Obviously, an ACC Championship would automatically give Syracuse basketball a ticket to the NCAA Tournament, but even a championship appearance would do enough to put SU into the field of 68 with hardly any concern at all when CBS reveals the official bracket. In Katz's latest predictions, he has No. Syracuse will make the NCAA tournament as a double-digit seed and win multiple games in the tournament. Two double-digit seeds will make the Sweet 16 and one of them will be Georgia Tech. My guess is E, J, Q, Y and Z will not make an appearance. The 2019 NCAA Tournament ended the eight-year streak of at least one team that competed in the First Four winning at least one game after advancing from the First Four. The Bulldogs and Bears were the last two undefeated teams in the country and it'd only be fitting if they met in the same city where they were originally scheduled to play four months ago. Just like the Orange did in 2016 and 2018. 27. Leaders or highest NET from projected one-bid conferences - (20 total): America East - Hartford, Atlantic Sun - Liberty, Big Sky - Weber St, Big South - Winthrop, Big West - UCSB, CAA - Drexel, C-USA - Western Kentucky, Horizon - Cleveland State, MAAC - Iona, MAC - Toledo, MEAC - Norfolk St., Northeast - Mount St. Mary's, OVC - Morehead St, Patriot - Colgate, Southern - UNCG, Southland - Abilene Christian, SWAC - Prairie View A&M, Summit - Oral Roberts, Sun Belt - Appalachian State, WAC - Grand Canyon. 2 Baylor will finally meet in Indianapolis, just like they were supposed to in December. 43. He tells us if Duke’s tournament hopes are still alive and if Syracuse has a case to make … Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports The ACC Tournament … That was the day when Gonzaga and Baylor — then ranked No. 67. No Big East team will win more than two games in the NCAA tournament. The Tigers can also point to quality wins over Purdue and Maryland in non-conference play as a strong case to end up with a five or six seed in the NCAA Tournament. There’s death, taxes and Syracuse being on the NCAA bubble. 2 in the country, respectively, just like they are now — were scheduled to meet in Indianapolis inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse. There's a number of possibilities. 5. Iowa or Ohio State will not make it past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. 10. At some point in the NCAA tournament, at least half of the field will be from the Big Ten or the Big 12. Welcome back to our annual foray as we peel back the onion on the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team vis-à-vis its chances of making the NCAA Tournament. At least four schools will earn their best NCAA tournament seed in program history. 20. Two No. 5 seeds in Katz's latest predictions. Andy Wittry has written for Stadium, SI.com, Sporting News, the Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier-Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. They're both projected to be No. In Creme’s most recent NCAA tournament bracket, the Orange are on top of the No. 24. They lost those three games in the Final Four by a combined 16 points, which was one of the  more impressive consecutive-year NCAA tournament runs that didn't end in a national championship. Ben explains why Syracuse will be in the March Madness tournament. Syracuse is playing itself off the bubble and into the field while Duke's chances are likely done now due to a positive COVID case in the ACC tourney. Syracuse, N.Y. — The first round of the ACC tournament starts in Greensboro, N.C. on Tuesday with three games. Kelvin Sampson and Houston meeting Oklahoma? 15 men's hoops auto bids on the line today. 52. Houston will receive a No. 4 seed line, with West Virginia, Kansas, Arkansas and Villanova as projected No. 37. At least one Big Ten team will make the Final Four, but the conference's national championship drought will continue. Syracuse will make the NCAA tournament as a double-digit seed and win multiple games in the tournament. Odds To Make NCAA Tournament By Win Total. That's Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, Nevada, North Dakota State, Syracuse, UCLA, Belmont or Memphis. Ohio State lost its last four games of the regular season, albeit three of those games were against a projected No. Then, sophomore Justin Moore suffered an injury in Villanova's first game without Gillespie and Moore will likely miss the entire Big East tournament, according to coach Jay Wright. 13 seed will upset a No. 10 seeds will go 1-3 against No. 44. San Diego State is a lock for the NCAA Tournament, regardless of what happens to the Aztecs in the MWC Tournament. Could Arkansas and UCLA (1995) find a way to meet in the bracket? But don't let that mislead you into thinking that big stat lines like that are common. The schools that played in the Champions Classic will combine to win three games or fewer. That's Florida State, UCLA, Ohio State, Rutgers and Michigan versus Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Duke, Kentucky, Creighton, Tennessee and Michigan State. Syracuse Bracketology Breakdown. Not ruling it out for a team ranked in the top 10 on kenpom.com, but set your sights on a Sweet 16 run for the Ramblers. Syracuse Orange Odds, NCAA College Basketball Lines | 2021 March Madness Betting There are currently no lines available for this sport. Looking at you, Winthrop. 