5 simple tips to pick your NCAA tournament bracket for March Madness

Below is a different way to look at the traditional NCAA Tournament bracket. The first round comes down to four sets of these eight pairings. These 2,496 squares below represent all the teams — not counting the play-in teams — that have competed in the tournament from 1985 through 2024. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them.

Women's NCAA Tournament predictions: College basketball experts reveal their teams to target for your bracket

Experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai share the teams they expect to make some noise in the Women's NCAA Tournament, which starts Friday

March Madness bracket predictions: Cinderellas, upsets, picks Final Four teams and more for the NCAA tournaments

Which teams will be cutting down the nets in the tournaments in early April? Our experts make all of their predictions for March Madness.