Happy Saturday to all!
There is no doubt that the 148 games today and 11 more on Sunday will create chaos in the current pecking order by Monday. I did, however, go through around 100 or so resumes yesterday. Pair that exercise with a few interesting Friday results, I figured it would be worth sharing where the forecast stands heading into another wild Saturday.
UCLA and Indiana did just enough last night to move the needle and find a home in the bracket. The season-long data is still less than 60% mature, so road wins or top-tier wins will move the needle further at this earlier stage of the forecasting process.
Temple also represents the American Conference after winning over Memphis, which took Arizona State out of the field.
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: 2: AAC (Temple), MVC (Bradley). The Annual Average = 2.4 Bids taken per year.
FIRST FOUR OUT: Arizona State, Maryland, Wake Forest, Texas
NEXT TEAMS OUT: UC San Diego, Vanderbilt, SMU, Iowa
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