Saturday saw the first ticket punched to the 2026 NCAA tournament. Sunday we’ll see eight more as the projected field gets a little clearer.
Matthew Walter
Matthew Walter covers the Las Vegas Aces, the Pac-12 and the WCC for the Next. He is a former Director of Basketball Operations and Video Coordinator at three different Division I women's basketball programs.
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2025-26 Bracketology: Opportunities diminishing
The bracket is becoming clearer as Quarterfinal Friday ends in the Power 4 conference tournaments. There aren’t many opportunities left for teams to improve their seed.
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2025-26 Bracketology: Conference tournament chaos
Thursday’s upsets, big performances, and wild finishes shifted the bracket
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2025-26 Bracketology: Some burst bubbles
Wednesday’s conference tournament results caused a major shakeup to the NCAA tournament bubble.
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2025-26 Bracketology: March is here
The calendar has turned and conference tournaments are ready to bring the madness
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2025-26 Bracketology: The finish line is in sight
While the bracket is starting to be a clearer picture, there is still a lot to figure out as we close out February
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2025-26 Bracketology: The Committee gave us answers, and the games gave us questions
The selection committee revealed its top 16, then we had more games, and everything got thrown into disarray
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2025-26 Bracketology: The more things change, the more they stay the same
Another wild week of women’s college basketball leads to another ever-changing bracketology, however, the top remains the same
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2025-26 Women’s Basketball Bracketology: Consistency is key
As we enter February, teams’ ability to be consistent will dictate where they end up in the bracket
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2025-26 Bracketology: A surge by the ACC
The cold weather brought some shake-ups to the schedule and some shake-ups to the bracket
