NCAA Tournament is here and it’s time to dish out strategies for filling out your March Madness brackets. Every year we have surprise teams making runs to the Sweet 16, Elite Eight or Final Four. Picking the right upsets could be the difference between winning or losing your NCAA Tournament bracket pools.

The Big East Conference prevails in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, with St. John’s University leading the way. The Red Storm won the Big East Tournament, earning an automatic bid to March Madness.

This time last year, the ACC and Big East were entering the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament with a combined record of 14-1 and comprising seven teams of the Sweet 16 field. By contrast, the Big Ten and SEC placed just two teams apiece among the final 16 in 2024 after the conferences earned eight bids each to the Big Dance.