Last Updated: 2026-01-11 22:54:00
| Seed | Chg | Team | Team | Chg | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Four Games | ||||||
| 16 | N | Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC) | (AE) Vermont | 16 | ||
| 16 | Howard (MEAC) | (Pat) Navy | 16 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Utah State (MW) | (SEC) LSU | (2) | 11 | |
| 10 | (2) | USC (B10) | (ACC) Miami | N | 11 | |
| Bracket | ||||||
| Midwest | South | |||||
| 1 | Michigan (B10) | (SEC) Vanderbilt | 1 | |||
| 16 | UAPB / HOW () | () UVM / NAVY | 16 | |||
| 8 | (1) | Central Florida (B12) | (ACC) North Carolina State | 2 | 8 | |
| 9 | Creighton (BE) | (B10) Wisconsin | N | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Florida (SEC) | (B12) Houston | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | (1) | Yale (Ivy) | (MAC) Miami (OH) | 13 | ||
| 5 | (1) | Louisville (ACC) | (SEC) Arkansas | 5 | ||
| 12 | Oakland (Hrzn) | (AAC) Tulsa | 12 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Georgia (SEC) | (ACC) Virginia | 2 | 6 | |
| 11 | LSU / MIA () | (A10) Saint Louis | 11 | |||
| 3 | (2) | Gonzaga (WCC) | (B10) Illinois | 3 | ||
| 14 | 1 | St. Thomas (Summ) | (BW) UC-San Diego | (1) | 14 | |
| 7 | (1) | Auburn (SEC) | (BE) St. John's | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 | USU / USC () | (B10) Ohio State | N | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Iowa State (B12) | (B12) BYU | 2 | ||
| 15 | High Point (BSth) | (BSky) Portland State | N | 15 | ||
| East | West | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Duke (ACC) | (B12) Arizona | 1 | ||
| 16 | Tennessee-Martin (OVC) | (Srn) Furman | (1) | 16 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Seton Hall (BE) | (SEC) Kentucky | (1) | 8 | |
| 9 | 1 | Texas A&M (SEC) | (B10) Iowa | (2) | 9 | |
| 4 | Texas Tech (B12) | (SEC) Alabama | (1) | 4 | ||
| 13 | Utah Valley (WAC) | (CUSA) Liberty | 1 | 13 | ||
| 5 | SMU (ACC) | (B12) Kansas | (1) | 5 | ||
| 12 | N | McNeese (Slnd) | (Coa) Hofstra | 12 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Clemson (ACC) | (SEC) Tennessee | 6 | ||
| 11 | N | New Mexico (MW) | (MVC) Murray State | 11 | ||
| 3 | Michigan State (B10) | (B10) Nebraska | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14 | N | Arkansas State (Sun) | (ASUN) Austin Peay | N | 14 | |
| 7 | (2) | North Carolina (ACC) | (BE) Villanova | (1) | 7 | |
| 10 | 1 | Washington (B10) | (WCC) Saint Mary's | (2) | 10 | |
| 2 | Connecticut (BE) | (B10) Purdue | 2 | |||
| 15 | 1 | Iona (MAAC) | (NE) Long Island | 15 | ||
| First Four Out | ||||||
| Oklahoma State | Texas | |||||
| Oklahoma | Wake Forest | |||||
| Next Four Out | ||||||
| Virginia Tech | Baylor | |||||
| Indiana | UCLA | |||||
| Conference Bids | ||||||
| ACC | 8 | |||||
| America East | 1 | |||||
| American Athletic | 1 | |||||
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | |||||
| ASUN | 1 | |||||
| Big 12 | 7 | |||||
| Big East | 5 | |||||
| Big Sky | 1 | |||||
| Big South | 1 | |||||
| Big Ten | 10 | |||||
| Big West | 1 | |||||
| Coastal | 1 | |||||
| Conference USA | 1 | |||||
| Horizon | 1 | |||||
| Ivy | 1 | |||||
| MAAC | 1 | |||||
| MEAC | 1 | |||||
| Mid-American | 1 | |||||
| Missouri Valley | 1 | |||||
| Mountain West | 2 | |||||
| Northeast | 1 | |||||
| Ohio Valley | 1 | |||||
| Patriot | 1 | |||||
| SEC | 10 | |||||
| Southern | 1 | |||||
| Southland | 1 | |||||
| Southwest Athletic | 1 | |||||
| Summit League | 1 | |||||
| Sun Belt | 1 | |||||
| West Coast | 2 | |||||
| Western Athletic | 1 |