2026 Bracketology

[MarquetteMike1977]

Joe Lunardi in his Men's Bracketology 2026 NCAA Tournament has Marquette as the first of his Last Four In as a #10 Seed Playing #10 Seed Indiana with the Winner playing #7 Seed Mississippi State in Portland in the Houston South Regional

Predicted Seeds of note.
Purdue #1 Seed
Saint John's #1 Seed
UCONN #2 Seed
Oklahoma #9 Seed
Indiana #10 Seed
Creighton #10 Seed
Maryland #10 Seed

[Uncle Rico]

Joe Lunardi in his Men's Bracketology 2026 NCAA Tournament has Marquette as the first of his Last Four In as a #10 Seed Playing #10 Seed Indiana with the Winner playing #7 Seed Mississippi State in Portland in the Houston South Regional

Predicted Seeds of note.
Purdue #1 Seed
Saint John's #1 Seed
UCONN #2 Seed
Oklahoma #9 Seed
Indiana #10 Seed
Creighton #10 Seed
Maryland #10 Seed

The gap widens

[tower912]

IMO, that is MU's floor.

[Johnny B]

IMO, that is MU's floor.

Idk exactly where next years teams floor is but it ain't make the tournament

[tower912]

Well, the floor will be determined by health.  If there is a repeat of 24-25 with half the team injured and multiple players requiring surgery after the season, then yeah, it could be a rebuilding season. 

It is my opinion that the 25-26 team can continue the Big Dance streak under Shaka.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

For me, the floor is a first four or next four out level team.  Don't think that will happen but certainly possible based on injuries and/or underperformance. 

[The Lens]

Sometimes things get stale. Jop, Steveie and Kam played a lot of minutes for MU and gave us a lot of great games.  There's a small part of me that wonders if things got too routine. And I agree injuries played a part.

Now we're going to see some fresh faces get to takeover. This team might be a little more scrambled eggs than KenPom Off Eff but we're going to make the tourney.

[DienerTime34]

I see this team peaking in late December but falling out of the NCAA tournament picture by early March.