Today is Saturday, March 6th, 2021. There are nine days until Selection Sunday. From this point forward, this bracketology will be updated daily so you can see the most up-to-date forecasts from the most accurate bracketology website of the past two tournaments. Some days, this will consist of just a seed list, whereas sometimes a full projected bracket and a feature column about a specific team will be added.

Seed List

KEY

Italicized – Play-in game
GREEN – Moved up one or more seed line
RED – Moved down one or more seed line
BLUE – New to bracket

Changes from: Yesterday, March 5th
Last full bracket: Wednesday, March 3rd 

Note: The furthest left team is considered to be the highest-ranked on the seed line and the furthest right is considered to be the lowest-ranked

1 Seeds: Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, Illinois
2 Seeds: Alabama, Iowa, Ohio State, West Virginia
3 Seeds: Houston, Villanova, Arkansas, Kansas
4 Seeds: Florida State, Texas, Purdue, Oklahoma State
5 Seeds: Creighton, USC, Texas Tech, Virginia
6 Seeds: Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma
7 Seeds: BYU, Clemson, Wisconsin, Florida
8 Seeds: San Diego State, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Loyola-Chicago
9 Seeds: LSU, Maryland, UCLA, Connecticut
10 Seeds: Louisville, Rutgers, North Carolina, St. Bonaventure
11 Seeds: VCU, Georgia Tech, Colorado State, Xavier
12 Seeds: Drake, Wichita State, Michigan State, Boise State, Western Kentucky, Toledo
13 Seeds: Winthrop, Colgate, UC Santa Barbara, Belmont
14 Seeds: Liberty, UNC-Greensboro, Abilene Christian, South Dakota State
15 Seeds: Southern Utah, UMBC, Cleveland State, Grand Canyon
16 Seeds: Siena, James Madison, Texas State, Bryant, Prairie View A&M, North Carolina A&T

Dropped Out: Eastern Washington

Bubble Watch

Bids By Conference

Big Ten – 9 of 15 (+0 in First Eight Out)
Big 12 – 7 of 10 (0)
ACC – 7 of 15 (1)
SEC – 6 of 14 (1)
Big East – 4 of 10 (1)
Pac-12 – 4 of 12 (0)
Mountain West – 3 of 11 (1)
WCC – 2 of 10 (0)
Missouri Valley – 2 of 10 (0)
American – 2 of 11 (2)
Atlantic 10 – 2 of 14 (1)
Conference USA – 1 of 14 (1)