Joe Lunardi Bracketology 2025: 68-Team Bracket, Bubble Teams and Conference Breakdown

Less than a month remains before Selection Sunday.

Before then, it's all about the projections, with the latest 68-team Bracketology men's tournament prediction from ESPN's Joe Lunardi dropping on Tuesday.

The latest edition of the bracket added newcomers Wake Forest, which improved its case for an NCAA Tournament bid with Saturday's win over SMU, alongside Montana and Quinnipiac.

Climbers included Maryland, St. Johns, Wisconsin, Texas, Iowa State and BYU, while Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Memphis, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Purdue and Kansas saw their seed lines take a hit.

Wisconsin, which climbed five spots to No. 11 in the AP Top 25 ranking after beating Purdue last Saturday, earned a trip to Milwaukee in Lunardi's latest bracket.

That scenario would put Wisconsin in an advantageous pod with Towson, Ole Miss and UC San Diego for the opening weekend.

Lunardi currently has San Diego State, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Wake Forest projected as the last four teams into the tournament.

The first four teams out on the current bracket are VCU, Georgia, SMU and North Carolina.

After struggling against top teams early in the season, UNC could potentially improve its tournament standing over the next two weeks with a stretch of six games against unranked opponents.

Lunardi has the next four teams out listed as Indiana, Xavier, Kansas State and UC Irvine.

Indiana's case has been hurt by a recent slump, with Friday's home loss to UCLA marking the team's sixth defeat in seven games.

Texas, West Virginia, BYU and Vanderbilt meanwhile are pegged to grab the last four byes into the tournament.

Lunardi continues to project Auburn, which cemented its place atop the standings with a win over No. 2 Alabama last weekend, as the top overall seed.

The SEC remains projected as the most highly-represented conference in the tournament, with 13 men's teams currently in the bracket.

The Big Ten is close behind with 10 teams, followed by the Big 12 (eight teams), Big East (four teams), ACC (four teams), Mountain West (three teams) and WCC (two teams.)

Both the men's and women's brackets will be revealed on Sunday, March 16, followed by the start of the men's NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, March 18.