In the end, there wasn’t a whole lot of mystery. The No. 1 seed candidates had whittled to six or seven. The bubble had all but evaporated. When the 2017 NCAA tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday night, the only suspense was in the details—who was going where, to play against whom.
Now you’ve got a bracket to fill out. While there are countless so-called experts lining up to give you their advice, you know deep down that they are just guessing, just like you. So keep that in mind as I take you on this spin through the bracket, region-by-region.