Jay Bilas
ESPN
127.4
Weighted Score
2026 Tournament — Final
63/63 games played89
Points
#9
Rank
25/32
R64
14/16
R32
5/8
S16
2/4
E8
0/2
FF
0/1
CH
8
Upsets
East
✓ Duke
✓ Duke
✓ Duke
✗ Connecticut
✓ TCU
✓ St. John's
✗ Connecticut
✓ St. John's
✓ Michigan State
✓ Kansas
✓ Connecticut
✗ Louisville
✓ Michigan State
✗ UCLA
✓ Connecticut
South
✓ Florida
✗ Iowa
✗ Iowa
✓ Illinois
✓ Iowa
✗ Nebraska
✓ Illinois
✓ Vanderbilt
✓ Illinois
✓ Nebraska
✓ Houston
✗ VCU
✓ Illinois
✗ Texas A&M
✓ Houston
West
✓ Arizona
✓ Arizona
✓ Arizona
✓ Arizona
✓ Utah State
✓ Arkansas
✓ Purdue
✗ High Point
✓ Texas
✓ Arkansas
✓ Purdue
✓ Texas
✓ Gonzaga
✗ Miami (FL)
✓ Purdue
Midwest
✓ Michigan
✓ Michigan
✓ Michigan
✗ Michigan
✗ Saint Louis
✓ Alabama
✗ Tennessee
✓ Texas Tech
✓ Tennessee
✓ Alabama
✓ Iowa State
✓ Tennessee
✓ Virginia
✓ Kentucky
✓ Iowa State
Final Four
✗ Connecticut
✗ Michigan
Championship
✗ Michigan
Round-by-Round Breakdown
| Season | Rd 64 | Rd 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final 4 | Champ | Total | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25/32 25 pts | 14/16 28 pts | 5/8 20 pts | 2/4 16 pts | 0/2 0 pts | 0/1 0 pts | 46/63 73% | 89 |
| 2025 | 23/32 23 pts | 12/16 24 pts | 7/8 28 pts | 4/4 32 pts | 2/2 32 pts | 1/1 32 pts | 49/63 78% | 171 |
| 2024 | 20/32 20 pts | 12/16 24 pts | 4/8 16 pts | 2/4 16 pts | 2/2 32 pts | 1/1 32 pts | 41/63 65% | 140 |
Final Four & Champion History
2026Arizona
Michigan StateIllinoisArizonaIowa State
2025Florida
DukeAuburnFloridaHouston
2024Connecticut
ConnecticutHoustonArizonaPurdue
2026 Bracket Picks
East Region
| Round of 64 | (1) Dukev(16) Siena | |
| Round of 64 | (8) Ohio Statev(9) TCU | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (5) St. John'sv(12) Northern Iowa | |
| Round of 64 | (4) Kansasv(13) Cal Baptist | |
| Round of 64 | (6) Louisvillev(11) South Florida | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (3) Michigan Statev(14) North Dakota State | |
| Round of 64 | (7) UCLAv(10) UCF | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (2) Connecticutv(15) Furman | |
| Round of 32 | (1) Dukev(9) TCU | |
| Round of 32 | (5) St. John'sv(4) Kansas | UPSET |
| Round of 32 | (11) South Floridav(3) Michigan State | |
| Round of 32 | (10) UCFv(2) Connecticut | |
| Sweet 16 | (1) Dukev(5) St. John's | |
| Sweet 16 | (3) Michigan Statev(2) Connecticut | UPSET |
| Elite 8 | (1) Dukev(3) Michigan State | UPSET |
South Region
| Round of 64 | (1) Floridav(16) PVAM/Lehigh | |
| Round of 64 | (8) Clemsonv(9) Iowa | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (5) Vanderbiltv(12) McNeese | |
| Round of 64 | (4) Nebraskav(13) Troy | |
| Round of 64 | (6) North Carolinav(11) VCU | |
| Round of 64 | (3) Illinoisv(14) Penn | |
| Round of 64 | (7) Saint Mary'sv(10) Texas A&M | |
| Round of 64 | (2) Houstonv(15) Idaho | |
| Round of 32 | (1) Floridav(9) Iowa | |
| Round of 32 | (5) Vanderbiltv(4) Nebraska | UPSET |
| Round of 32 | (6) North Carolinav(3) Illinois | |
| Round of 32 | (7) Saint Mary'sv(2) Houston | |
| Sweet 16 | (1) Floridav(5) Vanderbilt | |
| Sweet 16 | (3) Illinoisv(2) Houston | UPSET |
| Elite 8 | (1) Floridav(3) Illinois | UPSET |
West Region
| Round of 64 | (1) Arizonav(16) LIU | |
| Round of 64 | (8) Villanovav(9) Utah State | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (5) Wisconsinv(12) High Point | |
| Round of 64 | (4) Arkansasv(13) Hawaii | |
| Round of 64 | (6) BYUv(11) Texas/NC State | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (3) Gonzagav(14) Kennesaw State | |
| Round of 64 | (7) Miami (FL)v(10) Missouri | UPSET |
| Round of 64 | (2) Purduev(15) Queens | |
| Round of 32 | (1) Arizonav(9) Utah State | |
| Round of 32 | (5) Wisconsinv(4) Arkansas | |
| Round of 32 | () Texasv(3) Gonzaga | |
| Round of 32 | (10) Missouriv(2) Purdue | |
| Sweet 16 | (1) Arizonav(4) Arkansas | |
| Sweet 16 | () Texasv(2) Purdue | UPSET |
| Elite 8 | (1) Arizonav(2) Purdue |
Midwest Region
| Round of 64 | (1) Michiganv(16) UMBC/Howard | |
| Round of 64 | (8) Georgiav(9) Saint Louis | |
| Round of 64 | (5) Texas Techv(12) Akron | |
| Round of 64 | (4) Alabamav(13) Hofstra | |
| Round of 64 | (6) Tennesseev(11) Miami OH/SMU | |
| Round of 64 | (3) Virginiav(14) Wright State | |
| Round of 64 | (7) Kentuckyv(10) Santa Clara | |
| Round of 64 | (2) Iowa Statev(15) Tennessee State | |
| Round of 32 | (1) Michiganv(8) Georgia | |
| Round of 32 | (5) Texas Techv(4) Alabama | |
| Round of 32 | (6) Tennesseev(3) Virginia | UPSET |
| Round of 32 | (7) Kentuckyv(2) Iowa State | |
| Sweet 16 | (1) Michiganv(4) Alabama | |
| Sweet 16 | (6) Tennesseev(2) Iowa State | |
| Elite 8 | (1) Michiganv(2) Iowa State | UPSET |
Final Four & Championship
| Final Four | (3) Michigan Statev(3) Illinois |
| Final Four | (1) Arizonav(2) Iowa State |
| Championship | (3) Michigan Statev(1) Arizona |