MOCK SELECTION WEEKEND IS COMPLETE
As a quick reminder, I was honored to once again serve as part of a four-day exercise with a panel of six to go through each step of the NCAA’s selection, seeding, and bracketing process. Each policy, procedure, and principle was followed just like I do here for Bracketeer.Org.
This group exercise is healthy. Allowing for different perspectives on resumes, team stories, and injury reminders in certain cases. Most importantly, the selection committee decides each bracket slot by way of discussion and not by a silver bullet metric or blind voting. I thought the group this year did a great job of focusing on these areas and saving the metrics as a method to check our work instead of leading with the metrics, which can be a fatal flaw for others.
If you are interested in re-watching, all four sessions from the weekend can be found HERE on the YouTube channel under “Banner Brackets.”
FIELDING THE 68 SHOW LIVE
As we charge forward with the second week of Championship Week and our final week of forecasting the bracket for 2025, Fielding The 68 is cranking up the heat!
Join me, Brad Wachtel, and Paul Fritschner as we break down the latest consensus projections and highlight several tournament hopefuls.
BRACKET
Bracket projections are based on the 2024-25 NCAA Committee Principles and Selection Process. Projected Conference Champions are based on which team has the inside track to the top seed within its conference tournament.
Forecasted At-Large Bids Stolen: 0 (Highly Unlikely): The Annual Average = 2.4 Bids taken per year.
FIRST FOUR OUT: North Carolina, Dayton, San Francisco, Boise State
NEXT TEAMS OUT: Colorado State, Wake Forest, Ohio State, George Mason
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