NCAA Division 1 College Hoops (And Olympics) Talk and Tourney Projections
2026 Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Since the Big 12 now has 16 teams, it’s adopted the old Big East bracket, with the top four teams receiving a double-bye to the quarterfinals (Thursday), teams 5 through 8 getting a single bye to Wednesday, and the bottom half of the league playing on […]
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Schedule For Wednesday, March 11 Finals Before 3/14 ASUN Jacksonville, Fla. Wednesday, March 4 (UNF Arena and Swisher Gym) and Friday–Sunday, March 6–8 (Veterans Memorial Arena)PDF Bracket / BtB PrimerChampion: Queens NOTE: West Georgia participated but was ineligible for the automatic bid as the Wolves are reclassifying. First Round (Wed. 3/4) Gm. 1: (9) Jacksonville […]
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2026 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format It’s a traditional four games per day 16-team bracket, with the top four teams earning byes to the quarterfinals and teams five through eight entering the fray in Thursday’s second round. Site Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville has established itself as the SEC Tournament’s usual home, as […]
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2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format A traditional bracket with 15 teams, the same one the ACC has used since Notre Dame joined in 2017 (other than years when a team did not participate due to sanctions). Site The Spectrum Center will host for the second season in a row, with last […]
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2026 American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format The American Conference has implemented a stepladder bracket to protect the higher seeds, and reduced the field to 10. Site After spending the past five years in Fort Worth, the event is set for Legacy Arena in Birmingham (UAB’s home before Bartow Arena opened). Participants Only the […]
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2026 Conference USA Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket with split quarterfinal doubleheaders to protect the top two seeds. Site Gone are the days of simultaneous games played on different sides of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco, Texas. For the third year in a row, the CUSA men’s and women’s tournaments will […]
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2026 Big East Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket. Site Madison Square Garden continues as home of both the old and new versions of the Big East Tournament—an uninterrupted run that began in 1983. Participants All 11 teams will get at least one game above Penn Station. Schedule Downloadable PDF Bracket First Round […]
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2026 Big West Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format For the third season in a row, the Big West is using a stepladder bracket. After it didn’t work in 2024, as fourth-seeded Long Beach State won, UC San Diego claimed the crown as the top seed in 2025. Site For the fifth consecutive season, the […]
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2026 Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format With all 18 teams qualifying, the top four seeds earned a triple bye, and the next four a double bye. Site The event heads back to Chicago’s United Center for the first time since 2023. Participants This is the first year that all 18 Big Ten […]
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2026 Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format The final WAC Tournament will feature seven teams, since Utah Valley’s administration put its exit fees in escrow yesterday. The top two seeds received byes to the semifinals, with teams three through five entering in the quarterfinals, and the bottom two playing in the opening round. […]
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2026 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Previously, the SWAC used a traditional bracket with split quarterfinal doubleheaders to protect the top two seeds. The split doubleheaders are still there, but the bottom four teams will need to win twice to get there, and the seventh- and eighth-seeded clubs will need to defeat […]
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2026 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket Site All games take place in the home arena of the higher seed. Schedule Downloadable PDF Bracket First Round (Tues. 3/3) Gm. 1: (9) Army West Point (11-21, 5-13) 55, (8) Bucknell 65Gm. 2: (10) Holy Cross 82, (7) Lafayette (11-21, 8-10) 77 Quarterfinals (Thurs. […]
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2026 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Usually, the MEAC Tournament features a traditional bracket with split quarterfinal doubleheaders to protect the top two seeds, but this year, there’s a twist with only seven teams involved. The first of those double sets is reduced to one game. Site The Norfolk (Va.) Scope is […]
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2026 Mountain West Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket Site As usual, the Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV’s home arena, hosts the event, though on a different floor than the one the Runnin’ Rebels normally use. Participants This is probably going to be the first and only Mountain West Tournament with 12 teams. […]
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2026 Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Stepladder bracket Site This will be the fourth consecutive time the Legacy Center on McNeese’s campus in Lake Charles, Louisiana will host—an arrangement scheduled to continue through the 2029 Southland tournament. Participants Lamar (12-19, 7-15, t-9th), Incarnate Word (12-19, 7-15, t-9th), Southeastern Louisiana (9-22, 6-16, t-11th), and […]
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2026 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket. Site The Atlantic 10 Tournament is back in Pittsburgh after a year at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. preceded by two years at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Participants All 14 teams will play in this season’s event. UMass moved to the MAC, […]
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There are still not too many changes from Tuesday’s bracket, as the most interesting games yesterday either saw auto bids awarded or featured teams on the wrong side of the bubble—most of whom were not successful. That is likely to change today. This year, I’m going to be using the Blogging the Bracket feed to […]
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2026 Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket, but with split quarterfinal doubleheaders aimed at giving the top two seeds a rest day before the semifinals. Plus, the No. 1 seed meets the winner of the 9/10 first-round game, with the 2 seed playing the 7/8 winner. Site Boise’s Idaho Central Arena, […]
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2026 West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Stepladder bracket, with bottom four teams starting in Thursday’s first round. Site The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas hosts, as it has since the 2009 event. Participants This is likely to be the final 12-team WCC Tournament for now. Seattle U joined for this season, but […]
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2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format The MAAC Tournament returns to its historic early-Championship-Fortnight schedule for 2026 after five seasons of concluding on Selection Eve. It’s still a traditional bracket with split quarterfinal doubleheaders. Thursday’s winners will play the top two seeds in Friday’s set, with seeds 3 through 6 taking […]
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2026 Coastal Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket Site For the fifth consecutive season and sixth since 2020, the CAA Tournament will take place at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Southeast Washington, D.C. Participants With Campbell’s arrival in 2024, the CAA’s membership jumped to 14, but that number dropped to 13 […]
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2026 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format One day before the Sun Belt Conference’s “flock of Canada geese” bracket takes flight, the Horizon offers up a completely new format, at least for basketball. It’s reminiscent of the old WCHA Final Five format from hockey. This format guarantees the 1 seed in each stage meets […]
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2026 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket with reseeding. Note that the conference is solely going by the “NEC” initialism now. Site Higher seeds host on campus Participants New Haven (14-17, 9-9, 5th) is not participating as the Chargers are in their first reclassification year, so only one team missed the field of […]
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The bracket is mostly unchanged since Monday’s. I have not had the time to do a full scrub since Friday, so there may be changes in tomorrow’s field—particularly with there being some games of interest tonight. More on those after the full bracket and rundown. NOTES: (1) East (Washington, D.C., Fri./Sun.) Greenville (Thurs./Sat.) (1) Duke […]
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2026 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Basics Format Traditional bracket with the top two seeds playing in the first quarterfinal doubleheader against the two winners of the first-round doubleheader. Site The SoCon’s teams will again gather in Asheville, N.C., at Harrah’s Cherokee Center, which seats a little more than 7,600. The arena, which hosted the […]
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