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Bracketology 2026: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.3)

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Jon Teitel

We are 4 days away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the 2025 tourney: 62 of his 66 were within 1 spot of their actual seed and 52 were right on the money. He will spend the upcoming days predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on March 15th. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today and if you agree or disagree then feel free to tweet us. To see how he stacks up with other websites (ranked 7th out of 186 bracket veterans over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Duke (ACC)
1: Michigan (Big 10)
1: Arizona (Big 12)
1: Florida (SEC)

2: Connecticut (Big East)
2: Houston (Big 12)
2: Illinois (Big 10)
2: Michigan State (Big 10)

3: Iowa State (Big 12)
3: Nebraska (Big 10)
3: Purdue (Big 10)
3: Alabama (SEC)

4: Gonzaga (WCC): AUTO-BID
4: Virginia (ACC)
4: Kansas (Big 12)
4: Texas Tech (Big 12)

5: Vanderbilt (SEC)
5: Arkansas (SEC)
5: St. John’s (Big East)
5: North Carolina (ACC)

6: Tennessee (SEC)
6: Wisconsin (Big 10)
6: Louisville (ACC)
6: BYU (Big 12)

7: St. Mary’s (WCC)
7: Kentucky (SEC)
7: Miami FL (ACC)
7: Villanova (Big East)

8: Georgia (SEC)
8: Clemson (ACC)
8: UCLA (Big 10)
8: Utah State (MWC)

9: Iowa (Big 10)
9: St. Louis (A-10)
9: TCU (Big 12)
9: Ohio State (Big 10)

10: Texas A&M (SEC)
10: UCF (Big 12)
10: NC State (ACC)
10: Missouri (SEC)

11: Miami OH (MAC)
11: Texas (SEC)
11: Santa Clara (WCC)
11: SMU (ACC)
11: VCU (A-10)
11: Indiana (Big 10)

12: South Florida (American)
12: Yale (Ivy)
12: Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
12: High Point (Big South): AUTO-BID

13: Northern Iowa (MVC): AUTO-BID
13: Liberty (C-USA)
13: Utah Valley (WAC)
13: Hofstra (CAA): AUTO-BID

14: UC Irvine (Big West)
14: North Dakota State (Summit): AUTO-BID
14: Troy (Sun Belt): AUTO-BID
14: Montana (Big Sky)

15: Wright State (Horizon): AUTO-BID
15: Siena (MAAC): AUTO-BID
15: Furman (SoCon): AUTO-BID
15: Tennessee State (OVC): AUTO-BID

16: Queens (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID
16: Boston University (Patriot)
16: UMBC (America East)
16: LIU (NEC): AUTO-BID
16: Bethune-Cookman (SWAC)
16: Howard (MEAC)

1ST 4 OUT
Auburn (SEC)
New Mexico (MWC)
San Diego State (MWC)
Stanford (ACC)

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Championship Week Video Notebook – Day 9

Posted on March 11, 2026 by David Griggs

Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid

Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 31 conference tournaments

Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 364 D1 teams

Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS

Five more conference champions were crowned tonight!! Long Island had already wrapped up the NEC auto-bid, but finished off Mercyhurst to win the NEC Championship officially. Wright State is back in the dance after beating Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League Championship. Hofstra held off Monmouth in a thrilling CAA Championship game, Gonzaga came from behind to beat Santa Clara in an exciting WCC final, and Siena won the MAAC. We had some crazy semifinals as well and a few major conferences got underway.

For audio lovers:

BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

CONFERENCE USA QUARTERFINALS

MEAC QUARTERFINALS

SWAC QUARTERFINALS

ACC SECOND ROUND

BIG 12 SECOND ROUND

BIG TEN SECOND ROUND

AMERICAN FIRST ROUND

ATLANTIC TEN FIRST ROUND

BIG EAST FIRST ROUND

BIG WEST FIRST ROUND

MOUNTAIN WEST FIRST ROUND

SEC FIRST ROUND

WAC FIRST ROUND

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All-Access at the CAA Tournament in DC: Championship Tuesday

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Jon Teitel

Conference tournaments are about basketball but also so much more: the fans, parents, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The CAA Tournament tips off this weekend in Washington, DC, and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD will be covering all the angles so you can look forward to an abundance of articles in the week ahead. Jon Teitel continues our coverage with a recap of the title game on Tuesday night.

Solid pregame dinner: spaghetti/chicken parm/meatballs/breadsticks/cheesecake/lemonade. Monmouth coach King Rice has 1 of his biggest supporters sitting behind the bench: his former UNC teammate JR Reid:

Let’s tip off the title game:

MONMOUTH-HOFSTRA
In the 1st half, Monmouth used an inside-out combo in the form of 6’9″ Stefanos Spartalis (who had a jumper in the lane, a sweet spin/lefty layup, and a hammer dunk) and 6’3″ Justin Ray (a pair of threes and a fadeaway jumper) to take an early 10-3 lead and then hang around the rest of the half. In contrast, Hofstra’s 1-man show of Preston Edmead (who made the game-winning 3 off the glass in OT Monday night to beat Towson) did a little of everything: a couple of floaters in the lane, the rare 4-PT play, a bank shot, and a pull-up jumper. His 16 PTS in the opening stanza allowed the Pride to head to halftime with a 35-32 lead.

