SportsLine's model nailed 13 of the teams in the Sweet 16 last season and simulated the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket 10,000 times

When Bryce Yoder needs a study break this time of year, the college student flips on a TV and attends his favorite March Madness class — bracket science. The 19-year-old sports management major at Indiana University-Indianapolis studies hard to learn the secrets of picking winners in the nearly dozen NCAA Tournament bracket

Five games remained Sunday afternoon before the NCAA men’s basketball committee renders its verdict on the 68-team field Sunday night. But most of the data was in by morning, most of the work done and most of the projections made.