March Madness 2024 Bracket Predictions: Field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament projected ft. Houston 

With March comes March Madness. Brackets take control of college hoops. Teams are on the bubble or in the field. While conference tournaments will first take the stage, the Big Dance is just around the corner. It's a good time to discuss the pending NCAA field.

While the NCAA Tournament highlights a fan base that values upsets, the favorites often win out. The average NCAA Final Four has a cumulative total seed of 11. This means one or two mildly upset teams generally join two or three relative favorites.

This season's potential No. 1 seeds all look particularly impressive. UConn, Houston, Purdue and Arizona are all clear choices for some of the top squads in college basketball, and each seems likely to defend its claims to success. But who might they face? Per the composite bracket assembled from 109 different projections at bracketmatrix.com, here's where the Tournament field stands.

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2024 March Madness Bracket Predictions

UConn and guard Cam Spencer are the current betting favorites to win the 2024 NCAA Touranment.

Seed Number
1	Purdue	Houston	UConn	Arizona
2	North Carolina	Tennessee	Marquette	Kansas
3	Iowa State	Alabama	Duke	Baylor
4	Creighton	Auburn	San Diego St.	Illinois
5	Kentucky	Wisconsin	Clemson	Dayton
6	BYU	Washington St.	St. Mary's	South Carolina
7	Utah State	Florida	Texas Tech	Colorado St.
8	TCU	Oklahoma	Mississippi St.	Northwestern
9	Boise State	Michigan St.	Nebraska	Texas
10	Florida Atlantic	Nevada	New Mexico	Virginia
11	Seton Hall/ Wake Forest	Indiana State	Providence/ Gonzaga	Richmond
12	Princeton	Grand Canyon	South Florida	McNeese St.
13	Appalachian St.	Samford	UC Irvine	Akron
14	Louisiana Tech	Vermont	College of Charleston	High Point
15	Oakland	Morehead St.	Eastern Washington	Colgate
16	Fairfield	South Dakota St.	Norfolk St./Merrimack	Eastern Ky./Grambling

2024 March Madness Start Date

The NCAA Tournament's First Four will play on March 19 and 20. The opening round of the full Tournament then follows on March 21 and 22. The Sweet 16 will be on March 28 and 29. The Final Four will begin on April 6, with the NCAA title game taking place on April 8.

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Who is projected to win NCAA Tournament 2024?

Top betting odds to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament are with UConn, with the Huskies currently at +500. They are soon followed by Purdue and Houston, each listing at +700. Finally, Arizona and Tennessee round out the list of possible Tournament favorites at +1200. All odds taken from FanDuel.

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NCAA Basketball Rankings Top 25

The NCAA's NET Rankings current top 25 are:

Ranking	Team	Conference	Overall Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Quad 1	Quad 2	Quad 3	Quad 4
1	Houston	Big 12	26-3	6-3	4-0	16-0	10-3	4-0	5-0	7-0
2	Purdue	Big Ten	27-3	7-3	5-0	15-0	11-3	6-0	7-0	3-0
3	UConn	Big East	26-3	6-3	4-0	16-0	10-3	5-0	2-0	9-0
4	Arizona	Pac-12	23-6	6-3	2-2	15-1	7-3	6-2	8-1	2-0
5	Tennessee	SEC	23-6	7-3	2-2	14-1	7-5	5-1	6-0	5-0
6	Auburn	SEC	23-7	5-5	4-1	14-1	1-7	8-0	9-0	5-0
7	Alabama	SEC	20-10	5-5	2-3	13-2	4-9	7-1	6-0	3-0
8	Iowa St.	Big 12	23-6	5-4	1-2	17-0	6-4	5-2	3-0	9-0
9	Duke	ACC	24-6	7-4	2-0	15-2	5-3	6-3	7-0	6-0
10	North Carolina	ACC	24-6	7-2	3-3	14-1	6-4	6-2	7-0	5-0
11	Creighton	Big East	22-8	7-5	1-1	14-2	7-6	7-2	1-0	7-0
12	BYU	Big 12	21-8	3-6	3-0	15-2	6-5	3-3	3-0	9-0
13	Baylor	Big 12	21-8	4-4	3-2	14-2	8-6	5-2	3-0	5-0
14	Marquette	Big East	22-7	6-5	2-1	14-1	8-6	4-1	4-0	6-0
15	Illinois	Big Ten	22-8	5-5	2-0	15-3	5-6	5-2	7-0	5-0
16	Kansas	Big 12	21-8	3-6	3-1	15-1	7-6	5-1	5-1	4-0
17	Gonzaga	WCC	23-6	8-2	3-2	12-2	3-5	3-1	4-0	13-0
18	Saint Mary's (CA)	WCC	23-7	9-0	1-3	13-4	4-3	3-2	3-2	13-0
19	San Diego St.	Mountain West	20-8	5-8	3-0	12-0	3-7	6-1	4-0	7-0
20	Kentucky	SEC	21-8	6-3	2-1	13-4	5-6	2-1	9-1	5-0
21	Dayton	Atlantic 10	23-6	6-5	3-1	14-0	3-3	5-3	8-0	7-0
22	Michigan St.	Big Ten	17-12	3-6	1-2	13-4	4-8	4-4	5-0	4-0
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18-11	3-8	2-0	13-3	6-7	6-4	2-0	4-0
24	Clemson	ACC	21-9	6-5	3-0	12-4	5-4	5-3	6-2	5-0
25	Villanova	Big East	17-12	4-7	3-1	10-4	4-7	6-2	2-3	5-0

Who do you think will win the NCAA Tournament? Any teams underrated or overrated heading into March Madness? Let us hear your thoughts in the comments section below.

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