Bracketology 2024-25: Games through Wednesday, March 5

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Auburn	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-3	103.089
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-3	101.893
3		Houston	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	101.319
4		Florida	SEC	At Large	26-4	99.841
5	2	Alabama	SEC	At Large	23-7	99.062
6		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	24-6	96.435
7		Michigan St.	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-5	92.198
8		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	23-7	91.384
9	3	St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	91.328
10		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	20-10	89.759
11		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-9	88.570
12		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	23-7	88.475
13	4	Purdue	B10	At Large	21-9	87.482
14		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	22-8	87.473
15		Clemson	ACC	At Large	25-5	87.292
16		Arizona	B12	At Large	20-10	87.051
17	5	Michigan	B10	At Large	22-8	86.767
18		Oregon	B10	At Large	22-8	85.558
19		Maryland	B10	At Large	23-7	85.533
20		Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	85.500
21	6	Mississippi	SEC	At Large	21-9	85.367
22		Louisville	ACC	At Large	24-6	84.226
23		Marquette	BE	At Large	22-8	83.569
24		Missouri	SEC	At Large	21-9	83.528
25	7	UCLA	B10	At Large	21-9	83.520
26		BYU	B12	At Large	22-8	80.278
27		Memphis	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	25-5	80.233
28		Kansas	B12	At Large	19-11	80.196
29	8	Illinois	B10	At Large	19-11	80.118
30		Connecticut	BE	At Large	21-9	80.079
31		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	20-10	79.419
32		Creighton	BE	At Large	21-9	79.243
33	9	Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	23-8	79.147
34		New Mexico	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	77.465
35		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	20-10	77.363
36		Baylor	B12	At Large	17-12	77.100
37	10	Georgia	SEC	At Large	19-11	76.760
38		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-5	76.455
39		West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-12	76.435
40		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	23-6	75.550
41	11	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	18-12	75.308
42		Indiana	B10	At Large	18-12	75.116
43		UC San Diego	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	71.164
44		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	19-8	71.622
45		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-13	70.858
46	12	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	18-12	70.853
47		Xavier	BE	At Large	20-10	70.393
48		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-3	70.985
49		McNeese St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	57.332
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	51.025
51	13	Akron	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	50.596
52		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	24-5	50.184
53		Arkansas St.	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	21-9	49.539
54		Chattanooga	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-8	49.533
55	14	Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	49.165
56		Lipscomb	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	21-9	48.248
57		Jacksonville St.	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	47.752
58		Northern Colorado	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	46.527
59	15	Towson	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	46.245
60		Robert Morris	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8	45.217
61		Central Connecticut	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	44.315
62		Bryant	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	42.800
63	16	Nebraska Omaha	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-12	41.407
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	41.380
65		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-11	38.246
66		Quinnipiac	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-11	37.216
67		Southern	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	36.414
68		Bucknell	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	17-14	35.913
69	1st out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	21-8	69.534
70	2nd out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-11	69.077
71	3rd out	Nebraska	B10	At Large	17-13	69.001
72	4th out	Texas	SEC	At Large	17-13	68.798
73	5th out	UC Irvine	BW	At Large	24-5	63.375
74	6th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	20-10	63.134
75	7th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	17-13	62.722
76	8th out	SMU	ACC	At Large	22-8	62.399
77	9th out	Colorado St.	MWC	At Large	21-9	62.212
78	10th out	San Francisco	WCC	At Large	22-8	61.573
79	11th out	Dayton	A10	At Large	20-9	60.951
80	12th out	Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	20-11	60.818
81	13th out	North Texas	Amer	At Large	20-6	60.374
82	14th out	UCF	B12	At Large	16-14	60.238
83	15th out	Northwestern	B10	At Large	16-14	59.717
84	16th out	Villanova	BE	At Large	18-13	58.915
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	5
MWC	3
ACC	3
WCC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
South (Atlanta)		35	32	East (Newark)
1	Auburn	1	2	Duke	1
16	Quinnipiac vs. Southeast Missouri St.			Bucknell vs. Southern	16
	Lexington, KY			Raleigh, NC
8	Connecticut			Mississippi St.	8
9	Vanderbilt			Baylor	9
5	Maryland			Oregon	5
12	McNeese St.			Drake	12
	Seattle, WA			Denver, CO
4	Clemson	15	14	Iowa St.	4
13	Chattanooga			Arkansas St.	13
6	Mississippi			Marquette	6
11	Indiana			Ohio St. vs. San Diego St.	11
	Denver, CO			Milwaukee, WI
3	Texas Tech	12	10	Kentucky	3
14	Utah Valley			Jacksonville St.	14
7	UCLA			BYU	7
10	Georgia			VCU	10
	Cleveland, OH			Wichita, KS
2	Michigan St.	7	6	Tennessee	2
15	Bryant			Central Connecticut	15
		Regional Parity
West (San Francisco)		37	32	Midwest (Indianapolis)
1	Florida	4	3	Houston	1
16	Nebraska Omaha			Norfolk St.	16
	Raleigh, NC			Wichita, KS
8	Creighton			Illinois	8
9	Gonzaga			New Mexico	9
5	Michigan			Saint Mary's	5
12	Yale			Xavier vs. Oklahoma	12
	Seattle, WA			Providence, RI
4	Arizona	16	13	Purdue	4
13	Akron			High Point	13
6	Louisville			Missouri	6
11	Arkansas			UC San Diego	11
	Providence, RI			Cleveland, OH
3	St. John's	9	11	Texas A&M	3
14	Lipscomb			Northern Colorado	14
7	Memphis			Kansas	7
10	West Virginia			Utah St.	10
	Milwaukee, WI			Lexington, KY
2	Wisconsin	8	5	Alabama	2
15	Robert Morris			Towson	15