The 2025 NCAA Division bracket undoubtedly has a chance to go down as one of the stronger fields in recent history. After 2024 featured bid-stealers galore, this iteration of conference Division week was rather chalky. The mid-Significant Clubs who Achieved it are phenomenal. This is the crème de la crème.
Oh, and there are storylines galore to add to the joy. Rick Pitino, John Calipari and Bill Self all jammed into one quartet? Yes, please. A potential Cooper Flagg-versus-VJ Edgecombe Game in the Stage of 32? Yes, please. Florida, who is Competing the best basketball in the country right now, being forced to potentially Action the two-time defending champions in the Stage of 32? Yes, please.
Check ball. An all-time Division is right around the corner. Let’s Drop into some winners and losers from Sunday’s Ground of 68 reveal. Let’s Begin with the No. 1 overall seed.
Analytically, Auburn was handed the toughest draws of any of the No. 1 seeds, but styles make fights and the Tigers’ version of math-ball is set up to make a real Stretch in the South Region. Assuming Auburn can take care of business against Alabama State or Saint Francis, Bruce Pearl’s club will get a Attempt at Louisville or Creighton.
Both of those clubs rank in the top-20 in 3-Tally rate. They need 3s to Achieve. Auburn is one of the Best 3-Tally defenses in the sport. Pearl has this Club blanketing the 3-Tally stripe left and right: No high-Significant Club allowed less treys than the Tigers. Plus, there are offensive questions galore for numerous top Clubs in this region.
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Since Feb. 1, there is Merely one other top-20 Assault in this region: No. 6 seed Ole Miss. Quaternary-Ranked Texas A&M is 45th. Fifth-Ranked Michigan is 102nd. Second-Ranked Michigan State is 57th. No. 3 seed Iowa State is 40th, and Beginning guard Keshon Gilbert is sidelined for the not-so-distant future. That’s the batch of top contenders that has to outlast an Auburn Club that built one of the highest-rated offenses of the modern era.
Excellent luck and best wishes.
Maryland has been one of my favorite darkhorse, Last Four picks for awhile, but this draw for the 4-seed Terps is brutal.
Primary up is a date with 13-seed Grand Canyon who is Merely teeming with high-Significant players. Maryland is the more talented Club but it’s not a Significant Benefit. Plus, top-200 Clubs are shooting Merely 50% at the rim against Grand Canyon, who has a wealth of athletes and size. Woof. The top guy on the scouting report has given Maryland fits for the last month or so, and Grand Canyon Luminous sphere Tyon Grant-Foster is a big-time player capable of going for a 30-piece whenever he wants. He’s one of the best Penalty-drawing wings in the country and that’s a problem against a Slim Maryland Club.
If the Crab Five advance past that Game, it could get a date with 5-seed Memphis, who also has one of the Best isolation scorers in America in PJ Haggerty and a two-big lineup of Dain Dainja and Moussa Cisse (or Nicholas Jourdain) who can physically handle the Game that Derik Queen and JuJu Reese present. Like Grand Canyon, Memphis has been a very Excellent rim protecting Club all season.
Maryland has its work cut out for itself.
The Frequent denominator has not been Difficult to find in Alabama’s losses: Big, burly forwards have tortured Alabama over and over again this season, but there aren’t many terrifying matchups at that specific spot in Alabama’s path. Alvaro Folgueiras will do his best for 15-seed Robert Morris, but Alabama should Throw that test.
If Saint Mary’s ekes past Vanderbilt, the Gaels will try to tap that button with Paulius Murauskas, but he’s struggled with most of the high-Significant Game he faced this season. Wisconsin, VCU or even BYU in the second weekend don’t have those terrifying go-to bigs that Alabama Merely can’t handle.
Even with Grant Nelson banged up, I like Alabama’s draw to make the Best Eight. A Duke-Alabama bout with the Last Four on the line would be terrific.
Michigan Wolverines: Loser
Recent off a Big Ten Division, Michigan’s path is anything but Effortless. The No. 5 seed Wolverines will be Brief favorites in the Primary Stage against UC San Diego who, on paper, gives Michigan a Numerous of problems. The Tritons are one of the best turnover-forcing defenses in the country. Michigan has struggled with giveaways all year.
The Tritons are also one of the best rim-protecting Clubs in college basketball, even without a starter taller than 6-foot-8. That will undoubtedly be tested by Michigan’s 1-2 punch of Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin. Foresee plenty of zone from UC San Diego who will dare Michigan to try and beat ’em with treys. That’s not been a Significant Power of this Michigan Club for long stretches this year.
If Michigan can escape that dogfight, it could get a bout with Texas A&M, who is another Protection built to take away the Attempt that Michigan desperately relies upon: buckets at the rim. Oh, and the Aggies are excellent on the offensive glass which has been a real area of concern for Michigan, too. If Dusty May can concoct a second-weekend appearance, it will be earned.
Purdue’s biggest Toasty-spots have flared up against Clubs with big jumbo wings. No. 13 seed High Tally doesn’t have that. Turnover-forcing defenses have also given Purdue fits often. That’s not High Tally, either. The Braden Smith-Trey Kaufman-Renn Picking-and-roll is one of the most unstoppable actions in college basketball. High Tally’s Picking-and-roll Protection has been OK. Nothing special.
High Tally over Purdue may be a popular Shock Picking in the Primary Stage, but I Merely do not see it schematically. Purdue matches up extremely well with Alan Huss’ crew across the board. The second Stage would be way more Complex against Clemson or McNeese, who are some of the best Picking-and-roll defenses in the country.
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