Bracketology 2024-25: Games through Saturday, February 22

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Auburn	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	100.831
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-3	100.315
3		Alabama	SEC	At Large	22-5	99.249
4		Florida	SEC	At Large	24-3	95.205
5	2	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	22-5	94.081
6		Houston	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	94.023
7		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	20-7	88.507
8		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	21-6	88.334
9	3	Michigan St.	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-5	88.261
10		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	21-6	88.005
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	19-8	87.050
12		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	18-9	86.976
13	4	Michigan	B10	At Large	20-6	86.852
14		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	86.784
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	21-6	86.662
16		Arizona	B12	At Large	18-9	86.585
17	5	Clemson	ACC	At Large	22-5	86.032
18		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-7	83.969
19		Maryland	B10	At Large	21-6	83.968
20		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	19-8	83.958
21	6	Louisville	ACC	At Large	21-6	83.918
22		Oregon	B10	At Large	20-8	83.912
23		Mississippi	SEC	At Large	19-8	83.832
24		Kansas	B12	At Large	18-9	83.829
25	7	Marquette	BE	At Large	20-7	83.818
26		Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	83.814
27		UCLA	B10	At Large	19-8	83.462
28		Memphis	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	83.151
29	8	Creighton	BE	At Large	18-8	82.121
30		Illinois	B10	At Large	17-11	82.038
31		Connecticut	BE	At Large	18-8	81.492
32		Baylor	B12	At Large	15-11	81.064
33	9	Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	21-8	80.719
34		New Mexico	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	80.357
35		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	23-4	77.419
36		West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-11	76.188
37	10	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-7	75.684
38		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	18-9	74.308
39		Nebraska	B10	At Large	17-10	73.531
40		Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	17-10	73.518
41	11	BYU	B12	At Large	19-8	75.674
42		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	71.358
43		UC San Diego	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	70.610
44		Texas	SEC	At Large	16-11	69.810
45		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	19-8	72.784
46	12	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	16-11	73.370
47		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	15-12	70.248
48		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	67.739
49		McNeese St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	56.524
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	51.058
51	13	High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	50.550
52		Chattanooga	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	50.039
53		Akron	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	49.196
54		Lipscomb	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	47.931
55	14	James Madison	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	47.515
56		Towson	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	18-10	47.145
57		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	46.685
58		Jacksonville St.	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	46.297
59	15	Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	44.979
60		Montana	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	44.612
61		Cleveland St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	44.270
62		Central Connecticut	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	42.520
63	16	Bryant	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-11	40.985
64		Nebraska Omaha	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	16-12	40.660
65		Quinnipiac	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	38.474
66		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	37.832
67		Southern	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-9	36.847
68		American	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	16-11	30.869
69	1st out	Xavier	BE	At Large	17-10	69.199
70	2nd out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	18-8	69.088
71	3rd out	SMU	ACC	At Large	20-7	68.305
72	4th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	17-11	67.351
73	5th out	Indiana	B10	At Large	15-11	65.544
74	6th out	Georgia	SEC	At Large	16-11	65.503
75	7th out	UC Irvine	BW	At Large	22-5	64.937
76	8th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	16-11	63.193
77	9th out	TCU	B12	At Large	15-12	61.550
78	10th out	San Francisco	WCC	At Large	21-7	60.745
79	11th out	George Mason	A10	At Large	20-6	60.666
80	12th out	USC	B10	At Large	14-12	60.451
81	13th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	12-14	59.687
82	14th out	Utah	B12	At Large	15-11	59.568
83	15th out	Colorado St.	MWC	At Large	18-9	58.430
84	16th out	North Texas	Amer	At Large	17-6	58.263
Projected Conference Auto Bid (Current conference leader or co-leader if conference tournament is not complete)
Last 4 In
Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have only the auto-bid)
SEC	13
B10	10
B12	8
BE	4
ACC	4
MWC	3
WCC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
South (Atlanta)		32	34	East (Newark)
1	Auburn	1	2	Duke	1
16	Nebraska Omaha			Bryant	16
	Lexington, KY			Raleigh, NC
8	Connecticut			Creighton	8
9	West Virginia			New Mexico	9
5	Missouri			Maryland	5
12	VCU			McNeese St.	12
	Denver, CO			Seattle, WA
4	Michigan	13	16	Arizona	4
13	Lipscomb			Akron	13
6	Oregon			Mississippi	6
11	Drake			BYU	11
	Providence, RI			Providence, RI
3	Kentucky	12	11	Purdue	3
14	Towson			Jacksonville St.	14
7	Marquette			Saint Mary's	7
10	Nebraska			Oklahoma	10
	Wichita, KS			Cleveland, OH
2	Houston	6	5	Tennessee	2
15	Montana			Central Connecticut	15
		Regional Parity
West (San Francisco)		36	34	Midwest (Indianapolis)
1	Florida	4	3	Alabama	1
16	American vs. Southern			Southeast Missouri St. vs. Quinnipiac	16
	Raleigh, NC			Lexington, KY
8	Baylor			Illinois	8
9	Utah St.			Gonzaga	9
5	Clemson			Mississippi St.	5
12	Ohio St. vs. Arkansas			Yale	12
	Denver, CO			Seattle, WA
4	St. John's	14	15	Texas Tech	4
13	High Point			Chattanooga	13
6	Louisville			Kansas	6
11	UC San Diego			Wake Forest vs. Texas	11
	Milwaukee, WI			Cleveland, OH
3	Iowa St.	10	9	Michigan St.	3
14	James Madison			Utah Valley	14
7	Memphis			UCLA	7
10	Vanderbilt			San Diego St.	10
	Milwaukee, WI			Wichita, KS
2	Wisconsin	8	7	Texas A&M	2
15	Cleveland St.			Norfolk St.	15

Notes:

• Texas (true last team in) and Arkansas (true fourth-to-last team in) were flipped to avoid an Ohio State-Texas rematch in the First Four.
• BYU moved from a true 10 seed (38 overall) to the 11 line (41st overall) to allow them to play in Thu/Sat locations.