NCAA Bracket Projection - 12/26/2020

 Here's my update through games played 12/25.

1 Seeds:  GONZAGA, BAYLOR, VILLANOVA, HOUSTON

2 Seeds:  WISCONSIN, Kansas, TENNESSEE, Texas

3 Seeds:  Iowa, West Virginia, Michigan, Illinois

4 Seeds:  Creighton, Rutgers, OREGON, Ohio St

5 Seeds:  Texas Tech, Missouri, SAN DIEGO ST, Clemson

6 Seeds:  Florida St, SAINT LOUIS, Arkansas, Colorado

7 Seeds:  Xavier, VIRGINIA, Louisville, Michigan St

8 Seeds:  Syracuse, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana

9 Seeds:  Virginia Tech, Duke, LSU, UCLA

10 Seeds:  Purdue, USC, Richmond, Stanford

11 Seeds:  SMU, BYU, Oklahoma, Connecticut, NC State

12 Seeds:  Minnesota, Ole Miss, WESTERN KENTUCKY, GEORGIA ST, LOYOLA CHICAGO

13 Seeds:  WINTHROP, WRIGHT ST, TOLEDO, LIBERTY

14 Seeds:  FURMAN, ABILENE CHRISTIAN, SOUTH DAKOTA ST, VERMONT

15 Seeds:  NEW MEXICO ST, MURRAY ST, DREXEL, BRYANT

16 Seeds:  EASTERN WASHINGTON, UC IRVINE, SIENA, COLGATE, TEXAS SOUTHERN, NORFOLK ST

Last 4 Byes:

Stanford

SMU

BYU

Oklahoma

Last 4 In:

Connecticut

NC State

Minnesota

Ole Miss

First 4 Out:

Arizona

Seton Hall

Boise St

Saint Mary's

Next 4 Out:

Providence

Oklahoma St

VCU

Penn St

NCAA Bracket Projection - 12/20/2020

 Here's my initial bracket projection of the season.  This is based on relatively limited data as there's several metrics I rely on that simply haven't been released yet (i.e. NET), and some teams haven't played very many games yet.  I imagine this will change drastically even in just the next month.  I felt like I needed to at least get something thrown together at this point in time, though.

1 Seeds:  BAYLOR, GONZAGA, HOUSTON, VILLANOVA

2 Seeds:  Texas, TENNESSEE, West Virginia, WISCONSIN

3 Seeds:  Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan St

4 Seeds:  SAINT LOUIS, Illinois, Rutgers, OREGON

5 Seeds:  Missouri, Clemson, Arkansas, Ohio St

6 Seeds:  Indiana, Xavier, SAN DIEGO ST, Florida St

7 Seeds:  Creighton, Syracuse, Richmond, North Carolina

8 Seeds:  Texas Tech, VIRGINIA, Florida, Purdue

9 Seeds:  SMU, Connecticut, Louisville, Colorado

10 Seeds:  USC, Saint Mary's, UCLA, Virginia Tech

11 Seeds:  LSU, Oklahoma, BYU, Stanford, Duke

12 Seeds:  Ole Miss, NC State, WESTERN KENTUCKY, WINTHROP, GEORGIA ST

13 Seeds:  LOYOLA CHICAGO, WRIGHT ST, LIBERTY, ABILENE CHRISTIAN

14 Seeds:  FURMAN, OHIO, SOUTH DAKOTA ST, NEW MEXICO ST

15 Seeds:  MURRAY ST, DREXEL, VERMONT, EASTERN WASHINGTON

16 Seeds:  SAINT PETER'S, UC IRVINE, BRYANT, COLGATE, TEXAS SOUTHERN, NORFOLK ST

Last 4 Byes:  Virginia Tech, LSU, Oklahoma, BYU

Last 4 In:  Stanford, Duke, Ole Miss, NC State

First 4 Out:  Seton Hall, Boise St, Penn St, VCU

Next 4 Out:  Arizona, Providence, Marquette, Oklahoma St

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten - 9

ACC - 9

Big 12 - 6

SEC - 6

Pac 12 - 5

Big East - 4

WCC - 3

American - 2

A10 - 2