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Bracketology 2025: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.2)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Jon Teitel

For our latest CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK VIDEO NOTEBOOK where we recap all of yesterday’s action, preview all of tonight’s games, have all the updated conference tournament brackets, and more – CLICK HERE

For the latest HOOPS HD BRACKET RUNDOWN Video Podcast, where the panel builds a bracket of their own, – CLICK HERE

We are only 5 days away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the 2024 tourney: 62 of his 67 were within 1 spot of their actual seed and 41 were right on the money. He will spend the upcoming week predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on March 16th. 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 179 bracket veterans over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Auburn (SEC)
1: Houston (Big 12)
1: Duke (ACC)
1: Florida (SEC)

2: Alabama (SEC)
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Michigan State (Big 10)
2: St. John’s (Big East)

3: Texas Tech (Big 12)
3: Kentucky (SEC)
3: Iowa State (Big 12)
3: Texas A&M (SEC)

4: Wisconsin (Big 10)
4: Maryland (Big 10)
4: Purdue (Big 10)
4: Clemson (ACC)

5: Arizona (Big 12)
5: Oregon (Big 10)
5: Michigan (Big 10)
5: St. Mary’s (WCC)

6: Louisville (ACC)
6: UCLA (Big 10)
6: Mississippi (SEC)
6: Missouri (SEC)

7: Illinois (Big 10)
7: BYU (Big 12)
7: Marquette (Big East)
7: Kansas (Big 12)

8: Memphis (AAC)
8: Mississippi State (SEC)
8: Connecticut (Big East)
8: Gonzaga (WCC)

9: Creighton (Big East)
9: New Mexico (MWC)
9: Georgia (SEC)
9: West Virginia (Big 12)

10: Utah State (MWC)
10: Vanderbilt (SEC)
10: Baylor (Big 12)
10: Arkansas (SEC)

11: San Diego State (MWC)
11: Oklahoma (SEC)
11: Indiana (Big 10)
11: Drake (MVC): AUTO-BID
11: VCU (A-10)
11: Ohio State (Big 10)

12: Xavier (Big East)
12: UC San Diego (Big West)
12: McNeese (Southland)
12: Liberty (C-USA)

13: Yale (Ivy)
13: High Point (Big South): AUTO-BID
13: Akron (MAC)
13: Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID

14: Utah Valley (WAC)
14: Troy (Sun Belt): AUTO-BID
14: UNC-Wilmington (CAA)
14: Northern Colorado (Big Sky)

15: Robert Morris (Horizon)
15: Central Connecticut (NEC)
15: Wofford (SoCon): AUTO-BID
15: Bryant (America East)

16: Omaha (Summit): AUTO-BID
16: Norfolk State (MEAC)
16: SIUE (OVC): AUTO-BID
16: Southern (SWAC)
16: American (Patriot)
16: Quinnipiac (MAAC)

1ST 4 OUT
Boise State (MWC)
Colorado State (MWC)
North Carolina (ACC)
Texas (Big 12)

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Championship Week Video Notebook – Day 9

Posted on March 11, 2025 by David Griggs

For the latest HOOPS HD BRACKET RUNDOWN, which we recorded earlier in the evening – CLICK HERE

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

The story of the day, and maybe all of Championship Week so far, is that Delaware has advanced to the CAA Championship game as a 12 seed. We believe they are the lowest seeded team to ever advance that far in any conference tournament ever. They’ll face UNC Wilmington who got past Charleston in the other semifinal game. We had a couple more champions crowned as Wofford upset their rivals Furman to win the SoCon and Troy knocked off Arkansas State to win the Sun Belt. The Horizon League and Southland were also in action.

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

CAA CHAMPIONSHIP:

NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP:

HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP:

WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP:

AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS:

BIG SKY SEMIFINALS:

SOUTHLAND SEMIFINALS:

CONFERENCE USA OPENING ROUND:

METRO ATLANTIC OPENING ROUND:

SWAC OPENING ROUND:

WAC OPENING ROUND:

ACC 1ST ROUND:

BIG 12 1ST ROUND:

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Hoops HD Bracket Rundown – March 10th

Posted on March 10, 2025 by David Griggs

NOTE: The seedlist used to build the bracket was voted on at 7pm, est. No games that were played after that time were considered

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.

Below is the final bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!

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

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All-Access at the CAA Tournament in DC: Semifinal Monday

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Jon Teitel

Conference tournaments are about basketball but also so much more: the fans, parents, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The CAA Tournament is taking place this week in Washington, DC, and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD is covering all the angles so you can look forward to an abundance of access in the days ahead. Jon Teitel continues our coverage from DC with a recap of the semifinal doubleheader on Monday.

