Patrick Winograd

If you couldn't catch it live last night, here was my WNUR Sports call, along with @SKrimstein, for Nick Martinelli's buzzer-beater in overtime!

@ashdoessports26 I thought they’d be closer to a 3 than a 5 tbh. One of the more shocking seeding decisions this year

@PatrickWinograd Thank you for making Vandy a 4-seed

Just beating the buzzer before the Selection Show begins, here is my final NCAA Tournament Bracket projection of the season. Would love to make my usual graphic and present it better, but the timely information is more important than the presentation. Thanks for following along!

@jwBBN Got it. You definitely would've been really high up there from what I can tell lol

@PatrickWinograd no, bc i don’t have a website and i didn’t have the time to do it weekly, but i wish i did bc it might actually be rlly high lol

I've triple-checked this so I feel confident I did the math right. Accuracy for the year: 68/68 teams in the field 54/68 teams seeded correctly 68/68 teams seeded within a one-seed margin 380 - Paymon score My best year by 12 points using the Paymon scoring system! 🧵:

@jwBBN I just checked, and you indeed did get a 392. Did you try to join Bracket Matrix before the year started? Because if you did, I think you have the best score I've seen so far.

@PatrickWinograd hey, i did mine for the first time, and i don’t know if im doing it right, but i think i got a 392? i got 60/68 seeded correctly, could you check my profile?

With all of that being said, thank you again to everyone who followed along throughout the season, and I will update everyone one more time in the next few days when I have my official placement within the Bracket Matrix!

Speaking more about the improvement, here is the three-year progression of my scores: 2023-24: 342 2024-25: 362 2025-26: 380 I would be happy if I got a few points better every year, but getting jumps this big is incredibly satisfying and makes me want to keep getting better.

Will post what my accuracy was soon after the bracket is released and will update again when the Bracket Matrix updates its five-year standings!

And of course, the extremely important full picture of the bubble:

Can’t believe we’re at this point in the season, but here’s my last projected NCAA Tournament Bracket update before I release my official, final seed list on Selection Sunday!

Have we considered expanding the NIT?

And the updated bubble picture:

Here are my NCAA Tournament regions heading into the final week of the season!

Heading into a busy weekend of action, I have updated my NCAA Tournament Bracket again! Stay tuned for the update on Monday that will include the first few confirmed tournament teams!

🏀 WEDNESDAY CBB BEST BET 🦡 WISCONSIN -14 👇 Add Directly To Your Betslip bit.ly/WIS0304 🗣️ "There are mismatches, and then there's whatever this game should be called. Maryland is bad to begin with, but its biggest weakness perfectly aligns with Wisconsin's biggest strength. The Badgers are always a scary team to rely on, as 3-point percentage can be an extremely volatile number from game to game. But when facing a defense as porous as the Terrapins', it feels like a good spot for Wisconsin to have a great shooting night. The over in this game is tempting, but Maryland can produce such poor offensive nights that I would rather just stick with the Badgers to dominate." - @PatrickWinograd

And also the full bubble outlook!

Check out my updated regions for the NCAA Tournament!