NCAA Tournament Bracket Prediction: Houston advances to No. 1 seed

Houston returned to #1 this week AP Top 25 college men’s basketball poll. After going on nine straight wins and starting 5-0 American Athletics Congress play, Cougars are also moving ahead in the latest NCAA Tournament forecasts from FOX Sports’ bracket predictor Mike DeCourcy.

Kelvin Sampson’s team joins Alabama, Purdue and Kansas as the #1 seed in DeCourcy’s latest bracket prediction, released on Friday.

arizona, Gonzaga, UCLA and Tennessee became the number 2 seed in DeCourcy’s prediction. Zags moves up to 2nd row after an impressive win first BYU on Thursday night. Mark Few’s team has now won 10 straight games after starting the season 5-3.

UConnappeared in the top seed in Tuesday’s prediction, falling to 3rd seed after an 82-76 loss to Marquette. The Huskies have lost three of their past four games after starting 14-0. Texas, Kansas State and Xavier also participated as the 3rd seed.

Arkansas, Iowa State, Virginia and City of Miami, Florida) seed number 4.

When it comes to conference representation, the Big Ten led with nine bids, followed by eight words ACC. The large 12 there are seven representative teams, while SECOND there are six. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 and Big East Each has four teams. The American there are three teams, while West Mountain and WCC Each person has two representative teams.

Looking at the teams on the bubble, DeCourcy has West Virginia, Wyoming, UCF and Iowa as the last four teams to participate, with northwest, Virginia Technology, Oklahoma State and India outside look in.

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