Bracketology

Like everything else at Hoops HD, we do Bracketology a little differently.  We actually have two kinds of brackets.  One is the HOOPS HD STAFF BRACKETS, which is what we at Hoops HD think the selection committee SHOULD be doing.  We are making no attempt whatsoever to guess the committee.  These brackets come out at least once week during the season (usually on Sunday or Monday), and they are CHECKPOINTS based on CURRENT MERIT, not predictions of how good we think the team is or how good we think their profile will look at the end of the season.  In other words, they reflect what a team has done up to that point.  If you see brackets early on in the year and they look totally crazy, that’s why.  You may ask what the point of that is.  Well, two things.  It gets us in the habit of evaluating merit and disregarding our own suppositions, and we simply like doing it that way, so there!!

The second type of brackets are those that are put together by Jon Teitel.  He is trying to guess what the actual selection committee will do.  He is, hands down, one of the best selection committee guessing experts on the planet! Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the 2023 tourney with 65 of his 67 within 1 spot of their actual seed, including 53 right on the money, which was far more accurate than what any major network projected.  His brackets usually start showing up about ten to twelve games into the year, and are posted once a week from that point on.

LAST UPDATED BY JON TEITEL ON SUNDAY, MARCH 17TH AT 5:50pm, EST

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Connecticut (Big East): AUTO-BID
1: Purdue (Big 10)
1: Houston (Big 12)
1: North Carolina (ACC)

2: Iowa State (Big 12): AUTO-BID
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Marquette (Big East)
2: Arizona (Pac-12)

3: Illinois (Big 10): AUTO-BID
3: Baylor (Big 12)
3: Creighton (Big East)
3: Duke (ACC)

4: Auburn (SEC): AUTO-BID
4: Kentucky (SEC)
4: Kansas (Big 12)
4: Alabama (SEC)

5: BYU (Big 12)
5: Wisconsin (Big 10)
5: San Diego State (MWC)
5: South Carolina (SEC)

6: Texas Tech (Big 12)
6: Florida (SEC)
6: St. Mary’s (WCC): AUTO-BID
6: Utah State (MWC)

7: Clemson (ACC)
7: Nevada (MWC)
7: Gonzaga (WCC)
7: Washington State (Pac-12)

8: Boise State (MWC)
8: Dayton (A-10)
8: Nebraska (Big 10)
8: Texas (Big 12)

9: Colorado State (MWC)
9: Northwestern (Big 10)
9: Mississippi State (SEC)
9: TCU (Big 12)

10: New Mexico (MWC): AUTO-BID
10: FAU (AAC)
10: Colorado (Pac-12)
10: Michigan State (Big 10)
10: Texas A&M (SEC)
10: Oklahoma (Big 12)

11: Oregon (Pac-12): AUTO-BID
11: Drake (MVC): AUTO-BID
11: NC State (ACC): AUTO-BID
11: James Madison (Sun Belt): AUTO-BID

12: Grand Canyon (WAC): AUTO-BID
12: Duquesne (A-10): AUTO-BID
12: McNeese (Southland): AUTO-BID
12: Samford (SoCon): AUTO-BID

13: UAB (AAC): AUTO-BID
13: Yale (Ivy): AUTO-BID
13: Charleston (CAA): AUTO-BID
13: Vermont (America East): AUTO-BID

14: Akron (MAC): AUTO-BID
14: Oakland (Horizon): AUTO-BID
14: Morehead State (OVC): AUTO-BID
14: Colgate (Patriot): AUTO-BID

15: Western Kentucky (C-USA): AUTO-BID
15: Long Beach State (Big West): AUTO-BID
15: South Dakota State (Summit): AUTO-BID
15: Longwood (Big South): AUTO-BID

16: St. Peter’s (MAAC): AUTO-BID
16: Stetson (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID
16: Montana State (Big Sky): AUTO-BID
16: Grambling (SWAC): AUTO-BID
16: Howard (MEAC): AUTO-BID
16: Wagner (NEC): AUTO-BID

1ST 4 OUT
Providence (Big East)
Seton Hall (Big East)
St. John’s (Big East)
Virginia (ACC)

Here is our MOCK COMMITTEE Bracket, updated Sunday, March 13, 2024

To watch the BRACKET RUNDOWN VIDEO PODCAST of the seedlist being built – CLICK HERE