1 or No. ... NCAA Tournament language explainer: A team seeded No. 2 adjusted offensive efficiency ratings in conference play, respectively, they ranked seventh and 10th, respectively, defensively. 2 seeds, there will be a first-time national champion in 2021. Knocking off the Cavaliers and getting to the semifinals would make Syracuse a team to watch over the weekend. 45. The ACC Rookie of the Year from Syracuse, Kamilla Cardoso (left), fights for a rebound against Elissa Cunane (right) of NC State. Iowa's Fran McCaffery versus Siena? In Katz's latest bracket predictions, he has Purdue, Texas, Oklahoma State and Florida State on the No. 39. Follow college basketball reporter Scott Gleeson on Twitter @ScottMGleeson. 58. The Missouri Valley Conference will be responsible for more NCAA tournament wins than the Mountain West. Syracuse has battled out of an early hole to make a case it might have done enough to sneak into the NCAA Tournament. As of yesterday, Syracuse had a NET ranking of 51. 25 in the preseason AP poll will win as many games in the NCAA tournament as the teams ranked No. GET READY FOR MARCH: Track all of the automatic qualifiers for the NCAA tournament. The Yellow Jackets haven't made the field of 68 since 2010 and they haven't won multiple games in the NCAA tournament since they lost in the national final in 2004. Illinois coach Brad Underwood going up against Oklahoma State? The NET rankings (NCAA Evaluation Tool) also are a reference point. Syracuse looks to advance to their 12th all-time and eighth straight NCAA Tournament (2013-19, 2020 not included). © 2021 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. ET on Saturday, March 20. Michigan will advance further in the NCAA tournament than Michigan State, Oklahoma State will advance further in the NCAA tournament than Oklahoma, and Colorado and Colorado State will exit in the same round. ‘Cuse is currently projected as an eighth seed in the NCAA Tournament … The Four Cs-ons: Clemson, Colorado, Connecticut and Creighton will be in four consecutive spots on the S-curve. This year it’s no … 51. 41. That's the second day that first-round games are held in the NCAA tournament. 22. 30. If the Orange defeat NC State, Virginia, and advance another round or win the whole ACC Tournament, they are in. Could North Carolina earn a No. 36. 9 seed, then face No. 7 seed UConn vs. No. Villanova will lose in the Round of 32 for the fifth time in the last seven NCAA tournaments. 64. I'm talking about Virginia and Texas Tech, of course, who met in the 2019 NCAA Tournament final, where the Cavaliers won in overtime. A No. There will only be five letters in the alphabet that won't be represented by at least one school whose name starts with that letter. 2 seed, according to Katz. 33. A team will lose a one-possession game in the NCAA tournament after missing at least 10 free throws. 19. Every league in … Just like the Orange did in 2016 and 2018. The first letter of the school that wins the 2021 NCAA Tournament will be one of the first nine letters of the alphabet — A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H or I. Final Four. Saturday's 91-73 loss to … The last time there was an NCAA Tournament without the Duke Blue Devils, well, none of the current Blue Devils had been born. Keep an eye out for Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu. The year before that, they lost in the Final Four. 9 seed, before losing to No. There will be a rematch of a previous national championship game at some point during this year's NCAA tournament. Gonzaga's Jalen Suggs will be the highest-drafted player in the NBA in the future who will participate in this year's Final Four. 55. Syracuse Orange NCAA Tournament Bracketology Projection. 3. Only six of the teams that were ranked in the top 10 in the preseason will still be in the NCAA tournament after the first two rounds. 1 and No. Dec. 5, 2020. 3 seeds. 5 seed USC, No. It includes game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin (capping at 10 points per game), and net offensive and defensive efficiency. 9 seed and lose in the first round, just as it did the last time it made the NCAA tournament. No. The combined seed total of the schools that make that Final Four will be less than 10. The most famous example came in the first year of the 68-team NCAA tournament, when No. Courtesy of the Daily Orange. 13. 