Final Bracketology

This is my final bracketology of the season. It’s been a fun ride. Now, let the games begin.

Check out the final results on how we all did on the Bracket Matrix.

Automatic Qualifiers

  • Loyola-Chicago
  • Winthrop
  • Liberty
  • Morehead State
  • Appalachian State
  • UNCG
  • Drexel
  • Mount Saint Mary’s
  • Cleveland State
  • Gonzaga
  • Oral Roberts
  • Hartford
  • Norfolk State
  • Iona
  • Texas
  • San Diego State
  • Texas Southern
  • Georgetown
  • Ohio
  • Eastern Washington
  • Georgia Tech
  • North Texas
  • Abilene Christian
  • Grand Canyon
  • Oregon State
  • UCSB
  • Colgate
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Alabama
  • Houston
  • Illinois/Ohio State (We’re on a deadline, you’ll figure it out)

Pod 1

1 Gonzaga
16 Mt. St. Mary’s

8 North Carolina
9 St. Bonaventure

5 Florida State
12 Georgetown

4 Tennessee
13 UNCG

6 LSU
12 UCLA

3 Oklahoma State
14 Liberty

7 Texas Tech
10 VCU

2 Iowa
15 Cleveland State

Pod 4

1 Michigan
16 Drexel

8 Clemson
9 UConn

5 USC
12 Colgate

4 Purdue
13 Ohio

6 Missouri
11 Drake/Louisville

3 Kansas
14 Grand Canyon

7 BYU
10 Rutgers

2 Alabama
15 Eastern Washington

Pod 2

1 Baylor
16 Norfolk State/Texas Southern

8 Loyola-Chicago
9 Georgia Tech

5 Villanova
12 Oregon State

4 West Virginia
13 Winthrop

6 Creighton
11 Michigan State

3 Arkansas
14 Abilene Christian

7 San Diego State
10 Maryland

2 Ohio State
15 Iona

Pod 3

1 Illinois
16 Oral Roberts

8 Oklahoma
9 Virginia Tech

5 Colorado
12 North Texas

4 Virginia
13 UCSB

6 Florida
12 Syracuse/Utah State

3 Houston
14 Morehead State

7 Wisconsin
10 Oregon

2 Texas
15 Hartford

Last four byes

VCU
Maryland
Michigan State
UCLA

Last four in

Louisville
Drake
Utah State
Syracuse

First four out (Covid-Replacements)

Saint Louis
Colorado State
Xavier
Ole Miss

Photo courtesy of University of Illinois Athletics