March Madness: 10 Big Ten Teams Included in Mike DeCourcy's Latest Bracket Forecast
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The calendar has turned to February which means conference races are heating up. It also means that teams are trying to boost their resumés for the 2025 NCAA Tournament, which is just over one month away.
FOX college basketball analyst Mike DeCourcy recently released his first Bracket Forecast of February, and his latest edition includes 10 teams from the Big Ten. Just a week ago, the conference had nine teams in the picture, per DeCourcy's projections.
The new addition this week was Nebraska, which upset both Illinois and Oregon, snapping a six-game losing streak. The Huskers are clearly on the bubble, but DeCourcy has Fred Hoiberg's team penciled in as a No. 11 seed as it stands now.
Where are the other nine Big Ten teams? Here are the projections for every team in the Big Ten. You can also see DeCourcy's complete bracket here.
West (San Francisco)
- No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 11 Georgia/No. 11 Wake Forest
- No. 7 Clemson vs. No. 10 Ohio State
East (Newark)
- No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Yale
- No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Nebraska
- No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 San Diego State
South (Atlanta)
- No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast
- No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 13 Samford
- No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 Texas
Midwest (Indianapolis)
- No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Bryant
- No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Drake
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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