25-26 NCAA Tournament Bracketology

[JimP]

I think vcu or Miami gets left out if Dayton wins that game..... Guess will never know

Committee chair did indeed just say on CBS that vcu would have been left out.

 

[jruby]

Committee chair did indeed just say on CBS that vcu would have been left out.

Yup. Insanity they would have left vcu out.

 

[mshin5]

Now we get to see vcu get 1st rounded by UNC

 

[jruby]

Now we get to see vcu get 1st rounded by UNC

I don't know.... UNC has injuries.

 

[DRK331]

Hopefully vcu loses their first and only game of the 2026 NCAA tournament.

 

[mshin5]

vcu supposedly being left out if they lost would have broken mid-majors and the NCAA system

 

[Verdad]

vcu supposedly being left out if they lost would have broken mid-majors and the NCAA system

How?

 

[mshin5]

How?

As much as we hate vcu, we all know they should’ve made it. lose or win today. The fact there was even a debate for Auburn to make it over them is a joke.

 

[Portlandian]

I think people here would rather die than admit this

"As much as we hate vcu, we all know they should’ve made it. lose or win today"

 

[mshin5]

I think people here would rather die than admit this

"As much as we hate vcu, we all know they should’ve made it. lose or win today"

In the name of mid-majors gaining respect from the NCAA

 

[GMU79]

I don't know.... UNC has injuries.

Yes, including Caleb Wilson. Arguably the second best player in the country.

 

[Portlandian]

It is 2006. Unc loses to a public university from Virginia.

It is 2026. Unc loses to a public university from Virginia.

 

[GMU79]

It is 2006. Unc loses to a public university from Virginia.

It is 2026. Unc loses to a public university from Virginia.

Say it ain't so, Joe!

 

[DRK331]

George Mason should've been on this list:

https://x.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/2033347517291626936

 

[GMUgemini]

So a total of 7 teams make it into the postseason:

NCAA: SLU, vcu

NIT: St. Joes, Dayton, GMU, GW, and Davidson

 

[GMU1983]

we have a good conference....

 

[Verdad]

we have a good conference....

And right on the verge of regularly having 3+ teams in. If most of the 7 post season teams can build at large quality OOC resumes, then it will dramatically increase the number of quality potential wins in conference games. We are right on the cusp - but sadly it has been that story for the last several years.

 

[jkh1978]

New commish needs to raise the media perception and learn how to manipulate the scheduling.

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

George Mason should've been on this list:

https://x.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/2033347517291626936

Left off because neither of our teams are "dancing" this year.

Doing a little jig or a shimmy, sure. But dancing, nope.

 

[psyclone]

So a total of 7 teams make it into the postseason:

NCAA: SLU, vcu

NIT: St. Joes, Dayton, GMU, GW, and Davidson

I think both SLU and vcu have a shot at winning their first-round games.

SLU has certainly been vulnerable this past month. Unfortunately, even if they win, they likely will have to play Michigan next. That's the big downside with 8/9 seeds--winner is destined to play one of the best teams in the country (remembering painfully what happened to us when we beat Villanova in 2011 and then faced #1 seed Ohio State in Cleveland in front of an arena that was nearly solid scarlet and grey.

UNC injuries make them vulnerable as well and vcu, despite so many of us rooting against them, has played the best of all the A10 teams in the last 2 months. Might even have a shot at Illinois if they advance.

It certainly helps fortify the A10 argument for multi-bid status if at least one of our teams survives the first round.

NIT
Mason and Dayton are the only A10 teams hosting, with the others playing a long way from home. Still, so much depends on a team's attitude, especially in the NIT games, apparent "upsets" seem rather common.