NCAA Men's Basketball
Who makes the Dance?
Twelve people pick and seed the tournament field over a week of closed sessions. Start with the criteria they actually use, see how my forecast scored against the real field, then build the bracket yourself.
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Learn the Selection Process
The 12 members in the room, the seven designated metrics, quadrant records, how the 1 to 76 seed list gets built, and the 2027 Selection Sunday calendar.
How selection works →
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Meet the Model
Now see how the forecast actually did. My final bracket before Selection Sunday, scored against the official NCAA field on exact seed placement, not just who made it.
See the record →
Final · 374 pts
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Build Your Bracket in the Bracket Studio
This is where you build the case yourself. Draft the field with live NET data, compare team resumes side by side, track the bubble as Selection Sunday approaches, and save or share the bracket you land on.
Open the studio →
Alpha Access
374
Paymon score
of 408 possible · 2026 field
52
Exact seed line
of 68 teams placed on the right line
66
Within one seedline
of 68 teams seeded within one line of the real field
68/68
Field accuracy
every selected team correctly identified
Latest Projections
What's next
Early December 2026
First NET rankings published
February 2027
Committee meeting and bracket reveal
Mar 14
Selection Sunday
Mar 16–17
Opening Round