In the 2nd half, Monmouth G Kavion McClain came out hot with 11 PTS in the 1st 3 minutes (after scoring just 2 PTS in the 1st half) to give his team a 45-39 lead, but picked up his 3rd foul of the game right before the under-16 timeout. Spartalis kept hitting the boards, finishing with a double-double and a career-high 11 REB. The game remained close down the stretch so everyone assumed we were in for another OT thriller like last night, but Hofstra 7-footer Silas Sunday matched Spartalis board for board as he had his 3rd straight game with double-digits REB, and Monday night’s hero Preston Edmead saved the day with a floater, a layup, and a 3 from the top of key to finish with a career-high 26 PTS as the Pride took home the title with a 75-69 victory.

That is a wrap for tonight, check back tomorrow for some great Hofstra celebration photos, and check back later this month when the East Regional comes to DC!

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Bracketology 2026: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.2)

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Jon Teitel

For our latest CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK VIDEO NOTEBOOK – CLICK HERE

We are 5 days away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the 2025 tourney: 62 of his 66 were within 1 spot of their actual seed and 52 were right on the money. He will spend the upcoming days predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on March 15th. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today and if you agree or disagree then feel free to tweet us. To see how he stacks up with other websites (ranked 7th out of 186 bracket veterans over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Duke (ACC)
1: Michigan (Big 10)
1: Arizona (Big 12)
1: Florida (SEC)

2: Connecticut (Big East)
2: Houston (Big 12)
2: Michigan State (Big 10)
2: Illinois (Big 10)

3: Iowa State (Big 12)
3: Nebraska (Big 10)
3: Purdue (Big 10)
3: Alabama (SEC)

4: Gonzaga (WCC)
4: Virginia (ACC)
4: Kansas (Big 12)
4: Texas Tech (Big 12)

5: Vanderbilt (SEC)
5: Arkansas (SEC)
5: St. John’s (Big East)
5: North Carolina (ACC)

6: Tennessee (SEC)
6: Wisconsin (Big 10)
6: Louisville (ACC)
6: BYU (Big 12)

7: Kentucky (SEC)
7: St. Mary’s (WCC)
7: Miami FL (ACC)
7: Villanova (Big East)

8: Georgia (SEC)
8: Clemson (ACC)
8: UCLA (Big 10)
8: Utah State (MWC)

9: Iowa (Big 10)
9: St. Louis (A-10)
9: TCU (Big 12)
9: Ohio State (Big 10)

10: Texas A&M (SEC)
10: NC State (ACC)
10: UCF (Big 12)
10: Santa Clara (WCC)

11: Missouri (SEC)
11: Miami OH (MAC)
11: Texas (SEC)
11: SMU (ACC)
11: VCU (A-10)
11: Indiana (Big 10)

12: South Florida (American)
12: Yale (Ivy)
12: Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
12: High Point (Big South): AUTO-BID

13: Northern Iowa (MVC): AUTO-BID
13: Liberty (C-USA)
13: Utah Valley (WAC)
13: Hofstra (CAA)

14: UC Irvine (Big West)
14: North Dakota State (Summit): AUTO-BID
14: Troy (Sun Belt): AUTO-BID
14: Furman (SoCon): AUTO-BID

15: Portland State (Big Sky)
15: Wright State (Horizon)
15: Merrimack (MAAC)
15: Tennessee State (OVC): AUTO-BID

16: Queens (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID
16: Boston University (Patriot)
16: LIU (NEC): AUTO-BID
16: UMBC (America East)
16: Howard (MEAC)
16: Bethune-Cookman (SWAC)

1ST 4 OUT
Auburn (SEC)
New Mexico (MWC)
Stanford (ACC)
Virginia Tech (ACC)

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Championship Week Video Notebook – Day 8

Posted on March 10, 2026 by David Griggs

Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid

Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 31 conference tournaments

Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 364 D1 teams

Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS

We have two more tickets punched!! Troy won the Sun Belt and Furman pulled off an upset over East Tennessee State to win the SoCon. It was also Semifinal Day in the Horizon League and CAA and we had some incredible games in those tournaments. We run down all the action and preview tomorrow’s matchups as both the Big 12 and Big Ten are about to get underway.

And for all you radio lovers, below is an audio only version of the show…

WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP:

CAA CHAMPIONSHIP:

HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP:

METRO ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP:

NEC CHAMPIONSHIP:

SOUTHLAND SEMIFINALS:

BIG SKY SEMIFINALS:

AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS:

CONFERENCE USA OPENING ROUND:

SWAC 2ND ROUND:

ACC 1ST ROUND:

BIG 12 1ST ROUND:

BIG TEN 1ST ROUND:

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Hoops HD Bracket Rundown – March 9th

Posted on March 9, 2026 by David Griggs

A full Hoops HD panel have all submitted their own individual seedlists. They were then cross country scored by Chad to form a master seedlist, and it is revealed to the panel Selection Sunday style team by team and line by line. They discuss, assess, and debate each team as they are revealed. See who the #1 seeds are, who the rest of the protected seeds are, who is on the bubble, and who just missed it.