2021 Preseason Bracket

underlined teams are the projected auto-bid

1: Baylor, Gonzaga, Duke, Villanova

2: Kansas, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, West Virginia

3: Texas, Ohio State, Michigan State, Kentucky

4: Iowa, Creighton, Michigan, Virginia

5: Illinois, Florida State, Tennessee, Oregon

6: Houston, North Carolina, Arizona State, Florida

7: Purdue, Indiana, Rutgers, Louisville

8: UCLA, Minnesota, Syracuse, Virginia Tech

9: Oklahoma, Stanford, Oklahoma State, Marquette

10: Louisiana State, Arizona, Memphis, Clemson

11: Miami (FL), Mississippi, Connecticut, San Diego State, Saint Louis

12: Alabama, Loyola Chicago, Southern California, Furman, Western Kentucky

13: Murray State, Vermont, South Dakota State, New Mexico State

14: Georgia State, Wright State, Buffalo, Santa Barbara

15: Winthrop, Siena, Eastern Washington, Colgate

16: Stephen F. Austin, Hofstra, Liberty, Fairleigh Dickinson, Norfolk State, Texas Southern

Last 4 byes: Arizona, Memphis, Clemson, Miami (FL)

Last 4 in: Mississippi, Connecticut, Alabama, Southern California

First 4 out: Dayton, Seton Hall, Maryland, Utah

Next 4 out: Texas Christian, Arkansas, North Carolina State, Providence