The most exciting part of the college basketball season is almost upon us. The 68 teams will battle it out in a couple weeks for a spot in the final four and hopefully for some teams a spot atop the ladder cutting down the net.

After the last few, very unusual years without fans due to Covid, this year’s March Madness is going to be a crazy one. The final four will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans this year.

I watch a lot of college basketball and enjoy watching it more than professional basketball. I have thought a lot about my picks for this year’s tournament, and I like a lot of teams this year. The AP number one ranked team has changed a ton this year. To start the season Gonzaga was at the top of the polls, then it was Duke and so on, and now it is back to Gonzaga at number one.

My pick for this year is the Bears from Baylor. They will beat the Duke Blue Devils in the championship game in New Orleans. I have a lot of sleeper picks this year too. I like Loyola Chicago, Texas, Colorado, and Duke as well.

Here is my seed projections below:

1 seeds– Auburn, Gonzaga, Kansas, Baylor

2 seeds– Wisconsin, Duke, UCLA, Purdue

3 seeds– LSU, Providence, Kentucky, Texas Tech

4 seeds– Michigan St, Houston, Arizona, Villanova

5 seeds– Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois

6 seeds– UConn, Iowa State, Ohio State, USC

7 seeds– Marquette, Indiana, St Mary’s, Xavier

8 seeds– Miami (FL), Loyola-Chicago, Iowa, Wake Forest

9 seeds– TCU, Boise State, Arkansas, Oklahoma

10 seeds– Colorado State, Murray State, BYU, Davidson

11 seeds– San Francisco, UNC, Wyoming, Seton Hall

12 seeds– Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Florida State

13 seeds– Toledo, Vermont, South Dakota State, Chattanooga 

14 seeds– Princeton, Jacksonville State, Wagner, Oakland

15 seeds- Seattle, Weber State, Cal State, Longwood

16 seeds– Appalachian State, Norfolk State, UNC-Wilmington, Army