The first round of the men’s NCAA tournament begins in exactly three weeks, meaning it’s not too soon for us to start looking ahead to college basketball’s postseason and envisioning how things will go.
We gave five Sports Illustrated college hoops writers six statements relating to the Power 6 conferences and the 2022 Big Dance and asked whether they agree and are buying in, or don’t agree and are selling. While it’s too early to know the specifics of seedings and regions—which could change the outlook for some of these situations—our writers made their cases based on how things stand now.