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Espn Men’s Bracketology: 2024 NCAA Tournament
By Joe Lunardi Updated: 3/16/2024 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Bracketology is in its 30th season on ESPN. From now until Selection Sunday on March 17, we’ll keep you up to date on the postseason chances and projection of your favorite teams. We will culminate with daily updates throughout Champion Week, all with an eye toward the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Bracket Watch
The No. 1 seeds for the NCAA tournament are set. North Carolina clinched its spot on the top line Friday, outlasting Pitt in the ACC semifinals after Tennessee laid an egg against Mississippi State in its SEC tournament opener and Arizona did the same against Oregon in the Pac-12. The Tar Heels will head to the West, via Charlotte, when the main bracket gets underway on Thursday. Still to be determined is the order of the other top seeds: Purdue, Houston and UConn. It says here that Houston will claim the No. 1 overall seed Saturday night if it wins the Big 12 tournament, having already captured the regular-season title outright and claimed the nation’s No. 1 ranking. This scenario also takes the selection committee off the hook from having to wait out a potential late Sunday afternoon game involving Purdue. UConn coach Dan Hurley will probably act disrespected at not being first overall, but the defending champions also get what they want: a friendly East Region path of Brooklyn and Boston.
On the Bubble
68-Team Bracket
MIDWEST (DETROIT)
Indianapolis
Spokane
Memphis
Omaha
WEST (LOS ANGELES)
Charlotte
Salt Lake
Omaha
Salt Lake
SOUTH (DALLAS)
Memphis
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
EAST (BOSTON)
Brooklyn
Spokane
Brooklyn
Charlotte
Conference Breakdown
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