FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy is here with his first edition of NCAA Tournament projections.

And since we're in a giving mood, let's look at one thing each top-25 team needs in the second half of the 2024-25 season. Johni Broome to stay healthy. There hasn't been a more dominant team in college basketball this season -- Auburn is putting up historic efficiency numbers through the first two months.

How much benefit of the doubt should we give those Big Ten Conference teams who played the toughest non-conference schedules? Ken Pomeroy’s analytics site classifies some games as either A (top 50) or B (top 100) quality based on both opponent and location.