Predicting the NCAA Tournament field has always been a fun exercise.
However, prognosticating the field two months from the Big Dance is like trying to predict the weather two months in advance.
“...one thing that is likely to remain the same is the futility of a preseason bracket when it comes to forecasting Selection Sunday,” Chris Dobbertean of Blogging The Bracket wrote in November. “The 2024 edition of the November (bracket) projection featured just 42 of the 68 teams in the real thing. That’s fairly common, considering the total was a mere 40 in 2023 and 43 in 2022.