The top bracket duo, who gave their projections exclusively to Syracuse Roundtable, were a perfect 68/68 for the third straight year.
With a handful of conference tournaments ending throughout the day on Sunday, we are just hours away (6 p.m. ET) from the official release of the NCAA Men's Tournament bracket. Unfortunately because of a 15-17 season, the Syracuse men's basketball team isn't headed to the tournament this year, but 68 other teams are going to vie for the opportunity to win the national championship, which was captured by Florida a season ago.
While the selection committee stews over the final tournament hopefuls and seed lines, we are following along with the top bracketologist team in the country, who is providing their content exclusively to Syracuse Roundtable.
Perfect in 2025. Perfect in 2024
Last year the team of John Burt Jr. and Mike Campagnone were the only public bracketologists to predict all 68 teams correct for the NCAA tournament.
The 2025 campaign actually marked the second consecutive year where both Burt and Campagnone correctly predicted all 68 teams. Ironically enough, the duo is based in the Syracuse-area.
The projected tournament field
*Teams listed in bracket region (South, East, Midwest, West)
Latest Update: 5:32 p.m. ET
No. 1 seeds
Florida, Duke, Michigan, Arizona
No. 2 seeds
Houston, UConn, Iowa State, Michigan State
No. 3 seeds
Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska, Gonzaga
No. 4 seeds
Alabama, Vanderbilt, St. John's, Arkansas
No. 5 seeds
Kansas, Texas Tech, Virginia, Wisconsin
No. 6 seeds
North Carolina, Louisville, Tennessee, BYU
No. 7 seeds
Miami (FL), Kentucky, UCLA, Clemson
No. 8 seeds
St. Mary's, Ohio State, Georgia, TCU
No. 9 seeds
Iowa, Villanova, Central Florida, Utah State
No. 10 seeds
Texas A&M, NC State, St. Louis, Missouri
No. 11 seeds
VCU, USF Miami Ohio/SMU, Santa Clara/Texas
No. 12 seeds
Northern Iowa, High Point, McNeese State, Akron
No. 13 seeds
Penn, Hofstra, Cal Baptist, Hawaii
No. 14 seeds
Troy, Tennessee State, Wright State, North Dakota State
No. 15 seeds
Furman, Siena, Kennesaw State, Idaho
No. 16 Seeds
Howard/Prairie View A&M, Long Island/Lehigh, UMBC, Queens
Last four non play-in teams
St. Louis, Texas A&M, Missouri, NC State
Last four in
SMU
Texas
Santa Clara
Miami Ohio
First four out
Oklahoma
Seton Hall
Auburn
San Diego State
Next four out
Indiana
Stanford
California
New Mexico
Also on campus
The NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show is also on Sunday (8 p.m. ET) and the Syracuse women are expected to earn a tournament selection. The Orange went 23-8 and lost in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
In bad news for the Orange, star guard Dominique Darius is going to be out for the NCAA Tournament. She will need surgery on her hand.
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