The Scored Bracket: 2021

Grant's final bracket · Men's NCAA field · 2021 · 68 teams

All seasons

I picked 67 of 68 teams and matched 51 seed lines.

My final bracket before Selection Sunday, graded against the committee's field on field selection and seed line. Regions, matchups and who won games are not part of the grade.

Where my seeds differed

17 of 68 teams. Missed selections first, then the largest seed errors. "Too high" means I seeded a team better than the committee did.

Teams where my seed differed from the committee's, 2021
TeamMy seedCommittee seedDifferencePoints
Utah State Not in my field 11 Missed 0
Missouri 6 9 Three seeds too high 3
Colorado 7 5 Two seeds too low 3
LSU 6 8 Two seeds too high 3
Drexel 15 16 One seed too high 4
Florida 8 7 One seed too low 4
Loyola Chicago 9 8 One seed too low 4
Michigan State 10 11 One seed too high 4
North Carolina 9 8 One seed too low 4
Oklahoma State 3 4 One seed too high 4
Oral Roberts 16 15 One seed too low 4
San Diego State 7 6 One seed too low 4
UConn 8 7 One seed too low 4
USC 5 6 One seed too high 4
VCU 11 10 One seed too low 4
West Virginia 4 3 One seed too low 4
Wisconsin 8 9 One seed too high 4

Every team

The committee's 68-team field in seed order, with the seed I gave each team.

Every team in the 2021 committee field, my seed against the committee's
TeamMy seedCommittee seedDifferencePoints
Baylor 1 1 Exact 6
Gonzaga 1 1 Exact 6
Illinois 1 1 Exact 6
Michigan 1 1 Exact 6
Alabama 2 2 Exact 6
Houston 2 2 Exact 6
Iowa 2 2 Exact 6
Ohio State 2 2 Exact 6
Arkansas 3 3 Exact 6
Kansas 3 3 Exact 6
Texas 3 3 Exact 6
West Virginia 4 3 One seed too low 4
Florida State 4 4 Exact 6
Oklahoma State 3 4 One seed too high 4
Purdue 4 4 Exact 6
Virginia 4 4 Exact 6
Colorado 7 5 Two seeds too low 3
Creighton 5 5 Exact 6
Tennessee 5 5 Exact 6
Villanova 5 5 Exact 6
BYU 6 6 Exact 6
San Diego State 7 6 One seed too low 4
Texas Tech 6 6 Exact 6
USC 5 6 One seed too high 4
Clemson 7 7 Exact 6
Florida 8 7 One seed too low 4
Oregon 7 7 Exact 6
UConn 8 7 One seed too low 4
LSU 6 8 Two seeds too high 3
Loyola Chicago 9 8 One seed too low 4
North Carolina 9 8 One seed too low 4
Oklahoma 8 8 Exact 6
Georgia Tech 9 9 Exact 6
Missouri 6 9 Three seeds too high 3
St. Bonaventure 9 9 Exact 6
Wisconsin 8 9 One seed too high 4
Maryland 10 10 Exact 6
Rutgers 10 10 Exact 6
VCU 11 10 One seed too low 4
Virginia Tech 10 10 Exact 6
Drake 11 11 Exact 6
Michigan State 10 11 One seed too high 4
Syracuse 11 11 Exact 6
UCLA 11 11 Exact 6
Utah State Not in my field 11 Missed 0
Wichita State 11 11 Exact 6
Georgetown 12 12 Exact 6
Oregon State 12 12 Exact 6
UC Santa Barbara 12 12 Exact 6
Winthrop 12 12 Exact 6
Liberty 13 13 Exact 6
North Texas 13 13 Exact 6
Ohio 13 13 Exact 6
UNC Greensboro 13 13 Exact 6
Abilene Christian 14 14 Exact 6
Colgate 14 14 Exact 6
Eastern Washington 14 14 Exact 6
Morehead State 14 14 Exact 6
Cleveland State 15 15 Exact 6
Grand Canyon 15 15 Exact 6
Iona 15 15 Exact 6
Oral Roberts 16 15 One seed too low 4
Appalachian State 16 16 Exact 6
Drexel 15 16 One seed too high 4
Hartford 16 16 Exact 6
Mount St. Mary's 16 16 Exact 6
Norfolk State 16 16 Exact 6
Texas Southern 16 16 Exact 6

Picked, but not selected

One of my teams was left out. Names of teams I picked outside the actual field are not available in this source.

Sources

  • Final 2021 bracket, archived by Bracket Matrix. Original publication time not recorded.
  • I ran as Primetime Bracketology that year, listed on Bracket Matrix as Grant.
  • Committee seeds come from the same Bracket Matrix page. Its announcement time is not recorded there either.
  • Imported to this site on August 21, 2026. That is when I copied the record, not when I published the bracket.
  • Source: www.bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2021.html