Another delicious pregame meal: chicken/rice/pita bread/hummus! Let’s tip off a nice mellow doubleheader after surviving back-to-back quadruple-headers over the weekend…please:

GAME #1: Delaware-Towson
As you might expect, the crowd skewed heavily in favor of the top seed: it appeared that at least 75% of the fans were wearing yellow since it a relatively short trip from Baltimore to DC. Coaches Pat Skerry of Towson and Martin Ingelsby of Delaware were just 1 win away from a spot in Tuesday night’s title game:

Towson G Dylan Williamson was coming off a career-high 32-PT performance on Sunday and picked up right where he left off as he scored 12 PTS/4-6 FG in the 1st half:

In contrast, Delaware F John Camden scored a career-high 36 PTS on Sunday…but only scored 2 PTS during the 1st 20 minutes tonight:

It was a tight affair with neither team leading by more than 4 PTS during the whole half, but the 12-seed Blue Hens continued their “Cinder-Dela” story (copyright pending!) on a tremendous 1-handed alley-oop dunk by Niels Lane right before the buzzer (scroll to the 1:50 mark of the following video and tell me if this dunk-of-the-year candidate reminds you of Grant Hill’s famous dunk from his Duke days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJXbFsJ8A8) as they headed into the locker room with a 36-32 lead:

Delaware was finally able to build a double-digit lead early in the 2nd half as Coach Skerry called a timeout and tried to save his season. To ease the tension, the mascots decided to have a dance-off:

The Blue Hens have leaned heavily on their starting 5 all weekend, and all 5 of them responded by scoring in double-digits. The X-factor was SO G Trent Middleton Jr.: he had only scored 12 PTS during his 1st 3 tourney games but was big off the bench with 14 huge PTS:

The entire Delaware team combined to shoot a sizzling 55.1 FG% and upset the #1 seed Tigers by a score of 82-72. In the postgame press conference, I asked Niels where his big basket ranks among his all-time dunks. He confirmed that it might have been the best dunk of his life because he did not even touch the rim but rather “threw” it into the hoop:

Coach Ingelsby’s brother Brad is a big-time Hollywood screenwriter, so I queried the coach what his reaction would be if Brad tried to sell him the story of a scrappy 12-seed winning a conference tourney title in a movie called “Cinder-Dela”. He smiled and mentioned that his brother was in the arena for last night’s game, and that his team has provided some good material, but that the key is their belief that they can beat anybody:

GAME #2: UNCW-Charleston
I was running on fumes after 3 straight nights of basketball so I called it a night…but the nightcap turned out to be 1 of the games of the day as UNCW hung on to win it 68-67. That is a wrap for tonight, check back tomorrow when a champion gets “Crowned in the Capital”!

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Bracketology 2025: March Madness Predictions (Version 10.1)

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Jon Teitel

For our latest CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK VIDEO NOTEBOOK where we recap all of yesterday’s action, preview all of tonight’s games, have all the brackets for the active conference tournaments, and so much more – CLICK HERE

We are only 6 days away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the 2024 tourney: 62 of his 67 were within 1 spot of their actual seed and 41 were right on the money. He will spend the upcoming week predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on March 16th. 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 179 bracket veterans over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com

SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Auburn (SEC)
1: Duke (ACC)
1: Houston (Big 12)
1: Florida (SEC)

2: Alabama (SEC)
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Michigan State (Big 10)
2: St. John’s (Big East)

3: Texas Tech (Big 12)
3: Texas A&M (SEC)
3: Wisconsin (Big 10)
3: Kentucky (SEC)

4: Iowa State (Big 12)
4: Purdue (Big 10)
4: Maryland (Big 10)
4: Arizona (Big 12)

5: Clemson (ACC)
5: Michigan (Big 10)
5: Oregon (Big 10)
5: St. Mary’s (WCC)

6: Missouri (SEC)
6: Louisville (ACC)
6: Mississippi (SEC)
6: UCLA (Big 10)

7: Marquette (Big East)
7: Illinois (Big 10)
7: BYU (Big 12)
7: Kansas (Big 12)

8: Memphis (AAC)
8: Mississippi State (SEC)
8: Connecticut (Big East)
8: Gonzaga (WCC)

9: Creighton (Big East)
9: New Mexico (MWC)
9: Vanderbilt (SEC)
9: Georgia (SEC)

10: Utah State (MWC)
10: West Virginia (Big 12)
10: Baylor (Big 12)
10: Arkansas (SEC)

11: San Diego State (MWC)
11: VCU (A-10)
11: Oklahoma (SEC)
11: Indiana (Big 10)
11: Ohio State (Big 10)
11: Xavier (Big East)

12: Drake (MVC): AUTO-BID
12: UC San Diego (Big West)
12: McNeese (Southland)
12: Liberty (C-USA)

13: Yale (Ivy)
13: High Point (Big South): AUTO-BID
13: Akron (MAC)
13: Arkansas State (Sun Belt)

14: Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun): AUTO-BID
14: Utah Valley (WAC)
14: Furman (SoCon)
14: Northern Colorado (Big Sky)

15: Towson (CAA)
15: Robert Morris (Horizon)
15: Central Connecticut (NEC)
15: Bryant (America East)

16: Norfolk State (MEAC)
16: Omaha (Summit): AUTO-BID
16: Southern (SWAC)
16: Quinnipiac (MAAC)
16: SIUE (OVC): AUTO-BID
16: American (Patriot)

1ST 4 OUT
Boise State (MWC)
Colorado State (MWC)
North Carolina (ACC)
Texas (Big 12)

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Championship Week Video Notebook – Day 8

Posted on March 9, 2025 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 had three champions crowned today! Drake put all the bubble issues to rest by clinching the automatic bid with their win over Drake, Lipscomb is going dancing for just the second time in school history after beating North Alabama in the ASun Final, and Omaha got the win over Saint Thomas for their first ever conference championships. We had some great games in the CAA, SoCon, and WCC as well. We recap all of that and preview all of tomorrow’s action.