March Madness bracket predictions: No. 1 seeds to first four out of 2025 NCAA Tournament

In just over a month, all the weeks of intense speculation and interest will come to an end, and the bracket for the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be revealed.

Until then, though, all people in the sport can do is project the 68-team field.

With only a few weeks remaining in the 2024-25 regular season, there are several looming questions when it comes to the bracket for March Madness. Who are the No. 1 seeds — the teams best positioned to make a Final Four or win a national championship? How many teams might the behemoth SEC get into the tournament? And, most pressingly, what teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble will get into the dance? And which ones will be left out?

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As the calendar inches closer to March, here’s a look at the latest NCAA tournament bracket predictions, which take into account games played through Thursday, Feb. 13:

March Madness bracket predictions

** Participating in a play-in game

NCAA tournament last four in

NCAA tournament first four out

Georgia

Wake Forest

Indiana

Xavier

No. 1 seeds

Auburn (22-2, 10-1 SEC)

Alabama (21-3, 10-1 SEC)

Duke (21-3, 11-1 ACC)

Florida (21-3, 8-3 SEC)

Auburn and Alabama’s rivalry matchup this weekend — the first time there’s ever been an SEC game between the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the country — could have a big say in which team ends up earning the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed.

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No. 2 seeds

Tennessee (20-5, 7-5 SEC)

Houston (20-4, 12-1 Big 12)

Purdue (19-6, 11-3 Big Ten)

Iowa State (19-5, 9-4 Big 12)

Tennessee and Houston just miss the cut for No. 1 seeds, but both the Volunteers and Cougars are well-situated to move up a seed line if they continue to handle…

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Publish date : 2025-02-15 11:06:00

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