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2024-25 Men’s College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs) Tracker
A regularly-updated list of the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) along with the teams that have yet to commit to one. A more detailed version of this page with schedules and TV info will arrive closer to the season.
2024 NCAA Tournament First Four And NIT Viewing Guide: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The Madness begins with a pair of First Four games in Dayton, while college hoops’ second-tier tournament opens with nine matchups.
Bracketology 2024: College Basketball Coast To Coast March 14th Show
Two tremendous days of conference tournament action are ahead of us, and we previewed all of it on the nation’s college basketball show and podcast.
Bracketology 2024: Moving Days Have Arrived
Before Wednesday’s play tips off, I reviewed the top three seed lines and made some adjustments below that to reflect Saint Mary’s win in the WCC final late on Tuesday.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Wednesday, March 13
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: The State Of The Bubble On Wednesday, March 13
I’m applying a different approach to the last few days of bubble posts.
Bracketology 2024: The Easiest Projection Of The Season
I have to thank Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, and James Madison for making that possible. Things start to get slightly complicated again tonight with the WCC final and extremely so once the power conference tournaments start popping on Wednesday.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/12/2024)
With the top two seeds in the WCC Tournament reaching Tuesday night’s final and James Madison’s rout of Arkansas State in the Sun Belt championship game, this post isn’t all that different than Monday’s. And even though a handful of multi-bid conference tournaments start today, those results won’t matter much. Wednesday is when the real action begins.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Tuesday, March 12
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/11/2024)
Sunday’s Arch Madness final resulted in Drake entering the field and Indiana State dropping into the at-large pool. The Sycamores are one of three NET Top 30 teams currently hovering around the Cut Line—an unprecedented situation.
Bracketology 2024: A Two-Bid Missouri Valley (For Now)
Drake topped Indiana State, 84-80, in the Arch Madness final to claim the rubber match in the rivals’ series and the auto bid. The Sycamores remain in for now—barely—and they could still be left out in the cold. App State, which lost its Sun Belt semifinal to Arkansas State at the buzzer, is in even worse shape now.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Monday, March 11
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Monday, March 11, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/10/2024)
After yesterday’s action, only nine spots appear to remain in play over the final week, so keep an eye on those early-round power-conference tournament games.
Bracketology 2024: College Basketball Coast to Coast Saturday Night Show
Listen along as you look over Sunday’s bracket post and check out the state of the lock/bubble picture.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Sunday, March 10
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket with one week to go until Selection Sunday.
Bracketology 2024: Just One Week Remains ... Somehow
Saturday featured many favorites slipping up, particularly on the road, which led to some shuffling on the seed list. Otherwise, Utah State’s win over New Mexico combined with a rare offensive explosion by Virginia led to a change near the Cut Line. More analysis is in today’s lock and bubble update.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Friday, March 8
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for 03/08/2024.
Bracketology 2024: A Pac-12 Swap
Two future Big 12 rivals swapped places at the Cut Line following contrasting results in Oregon on Thursday night.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/09/2024)
Thursday night’s schedule was light on bubble action, but there were two big results out of the Pac-12 that led to one change in the at-large pool.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/07/2024)
Wednesday’s results led to some changes on both sides of the Cut Line, but Thursday’s results will dictate whether Friday’s field has any new entrants.
Bracketology 2024: College Basketball Coast to Coast Midweek Show
The perfect companion to Wednesday’s look at the lock and bubble picture.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/06/2024)
With a week and a half to play, there are a couple of new NCAA Tournament locks and the potential for a shakeup in the Mountain West.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Tuesday, March 5
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for 03/05/2024.
Bracketology 2024: Who’s Locked Up A Bid? (Updated: 03/05/2024)
Not much has changed since Sunday, but a handful of teams can lock up an at-large over the final few days of the regular season.
Bracketology 2024: The Calm Before The Storm
Tuesday’s bracket is unchanged from Sunday’s, despite Seton Hall’s blowout loss at UConn that afternoon and thanks to Baylor and Duke’s Big Monday wins. Don’t expect anything similar outside of the early part of next week—before the power conference tournaments get going.