A month away from the NCAA Tournament and not having snow on the ground.
A month away from getting out of the winter and everyone is just happier.
So here we are without football and getting our first look at the NCAA Tournament bracket.
First off, yes, this matters.
- Gotta start with this.
I hate we don’t get 1 full bracket reveal.
We know who the best teams are.
There’s usually a debate about 2-3 teams here.
We can figure out who the top-16 is, likely seeds, all that.
Tell us who is floating near the bubble.
Show us what matters for seedings.
At the minimum throw in the true bubble here.
Teams should know where they stand like they do in football every single week.
- The 1 seeds are right.
People are going to bitch about 3 SEC teams, but welcome to 2025.
The SEC is fucking loaded.
Florida seems pretty easy as a pick for the last 1 seed.
Auburn is the clear 1 seed and today shouldn’t change that:
- Quad 1 wins matter.
That’s what this is showing us, at least up top.
It seems to be a tiebreaker or at the minimum the main talking point when ranking them 1-16.
They also are using WAB (wins above bubble) as a new metric this year in the process.
That’s showing here.
That’s how you get Wisconsin where they are.
No complaints here, you’re trying to evaluate teams playing a million different schedules and nothing being even.
That also puts St. John’s in Newark against Duke in a Sweet 16.
The man is inevitable.
- This feels right.
There’s nothing shocking here.
If you’ve paid attention this year, these are the teams that have sort of solidified themselves here.
- I’ll take Kentucky’s bracket right this second.
Very happy to be a 3 seed right now, thats where we belong on February 15.
- All I know is it feels so fucking good to see a bracket.
Give me One Shining Moment.
Give me the week leading up to the tournament where you spend too much time breaking down a bracket.
Give me it all.
