The 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed and the Kansas Jayhawks are a No. 1 seed for the 14th time since the March Madness field expanded to 64 teams (now 68) in 1985. However, Kansas only has one national championship to show for those 14 NCAA Tournament appearances as a No. 1 seed. Can you trust Kansas to make a deep run in your 2022 March Madness bracket or are the Jayhawks a No. 1 seed you should fade?
Also from the Big 12, the Baylor Bears have earned their second consecutive No. 1 seed and enter the NCAA Tournament 2022 as defending national champion. Can Scott Drew’s squad become the first team to win back-to-back national championships since Florida in 2006 and 2007? Before making any 2022 March Madness bracket predictions, be sure to check out the 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire 2022 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times. It absolutely crushed its March Madness picks last year, beating over 92 percent of all CBS Sports brackets for the second time in three tournaments. The model also nailed a whopping three teams in the Final Four last year.
It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 17 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds. It also nailed some massive upsets last tournament, including predicting the championship game between Gonzaga and Baylor, and hit Houston’s Midwest Region win even though the Cougars weren’t the No. 1 seed.
There’s simply no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2022 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2022 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.
Three 2022 March Madness bracket games to watch
One of the most intriguing 2022 March Madness matchups to watch: No. 5 seed Connecticut vs. No. 12 seed New Mexico State in the West region. With tough guards in R.J. Cole and Tyrese Martin and one of the best rim-protecting tandems in the nation in Adama Sanogo and Isaiah Whaley, Connecticut is one of the most physical teams in the 2022 NCAA basketball tournament. However, New Mexico State has a battle-tested star in West Virginia and Nebraska transfer Teddy Allen (19.3 points per game) and plays some of the best team defense in the nation, ranking 13th in opponent field-goal percentage.
One 2022 March Madness matchup to keep an eye on: No. 8 Boise State vs. No. 9 Memphis in the West Region. Memphis has been on a tear down the stretch, winning 12 of its last 14 games despite freshman Emoni Bates being out of the lineup. Fellow freshman Jalen Duren has had six double-doubles during that span and at least two blocks in seven of his last nine games. As for the Broncos, they’re a more experienced squad with five of the top six players in their rotation in at least their fourth year of college basketball. The Broncos put the clamps on San Diego State in the MWC title game and ranked 13th in the nation in points allowed.
Another West Region matchup that stands out is No. 7 seed Michigan State vs. No. 10 seed Davidson. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo has historically owned March, but the Spartans were bounced in the First Four last year. They’ll look for a better showing in the NCAA bracket 2022, but Davidson is one of the best shooting teams both overall (48.1 percent) and from three-point range (38.6 percent), so the Spartans should have their hands full again. You can see the model’s picks for these games and every other here.
How to make 2022 NCAA bracket predictions
Who wins every tournament-defining matchup? And which teams will make surprising runs through the 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket? With the model’s track record of calling bracket-busting upsets, you’ll want to see which stunners it’s calling this year before locking in any 2022 NCAA bracket picks.
So what’s the optimal NCAA Tournament 2022 bracket? And which NCAA Tournament Cinderella teams will shock college basketball? Visit SportsLine now to see which double-digit seeds you can back with confidence, all from the model that’s called 17 upsets by double-digit seeds.