Selection Sunday is always full of surprises. And the 2024 edition did not disappoint.
As men's teams like NC State, Oregon and UAB won their conference tournaments to steal NCAA tournament bids, bubble teams had to worry a lot more than usual heading into Sunday. The bubble shrank by four bids over the course of conference tournament week as teams who otherwise wouldn't have made the field.
On the women's side, Caitlin Clark and Iowa have an unexpectedly difficult draw.
Here are our winners and losers from this season's men's and women's bracket unveilings.
WINNERS
The Mountain West
Only two conferences got more teams in the NCAA men's tournament than the Mountain West.