Bracketology: 2020 NCAA Tournament

These projections were last updated to include all results through March 11.

Learn more about the bracket, or dive right in below.

MIDWEST (Indianapolis)
Omaha1Kansas (Big 12)
16North Carolina Central (MEAC)/Robert Morris (NEC)
8Virginia
9USC
Tampa5Butler
12Liberty (A-Sun)
4Kentucky (SEC)
13Akron (MAC)
Greensboro6Michigan
11Cincinnati (AAC)
3Duke
14UC Irvine (Big West)
Greensboro7LSU
10Providence
2Maryland
15Eastern Washington (Big Sky)
EAST (New York)
Cleveland1Dayton (A10)
16Little Rock (Sun Belt)
8Saint Mary's
9Oklahoma
Saint Louis5West Virginia
12East Tennessee State (SoCon)
4Louisville
13Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
Cleveland6BYU
11Wichita State/UCLA
3Michigan State
14Hofstra (CAA)
Albany7Arizona
10Indiana
2Villanova
15Boston University (Patriot)
SOUTH (Houston)
Omaha1Baylor
16North Dakota State (Summit)
8Marquette
9Rutgers
Spokane5Auburn
12Vermont (A-East)
4Ohio State
13Belmont (OVC)
Albany6Penn State
11Utah State (MW)
3Seton Hall
14New Mexico State (WAC)
Tampa7Illinois
10Arizona State
2Florida State (ACC)
15Winthrop (Big South)
WEST (Los Angeles)
Spokane1Gonzaga (WCC)
16Prairie View A&M (SWAC)/Siena (MAAC)
8Houston
9Texas Tech
Sacramento5Wisconsin (Big Ten)
12Yale (Ivy)
4Oregon (Pac-12)
13North Texas (C-USA)
Saint Louis6Iowa
11NC State/Texas
3Creighton (Big East)
14Bradley (MVC)
Sacramento7Colorado
10Florida
2San Diego State
15Northern Kentucky (Horizon)

Last Four In: UCLA, Texas, NC State, Wichita State

Whispering Distance: Arkansas, Richmond, Northern Iowa, Xavier, Stanford

Talking Distance: Purdue, Rhode Island, Mississippi State

Shouting Distance: Alabama, South Carolina, Memphis, Notre Dame

Bracket Notes

Coming soon!

Bids by conference:

Big Ten — 10

Big East — 6

Pac 12 — 6

Big 12 — 6

ACC — 5

SEC — 4

WCC — 3

AAC — 3

MW — 2

Nuts and Bolts

The bracket holds 32 automatic bids for conference champions (noted with their conference next to their name), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. I am evaluating teams on how they have performed to this point in the season without projecting how they will perform in remaining games.

As of now, conference champions have been determined using KenPom projections. Once conference tournaments begin, I will go by the highest remaining seed in each conference.

In today’s bracket, Kansas is the No. 1 overall seed in the Midwest, followed by Baylor in the South, Gonzaga in the West, and Dayton in the East. The Final Four matchups would be Kansas vs. Dayton, and Baylor vs. Gonzaga.

Got questions? Tweet to @jesse_kramer.

Author: Jesse Kramer

Jesse Kramer is the founder of The Catch and Shoot. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He has had work featured on SI.com, College Insider, The Comeback/Awful Announcing, and 247Sports.

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