What follows is a prediction of the Sweet 16 field in the NCAA Tournament (with rankings based roughly on my confidence in the teams making the Sweet 16), eight teams that might crash my predicted Sweet 16 (regardless of region), and my prediction for the rest of the NCAA Tournament (Elite Eight, Final Four, Champion) with any comments if I feel they are needed.
I managed to call the Final Four in the last year the tournament was held (way back in 2019), but I wouldn’t bet too much on my predictions this year — my misreading of the Michigan State Spartans’ season will be one I remember for the rest of my life (unless MSU goes on a deep run, of course, at which point I will gleefully say “I told you so!