2022 3/8 Bracket

 In future years you will find my brackets over at Fantasy Guru (and for the rest of this season as well as here so save the URL now, I'll be doing preview guide for the tournament over there so check it out!), the brackets will remain free obviously!

https://www.fantasyguru.com/cjs-projected-march-madness-bracket/

 

1 Seeds: Baylor, Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas

2 Seeds: Auburn, Kentucky, Duke, Wisconsin

3 Seeds: Villanova, Tennessee, Purdue, Providence

4 Seeds: UCLA, Texas Tech, Illinois, Arkansas

5 Seeds: SMC, Houston, Texas, UConn

6 Seeds: LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Iowa

7 Seeds: USC, Colorado State, Seton Hall, Boise State

8 Seeds: Murray State, Marquette, Iowa State, Michigan State

9 Seeds: Creighton, SDSU, TCU, UNC

10 Seeds: Davidson, Memphis, Wake Forest, Notre Dame,

11 Seeds: Michigan, Miami FL, Loyola-Chicago, Wyoming

12 Seeds: San Francisco, Xavier, Rutgers, SMU, North Texas, South Dakota State

13 Seeds: Chattanooga, Iona, Toledo, Vermont

14 Seeds: New Mexico State, Princeton, Montana State, Colgate

15 Seeds: UNC-Wilmington, Long Beach State, Longwood, Georgia State

16 Seeds: Jacksonville, Norfolk State, Nicholls State, Bryant, Alcorn State, Wright State

 

Last 4 Byes:  Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami FL, Wyoming

Last 4 In: San Francisco, Xavier, Rutgers, SMU

First 4 Out: Indiana, VCU, Dayton, BYU

 

 

Notes:

Pretty strong divide between SMU and these bubble teams in terms of win quality, felt more comfortable with this field than maybe ever before. Bids will get stolen to shrink the bubble but right now it felt like an easy divide.

The resume I disagreed most with vs consensus is San Francisco, with no wins over tournament teams I’m just not sure why they are being mocked on the 9/10 line. I get the metrics like them but don’t you have to beat someone in the field to have lock status?

7-12 Seeds could go in any direction based on conference tournaments so a TON to still be decided.