25. A First Four team will once again make the second round of the NCAA tournament. The next-most recent triple-double in the NCAA tournament was by Michigan State's Draymond Green in 2012 and Morant's triple-double was just the ninth since assists became an official NCAA stat. The Final Four's Most Outstanding Player will be a junior or senior. Syracuse lost a close game against the top seed in the ACC tournament, but many teams competing for similar NCAA tournament seeds fell to worse opponents. 12. Includes stats, records, season-by-season results, and more. Two Big Ten schools will meet in the Elite Eight, with a Final Four berth on the line. 1 seeds, and Alabama, Iowa and Houston was projected No. In its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, Grand Canyon will have the lead at the under-4 media timeout in the first half. 16. A team will win a game in the NCAA tournament while scoring 57 points or fewer. That hasn't happened in ... two years, when Murray State's Ja Morant posted 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds in an opening-round win over Marquette. 50. 60. A team will lose a game in the tournament despite making 12 or more 3-pointers. 42. Syracuse is a lock. None of the 10 winningest active Division I programs, based on win percentage, will make the Final Four. There will be a first-time national champion for the second time in as many NCAA tournaments, which hasn't happened since Maryland and Syracuse won in 2002 and 2003, respectively. 8 or No. Syracuse, Utah State, Xavier, Saint Louis. 8. 61. A number of analysts and sites have differing opinions on how things look for the Orange at this point, but most point to them being in the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga will win by at least eight points in every game en route to the Final Four. One school that made the College Football Playoff last season will make it to the Elite Eight, if not further. Big East foe St. John's took Xavier's spot in the tournament for now. The four No. NCAA Tournament Chances. 47. 1 seed Gonzaga (2017) in the second round? 38. The teams ranked No. A team that is currently unranked will make the Elite Eight. We're tracking the undefeated DI men's college basketball teams through the 2020-21 season. 3 seeds. 54. That win — coupled with Xavier's loss to Butler in the Big East Tournament — moved 'Cuse up to the first team out of the field in the latest bracketology. "U" counts for the purposes of acronyms, like USC and UCLA. 21. Virginia won the 2019 NCAA Tournament and now, with Gonzaga, Baylor and Illinois as projected No. There will be four freshman starters in the Final Four. Gonzaga's Corey Kispert will be the leading scorer in the NCAA tournament. BRACKETOLOGY: Andy Katz's latest NCAA tournament predictions. 56. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — At least now there can be no confusion about the path Duke must take to make the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas coach Eric Musselman's team will at least tie his best-ever NCAA tournament finish as a DI head coach – the Sweet 16. 65. At least 11 teams that are currently ranked will not make the Sweet 16. (Note that what is currently referred to as the second round was called the third round from 2011 through 2015). The Cougars played for the 1984 title (just as they had the year before), and they lost both times. Duke has pulled out of the ACC tournament, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The teams in the Elite Eight will come from five different conferences, with two conferences having at least two teams. NCAA Champs. In his eighth season as our national bracketologist, Mast has finished as one of the top three bracketologists in the past seven March Madnesses. 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MARCH MADNESS: 21 numbers to ponder before the NCAA tournament. Multi-bid conferences: Big Ten (9), Big 12 (7), ACC (7), SEC (6), Big East (4), Pac-12 (4), Mountain West (3), Atlantic 10 (2), American Athletic (2), Missouri Valley (2), West Coast (2). Bubble team after bubble team, 1st round exits and pure frustration have struck this program. 17. Syracuse fans will want to hope the Aztecs become the automatic qualifier from the conference and try to limit the total number of bids that the mid-major conference receives. Boise State, Utah State and Colorado State are all on the bubble, with most experts selecting CSU as the most likely to currently make … 14. 7 seed Colorado and No. Gonzaga will score at least 100 points at least twice in the NCAA tournament. The one good thing about Daylight Savings Time coming this Sunday is Syracuse will have to spend one less hour anxiously waiting to see if the Orange receives a bid to the NCAA tournament this year. 6. The 68-team bracket is the standard version of the NCAA tournament field that has been in place since 2011. UConn will have a winning streak of at least six games in March, which would be its longest since it won six in a row to win the 2014 NCAA Tournament. 