Hoops and Huddles
2025 Men's NCAA Basketball Pool
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43rdplace 80final points 70%picked right 168tiebreaker (off by 40)
Champion: (3) Iowa St
4 of 56 picked them
Boldest right call
(12) McNeese over Clemson
Only 10 of 56 had it · 1st Round · Who picked it
With the crowd
41 of 63
picks matched the pool’s most popular pick
Pool’s favorite champion
(1) Florida
16 of 56 picked them, and they won it · Who picked it
Dan Bown’s Bracket (1)
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 1st Round2nd RoundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionshipFinal FourElite 8Sweet 162nd Round1st Round 
SOUTH(1) Auburn 32-6(16) Alabama St 20-16(1) Auburn+1100%(1) Auburn+284%(1) Auburn+473%(3) Iowa St18%
Finalists
(3) Iowa St7%(2) Alabama7%
Champion
(3) Iowa St7% of the pool
(2) Alabama18%(1) Duke+480%(1) Duke+289%(1) Duke+1100%(1) Duke 35-4(16) Mount St. Mary's 23-13EAST
(8) Louisville 27-8(9) Creighton 25-11(8) Louisville46%(9) Baylor+138%(8) Mississippi St 21-13(9) Baylor 20-15
(5) Michigan 27-10(12) UC San Diego 30-5(12) UC San Diego29%(4) Texas A&M39%(4) Arizona+266%(5) Oregon+179%(5) Oregon 25-10(12) Liberty 28-7
(4) Texas A&M 23-11(13) Yale 22-8(4) Texas A&M+175%(4) Arizona+180%(4) Arizona 24-13(13) Akron 28-7
(6) Mississippi 24-12(11) North Carolina 23-14(6) Mississippi+159%(3) Iowa St79%(3) Iowa St36%(2) Alabama+450%(6) BYU+239%(6) BYU+170%(6) BYU 26-10(11) VCU 28-7
(3) Iowa St 25-10(14) Lipscomb 25-10(3) Iowa St+196%(3) Wisconsin+193%(3) Wisconsin 27-10(14) Montana 25-10
(7) Marquette 23-11(10) New Mexico 27-8(10) New Mexico+130%(2) Michigan St+284%(2) Alabama+288%(7) St. Mary's+159%(7) St. Mary's 29-6(10) Vanderbilt 20-13
(2) Michigan St 30-7(15) Bryant 23-12(2) Michigan St+195%(2) Alabama+198%(2) Alabama 28-9(15) Robert Morris 26-9
WEST(1) Florida 36-4(16) Norfolk St 24-11(1) Florida+1100%(1) Florida+295%(1) Florida+486%(1) Florida+868%(3) Kentucky11%(1) Houston+484%(1) Houston+295%(1) Houston+1100%(1) Houston 35-5(16) SIU Edwardsville 22-12MIDWEST
(8) Connecticut 24-11(9) Oklahoma 20-14(8) Connecticut+173%(9) Georgia38%(8) Gonzaga 26-9(9) Georgia 20-13
(5) Memphis 29-6(12) Colorado St 26-10(5) Memphis55%(5) Memphis21%(12) McNeese11%(12) McNeese+118%(5) Clemson 27-7(12) McNeese 28-7
(4) Maryland 27-9(13) Grand Canyon 26-8(4) Maryland+182%(13) High Point20%(4) Purdue 24-12(13) High Point 29-6
(6) Missouri 22-12(11) Drake 31-4(11) Drake+168%(3) Texas Tech+266%(3) Texas Tech+439%(3) Kentucky25%(3) Kentucky+273%(6) Illinois+179%(6) Illinois 22-13(11) Xavier 22-12
(3) Texas Tech 28-9(14) UNCW 27-8(3) Texas Tech+196%(3) Kentucky+196%(3) Kentucky 24-12(14) Troy 23-11
(7) Kansas 21-13(10) Arkansas 22-14(10) Arkansas+146%(2) St. John's79%(2) Tennessee+298%(10) Utah St46%(7) UCLA 23-11(10) Utah St 26-8
(2) St. John's 31-5(15) Omaha 22-13(2) St. John's+191%(2) Tennessee+1100%(2) Tennessee 30-8(15) Wofford 19-16