Meet your 2025 contenders for the National Championship

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Barring any Cinderella runs by mid majors, these are the teams in the major 5 college basketball conferences that have made their conference tournament Quarterfinals, thus meaning one of the teams from this list more than likely WILL win the National Championship:

ACC:
Duke
Louisville
Clemson
North Carolina
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Wake Forest
SMU

Big East:
St. John's
Creighton
UConn
Marquette
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Xavier

Big 10:
Michigan State
Maryland
Wisconsin
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Michigan
UCLA
Purdue
Illinois
Oregon

Big 12:
Houston
Texas Tech
Arizona
BYU
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Iowa State
Kansas
Baylor

SEC:
Auburn
Florida
Tennessee
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Alabama
Kentucky
Missouri
Mississippi
Texas

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Most of you are probably thinking, well sh** that's half the field. And this is where we shrink it.

I listed all the teams that made their conference tournament's Qtrs, because there is statistically a chance that a team that made the Qtrs could go on to win.

But notice I also made a cut line.

Any team ABOVE that cut line means they made the Semifinals of their conference tournament, which means their hypothetical odds improve exponentially based on recent historical trends, and that shrinks the field down to just 24 contenders. And from there, the debate is up to you......

 

[AWilli6995]

I'm not sure on that fourth ACC team being in the tournament.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I'm not sure on that fourth ACC team being in the tournament.

This list will also change once Selection Sunday happens, but I wouldn't worry about the Tar Heels not making the tournament.