CBS: Field of 76 Bracketology for 2027 (St. Thomas in, Gophers not in)

[BleedGopher]

Per Cobb:

2027 Bracketology​

Seed	East	Midwest	South	West
1	Florida	Duke	Michigan	Illinois
2	Michigan State	UConn	Arkansas	Gonzaga
3	Virginia	Texas	Iowa State	Arizona
4	Houston	USC	Louisville	Tennessee
5	St. John's	Miami	Alabama	Purdue
6	Vanderbilt	Indiana	North Carolina	BYU
7	VCU	Kansas	Nebraska	Texas Tech
8	Ohio State	Saint Louis	NC State	Clemson
9	Villanova	UCLA	Texas A&M	Kentucky
10	Providence	Georgia	Creighton	Wichita State
11	Marquette/Cincinnati	Xavier/Baylor	West Virginia/Maryland	Missouri/Wisconsin
12	Oregon/Oklahoma State	Auburn/Florida State	Saint Mary's	Grand Canyon
13	McNeese	UCSB	High Point	Miami (Ohio)
14	UNC Wilmington	Harvard	Western Kentucky	Wright State
15	St. Thomas	ETSU/James Madison	Central Arkansas/Montana State	Illinois-Chicago
16	Bethune-Cookman/CCSU	Howard/Lipscomb	Colgate/SEMO	Vermont/Merrimack

Last Four In​

Oregon
Oklahoma State
Auburn
Florida State

First Four Out​

Virginia Tech
UCF
New Mexico
San Diego State

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Go Gophers!!

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Per Cobb:

2027 Bracketology​

Seed	East	Midwest	South	West
1	Florida	Duke	Michigan	Illinois
2	Michigan State	UConn	Arkansas	Gonzaga
3	Virginia	Texas	Iowa State	Arizona
4	Houston	USC	Louisville	Tennessee
5	St. John's	Miami	Alabama	Purdue
6	Vanderbilt	Indiana	North Carolina	BYU
7	VCU	Kansas	Nebraska	Texas Tech
8	Ohio State	Saint Louis	NC State	Clemson
9	Villanova	UCLA	Texas A&M	Kentucky
10	Providence	Georgia	Creighton	Wichita State
11	Marquette/Cincinnati	Xavier/Baylor	West Virginia/Maryland	Missouri/Wisconsin
12	Oregon/Oklahoma State	Auburn/Florida State	Saint Mary's	Grand Canyon
13	McNeese	UCSB	High Point	Miami (Ohio)
14	UNC Wilmington	Harvard	Western Kentucky	Wright State
15	St. Thomas	ETSU/James Madison	Central Arkansas/Montana State	Illinois-Chicago
16	Bethune-Cookman/CCSU	Howard/Lipscomb	Colgate/SEMO	Vermont/Merrimack

Last Four In​

Oregon
Oklahoma State
Auburn
Florida State

First Four Out​

Virginia Tech
UCF
New Mexico
San Diego State

2027 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: Projecting the first-ever 76-team Big Dance as expansion clears big hurdle

As the NCAA Tournament takes a big step toward final approval, we're projecting the first-ever 76-team field for the 2027 Big Dance

www.cbssports.com

Go Gophers!!

There's a typo. They spelled "Minnesota" as "Michigan." They used the wrong "M" logo too. Lazy

 

[60's Guy]

12 Big Ten teams in...they all match pre-season roster expectations...EXCEPT, no Iowa listed even in First Four Out .... 80 teams and no Iowa. Not gonna happen.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

I was told…

 

[Spottedmuskie]

NC State won't be that good

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Gophers are most likely not a NCAA tournament team. Not enough talent.

 

[Some guy]

Gophers are most likely not a NCAA tournament team. Not enough talent.

In terms of them vs st thomas

I think gophers have a better shot. 40% chance or so as a bubble type team
St Thomas is probably a 30-40% chance to win that conference tourney.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Not your fault @BleedGopher but I internally booed the title of this thread when I read it.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

In terms of them vs st thomas

I think gophers have a better shot. 40% chance or so as a bubble type team
St Thomas is probably a 30-40% chance to win that conference tourney.

I think there’s a 35% chance your post is correct

 

[SelectionSunday]

In terms of them vs st thomas

I think gophers have a better shot. 40% chance or so as a bubble type team
St Thomas is probably a 30-40% chance to win that conference tourney.

This is very fair -- though also being a fan of the Team Thou Shall Not Mention Here -- I would say they'll be less than that in 2026-27. I'd guess 20-25% with the guys they lost to free agency. I expect a couple of their transfers to be productive plug-ins, but losing the guys they did are large holes to fill. Will be surprised if they get to 24 wins again.

 

[Some guy]

This is very fair -- though also being a fan of the Team Thou Shall Not Mention Here -- I would say they'll be less than that in 2026-27. I'd guess 20-25% with the guys they lost to free agency. I expect a couple of their transfers to be productive plug-ins, but losing the guys they did are large holes to fill. Will be surprised if they get to 24 wins again.

even though they may take a step back, I think they’ll end up one of 2-3 teams who can win that tourney

 

[SelectionSunday]

Agreed, the usual suspects. ... them, NDSU, and SDSU (and perhaps Omaha).

 

[gopherbadgerman]

In terms of them vs st thomas

I think gophers have a better shot. 40% chance or so as a bubble type team
St Thomas is probably a 30-40% chance to win that conference tourney.

I think the Gophers are a much better team than St. Thomas for sure. The best teams are not always in the tournament.

 

[Some guy]

I think the Gophers are a much better team than St. Thomas for sure. The best teams are not always in the tournament.

Agree
I think they were close last year. Next year I think Mn will be significantly better than st Thomas

 

[golf]

Lunardi has 12 big ten teams in as well fwiw.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

In terms of them vs st thomas

I think gophers have a better shot. 40% chance or so as a bubble type team
St Thomas is probably a 30-40% chance to win that conference tourney.

So you agree that with a 40% chance of making the NCAA tournament they most likely are not an NCAA tournament team? I’m not saying they’re bad. I just think they have less than a 50% chance of making it based on talent compared to the rest of the Big Ten.

 

[Some guy]

So you agree that with a 40% chance of making the NCAA tournament they most likely are not an NCAA tournament team? I’m not saying they’re bad. I just think they have less than a 50% chance of making it based on talent compared to the rest of the Big Ten.

If I had to bet on doesn’t make or or makes it, I would bet doesn’t
But I wouldn’t make the bet