Top-seeded teams are hoping the 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket looks like last year’s edition in terms of chalk in the opening games. No top-four seed lost in the first round of last year’s March Madness brackets for the first time since 2017. A pair of 5-seeds, however, were knocked out in the first round a year ago, which this year’s programs on that line are likely aware of. The 5-seeds in the March Madness bracket 2026 are St. John’s, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt and Texas Tech.Of the four, only the Badgers have won a national title, and that was 85 years ago. Meanwhile, Texas Tech will have to go without its best player, JT Toppin, which could make the Red Raiders ripe for the picking in NCAA bracket upset picks as they face 12-seed Akron in the first round. Before filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket 2026, be sure to see the 2026 March Madness bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.Their proven projection model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks recently, beating over 91% of all CBS Sports brackets in four of the past seven tournaments. It was all over UConn’s championship run two years ago and nailed 12 teams in the Sweet 16 last year. It also correctly predicted all four Final Four teams in 2025.It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds since its inception in 2016.There’s no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2026 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2026 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.Top 2026 March Madness bracket picks (preview two matchups)One of the Midwest Region picks from the model: No. 9 Saint Louis defeats No. 8 Georgia in the first round. Saint Louis has the A-10 Player of the Year in Robbie Avila, who knocks down over 50% of his field goal attempts and 40% of his 3-pointers despite being 6-foot-10. While Georgia does a great job at protecting the paint, ranking second in the country in blocks, it is just 256th in the nation in made 3-pointers allowed. That’s an area in which UGA has struggled more at as the season has gone on, allowing at least 38% from beyond the arc in each of its last three games. On the other end of the court, Saint Louis tops the nation by…
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