Way Too Early Men’s 2025 Bracketology

Extremely excited to kick off the 2024/2025 Men’s College Basketball Season with our first bracketology of the (pre)season.

Inputs into this way too early version include:

  1. How the team finished last year

  2. Roster Changes

  3. Circumstance changes (new conferences, etc)

  4. A bit of subjectivity

  5. Huge shoutout to barttorvik.com for providing the initial data!


  1. Houston, Duke, Iowa State, Kansas

  2. Tennessee, North Carolina, Auburn, Alabama

  3. Gonzaga, Arizona, Texas, Connecticut

  4. Creighton, Baylor, St. John’s, Purdue

  5. Michigan State, Rutgers, Illinois, Texas Tech

  6. Texas A&M, Mississippi St., Kentucky, UCLA

  7. Marquette, Miami (FL), Memphis, BYU

  8. Cincinnati, Kansas State, Indiana, Wake Forest

  9. Ohio State, Michigan, Florida, Arkansas

  10. Xavier, Saint Mary’s, Mississippi, Georgia

  11. Wisconsin, Maryland, Oregon, Villanova, Grand Canyon, VCU

  12. New Mexico, McNeese State, UC Irvine, Bradley,

  13. Western Kentucky, High Point, Arkansas State, Princeton

  14. Vermont, Towson, Ohio, Samford

  15. Lipscomb, Fort Wayne, Weber State, St. Thomas

  16. Saint Peters, Colgate, Southern, North Carolina Central, Morehead State, Wagner


Last Four In: Wisconsin, Maryland, Oregon, Villanova

First Four Out: Iowa, Clemson, Nebraska, Northwestern

Next Four Out: TCU, USC, Pittsburgh, South Carolina


Also Considered (In Order): North Carolina State, Nevada, Providence, UCF, Oklahoma, Louisville, Missouri, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Arizona State, Notre Dame, Boise State, Dayton, LSU, Minnesota, Syracuse, Washington, Penn State, SMU

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