ANN ARBOR, Mich. – March Madness is here, and the NCAA Tournament will soon take over the sports world.
For the first time since 2014, the Michigan Wolverines are in contention for a high seed in the Big Dance after winning their second straight Big Ten Tournament championship. Michigan is on a nine-game winning streak, ranks 13th in RPI and has six quadrant one wins.
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We won't officially know what seed Michigan is until Selection Sunday, but there are dozens of bracketologists out there trying to predict where the Wolverines will end up.
Here's a look at some of the predictions for Michigan as of Thursday morning:
Joe Cook, 131 Sports: No. 3 seed vs. Charleston
Bracketville: No. 3 seed vs. Montana
Joe Lunardi, ESPN: No. 3 seed vs. Bucknell
Jerry Palm, CBS: No. 4 seed vs. Louisiana
Shelby Mast, Bracket WAG: No. 4 seed vs. Vermont
Howie Schwab, BTN: No. 3 seed vs. Iona
Inside The Hall: No. 3 vs. Bucknell
SB Nation: No. 3 seed vs. Bucknell
Bazinga Bracketology: No. 3 seed vs. Bucknell
Here are the overall predictions for Michigan from every bracketologist on the Bracket Matrix:
As you can see, most bracketologists believe Michigan will be a No. 3 seed. The only site to project Michigan as a No. 5 seed was KPI.