26. Every college basketball team has at least one goal to begin the year, make the NCAA tournament. Drake, Colorado State, Boise State, St. Johns. With conference games remaining against ACC bottom-feeder Boston College and second-place North Carolina State, Syracuse has all but locked up a spot in the tournament… The Orange (16-8, 9-7) have now won three in a row after dismantling North Carolina State in the second round. If the 2021 field is comprised of 68 … 53. Projected NCAA Tournament Seed. 21 through No. Hakeem Olajuwon was on each of those three teams and Clyde Drexler was on the 1982 and 1983 teams. 15. 29. The reigning national finalists will both make the second weekend but neither will make the third. Both Big Ten schools are a projected No. 1. 7 seeds. 11 seeds will go 3-1 against No. Yes, a win in the First Four would count as one of those wins. The margin may be thin, but following Monday’s disappointing road loss at Syracuse, UNC basketball is still in the projected 2021 NCAA Tournament field for men’s college basketball. ― With Selection Sunday just one day away, the Syracuse Orange finds itself on the NCAA tournament bubble. Could it be from 2004 with No. Gonzaga's smallest margin of victory this season was five points against West Virginia, back on Dec. 2 in its third game of the season. A team will win a game in the NCAA tournament while missing no more than two free throws. Despite the entire NCAA tournament being held in Indiana, only one team from the state will participate in it — Purdue. Kansas coach Bill Self against Illinois? 7. 6 seeds in Katz's latest predictions, with UConn as the final No. I'll revisit these picks before the Sweet 16 (and make a few more). 2 seed, then make its deepest NCAA tournament run since 1984, when it was also a No. 13. 68. 32. After drawing the eighth seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, Syracuse is gearing up to play North Carolina State for the third time this season. With so many bubble teams ahead of Duke, there's not a realistic scenario in which it could still hear its name called on Selection Sunday. 3 seed in Katz's latest bracket predictions. 57. Rutgers will make the NCAA tournament as a No. Nine double-digit seeds will win in the first round. This means there's no room for the Blue Devils to improve their credentials to reach the NCAA Tournament. Duke won't play in its quarterfinal matchup against Florida State. Villanova senior point guard Collin Gillespie's season-ending MCL injury clipped the wings of a Wildcats squad that is a projected No. Yes, a win in the First Four would … 6 or worse will make the Elite Eight. 1 seeds will make the Final Four. Coach Mike Krzyzewski's group needed a Quadrant 1 win over Florida State to have a shot at going dancing. A Quadrant 1 win on a neutral court is considered beating a team with a 1-50 NET ranking, but with no games left for Syracuse, it would take a loss from another high 40’s NET team for Syracuse to move up 1 spot. 1 seeds will make it to the Sweet 16 unscathed. 1 and No. Others considered for at-large bids: Stanford, Belmont. Complete NCAA Tournament history for the Syracuse Orange. A win keeps SU’s NCAA Tournament hopes alive, while a loss likely ends the late-season push for March Madness. Eleven points at BYU and 11 points over Iowa on a neutral court. In honor of the 68 teams in the tournament, here are 68 predictions for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. "The argument you could make … Syracuse, N.Y. -- Life on the bubble seems to suit Syracuse. Houston is 3-6 in the NCAA tournament since losing in the 1984 title game. A team will win a game in the tournament despite making four or fewer 3-pointers. 4 seed. Of course, it won the title the other two times. 2 seed in March Madness correspondent Andy Katz's latest NCAA tournament predictions and while they posted the No. March Madness is almost here, after a longer-than-usual layoff. 18. Note: Most statistical data is used from WarrenNolan.com. 11 seed VCU advanced from the First Four to the Final Four. 9. 62. But news broke Thursday that the Blue Devils had a positive COVID-19 test and therefore has pulled out of the ACC tournament. 8 seed UCLA in his projected field. There will be at least one triple-double in the NCAA tournament. On Friday, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 10 men's basketball Naismith Coach of the Year semifinalists. The Cavaliers had just beaten Syracuse 72-69 in an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinal on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Reece Beekman. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. The Pac-12 will combine to win three games in the NCAA tournament. 35. He is a graduate of Indiana University. 11. 8 seed Arizona State in the first round. NCAA tournament bracketology: Maryland is good to go and the wait begins for Syracuse. 