings.

Seed List, Feb.27

 Seed list... full bracket to come later.

1 Gonzaga West Coast

2 Arizona Pacific-12

3 Kansas Big 12

4 Baylor Big 12

5 Auburn SEC

6 Kentucky SEC

7 Duke ACC

8 Purdue Big Ten

9 Villanova Big East

10 Tennessee SEC

11 Wisconsin Big Ten

12 Illinois Big Ten

13 Texas Tech Big 12

14 UCLA Pacific-12

15 Providence Big East

16 Houston American

17 Alabama SEC

18 Connecticut Big East

19 Texas Big 12

20 Arkansas SEC

21 Michigan State Big Ten

22 Ohio State Big Ten

23 USC Pacific-12

24 St. Mary's (CA) West Coast

25 LSU SEC

26 Boise State Mountain West

27 Iowa Big Ten

28 Iowa State Big 12

29 Murray State Ohio Valley

30 Colorado State Mountain West

31 Marquette Big East

32 Xavier Big East

33 Wyoming Mountain West

34 Seton Hall Big East

35 Miami (FLA.) ACC

36 San Francisco West Coast

37 Wake Forest ACC

38 TCU Big 12

39 Notre Dame ACC

40 Davidson Atlantic 10

41 Loyola-Chicago Missouri Valley

42 Creighton Big East

43 San Diego State Mountain West

44 North Carolina ACC

45 Michigan Big 10

46 Indiana Big Ten

47 Memphis American

48 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley

49 North Texas CUSA

50 Iona Metro Atlantic

51 Chattanooga Southern

52 Toledo MAC

53 South Dakota State Summit

54 Vermont America East

55 New Mexico State WAC

56 Bryant Northeast

57 Jacksonville State Atlantic Sun

58 Montana State Big Sky

59 Cleveland State Horizon

60 Princeton Ivy

61 Texas State Sun Belt

62 Long Beach State Big West

63 Longwood Big South

64 Colgate Patriot

65 NC-Wilmington Colonial

66 Norfolk State Mid-Eastern

67 Texas Southern SWAC

68 New Orleans Southland

Full bracket Feb 20

 

This bracket has been updated to reflect Saturday's reveal by the Committee and then the weekend's games. 

Feb. 21 Seed List

 Latest Seed List, through 2/20/22. Will try to post a full bracket later tonight.

1 Gonzaga West Coast

2 Arizona Pacific-12

3 Auburn SEC

4 Kansas Big 12

5 Baylor Big 12

6 Kentucky SEC

7 Purdue Big Ten

8 Duke ACC

9 Villanova Big East

10 Texas Tech Big 12

11 Illinois Big Ten

12 Wisconsin Big Ten

13 Tennessee SEC

14 UCLA Pacific-12

15 Providence Big East

16 Houston American

17 Texas Big 12

18 Alabama SEC

19 Ohio State Big Ten

20 LSU SEC

21 Connecticut Big East

22 Marquette Big East

23 Arkansas SEC

24 Michigan State Big Ten

25 Xavier Big East

26 St. Mary's (CA) West Coast

27 USC Pacific-12

28 Wyoming Mountain West

29 Colorado State Mountain West

30 Murray State Ohio Valley

31 Boise State Mountain West

32 Seton Hall Big East

33 Iowa Big Ten

34 Iowa State Big 12

35 Wake Forest ACC

36 TCU Big 12

37 Miami (FLA.) ACC

38 San Francisco West Coast

39 Notre Dame ACC

40 Davidson Atlantic 10

41 Loyola-Chicago Missouri Valley

42 Michigan Big 10

43 Indiana Big Ten

44 Creighton Big East

45 San Diego State Mountain West

46 North Carolina ACC

47 Memphis American

48 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley

49 North Texas CUSA

50 Iona Metro Atlantic

51 Chattanooga Southern

52 Toledo MAC

53 South Dakota State Summit

54 Vermont America East

55 New Mexico State WAC

56 Wagner Northeast

57 Liberty Atlantic Sun

58 Montana State Big Sky

59 Cleveland State Horizon

60 Princeton Ivy

61 Texas State Sun Belt

62 Long Beach State Big West

63 Longwood Big South

64 Colgate Patriot

65 NC-Wilmington Colonial

66 Norfolk State Mid-Eastern

67 Southern SWAC

68 New Orleans Southland

Jan 31 2022 Bracket

 First bracket of the 2021-22 season, and it's pretty late, I know. Here's where we're at:

1 Auburn SEC

1 Gonzaga West Coast

1 Baylor Big 12

1 Purdue Big Ten

2 Kansas Big 12

2 UCLA Pacific-12

2 Arizona Pacific-12

2 Duke ACC

3 Kentucky SEC

3 Houston American

3 Villanova Big East

3 Wisconsin Big Ten

4 Michigan State Big Ten

4 Texas Tech Big 12

4 Tennessee SEC

4 Providence Big East

5 LSU SEC

5 Illinois Big Ten

5 Alabama SEC

5 Connecticut Big East

6 Ohio State Big Ten

6 Xavier Big East

6 Iowa State Big 12

6 Marquette Big East

7 Texas Big 12

7 USC Pacific-12

7 Colorado State Mountain West

7 Iowa Big Ten

8 Indiana Big Ten

8 Wake Forest ACC

8 Miami (FLA.) ACC

8 Loyola-Chicago Missouri Valley

9 Davidson Atlantic 10

9 Oklahoma Big 12

9 BYU West Coast

9 Seton Hall Big East

10 Boise State Mountain West

10 St. Mary's (CA) West Coast

10 Murray State Ohio Valley

10 Florida State ACC

11 West Virginia Big 12

11 Arkansas SEC

11 San Francisco West Coast

11 Creighton Big East

12 San Diego State Mountain West

12 North Carolina ACC

12 TCU Big 12

12 Oregon Pacific-12

12 Iona Metro Atlantic

12 North Texas CUSA

13 Chattanooga Southern

13 Toledo MAC

13 South Dakota State Summit

13 Vermont America East

14 Oakland Horizon

14 Wagner Northeast

14 UNC Wilmington Colonial

14 Seattle WAC

15 Jacksonille St Atlantic Sun

15 Princeton Ivy

15 Weber State Big Sky

15 Appalachian St Sun Belt

16 Hawai'i  Big West

16 Navy  Patriot

16 Longwood Big South

16 Norfolk State Mid-Eastern

16 Southern SWAC

16 New Orleans Southland

Hopefully I'll say more about these next time, when I'll also put them into the bracket as well.