0.7%. Even Buffalo, which is one spot away in the NET from making Syracuse's earlier win a Quad 2, could make a run to take down the Mid-American Conference Tournament. The … Virginia will score in the 50s in one NCAA tournament game and more than 75 in another. Syracuse inched closer toward inclusion in the field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament following its ACC Tournament victory on Wednesday. 6 through No. You can follow him on Twitter @AndyWittry. Jim Boeheim figures his Syracuse team has done enough to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Virginia basketball head coach Tony Bennett started his answer politically. He’s also predicted for The Indianapolis Star, collegeinsider.com and is an inaugural member of the Super 10 Selection Committee. The No. But it won't win the game. But he won't be the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. ... How many ACC teams will go to the NCAA Tournament… 7 seed, but could a Big East tournament title elevate the Huskies to reach those other schools? The ACC is struggling to find teams worthy at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, which could open the door for Syracuse, who is heating up. For Syracuse, that’s been a difficult task for the last half-decade. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. There won't be a single perfect bracket left in the Bracket Challenge Game after 6 p.m. Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the news that Duke has pulled out of the ACC tournament after a positive COVID-19 test. 6 seeds. The Buckeyes lack size inside and the Hawkeyes, which could be limited by an injury that Joe Wieskamp suffered against Wisconsin, lack quickness in the post. 40. Quadrant 1 wins: Home games vs. 1-30 NET teams; Neutral-site games vs. 1-50 NET; Away games vs. 1-75 NET, Quadrant 2 wins: Home games vs. 31-75 NET; Neutral-site games vs. 51-100 NET; Away games vs. 76-135 NET, Quadrant 3 wins: Home games vs. 76-160 NET; Neutral-site games vs. 101-200 NET; Away games vs. 136-240 NET, Quadrant 4 wins: Home games vs. 161-plus NET; Neutral-site games vs. 201-plus NET; Away games vs. 241-plus NET. 59. 4 seeds will combine to win more games in the NCAA tournament than the No. One of them will not make the second weekend. Six Big Ten schools will make the Sweet 16. Duke (13-11, 9-9), meanwhile, beat Louisville for its second consecutive win in the ACC tournament and had played itself back into contention as one of the "next four out." Syracuse basketball bounced back from consecutive road losses on Monday when it held off North Carolina for a 72-70 victory in the Carrier Dome. At least one head coach will face his former school. 29 overall. Either there are no odds open to bet on, or the sport is not in season at this time. 63. 48. Gary Parrish joins CBS Sports HQ to break down all things March Madness. About our bracketologist: Shelby Mast has been projecting the field since 2005 on his website, Bracket W.A.G. The previous loss to Syracuse stung as the Orange arguably have a hand over the Tar Heels if the selection committee has to choose between the two. 49. But the game was called off shortly before tip-off due to positive COVID-19 tests. The national champion will be a team that has made at least 35 percent of its threes this season, as of Selection Sunday. No. Could Michigan appear in its third national championship game in the span of eight NCAA tournaments? Illinois and Baylor will come one game shy of a potential rematch. 10 seed Georgia Tech? Loyola Chicago will win a number of games in the NCAA tournament that's divisible by two. 6 seed Oregon, No. In 2019, Gregg Nigl's bracket, incredibly, remained perfect through the first 48 games. He joined USA TODAY in 2014. 0.0%. 2. NET stands for the NCAA Evaluation Tool, which is the barometer for the selection committee. Odds for CBB Bubble Teams Making the 2021 Men's NCAA Tournament Entering March ... Syracuse used a press to get the Fighting Irish out of sorts and went on a 29-5 run to save its season. 1 seed Illinois (2005) or No. 34. The last time the Scarlet Knights made the Big Dance was 1991, when the Bob Wenzel-led squad went 14-4 in the Atlantic 10 and earned a No. With the extended break in between games we figured it would be a good time to ask whether the Orange will make the NCAA Tournament or fall just shy for a second straight season. 8-seed line, sitting at No. 4. At least two teams that make the Sweet 16 will have won fewer than 16 games in the regular season. 1 Gonzaga and No. 66. There will be a double overtime game in the NCAA tournament. No. Follow him on Twitter @BracketWag. Andy Katz predicts the winners of the Big 12, Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big East men's college basketball conference championships. "So you're saying there's a chance of another Final Four run?" After that? 23. 31. A team will lose a game in the NCAA tournament while scoring 87 points or more. Cleveland State, which ranks first in kenpom.com's "Luck" metric as of March 8, will make the NCAA tournament but it won't win a game once it's there. 28.

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