BRACKET REACTION: Selection Sunday recap, first thoughts on all four regions, Miami U in First Four, seeds we disagree with most
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
WE HAVE A BRACKET! Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down the 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket and dive in to each region. What do the fellas think of this year's field? Tap in to find out!
(0:00) Intro + we’ve got a bracket!!
(3:30) Miami is in the tournament and they’re headed to Dayton
(10:00) The committee got the right 68 teams in the field this year
(14:30) St. John’s and Vanderbilt were a pair of misses on the 5 line
(21:05) East Region Overview! Duke is the No. 1 overall seed in a loaded region
(29:15) South Region Overview! Could Florida play a road game in the Elite Eight?
(39:30) West Region Overview! Does Arizona have the easiest road? + Purdue!
(48:20) Midwest Region Overview! Some great mid-seed games here!
(59:20) Weekend Whiparound! Bracket style.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. |
| 0:14.1 | I am Gary Parrish. |
| 0:15.2 | Welcome back, CBS Sports Eye on College basketball podcast. |
| 0:19.5 | Sometimes we discuss camel fighting. |
| 0:21.1 | Dodo birds, leaky black. |
| 0:22.8 | Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 0:24.9 | He's making out with a bracket. |
| 0:26.1 | If you watch it on YouTube, honor Brandon Davis. |
| 0:28.9 | That more like button. |
| 0:31.9 | Smash the like button. |
| 0:34.0 | And if you haven't yet subscribed to the CBS Sports. |
| 0:36.6 | I own college basketball podcast, please |
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| 0:43.8 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:45.1 | The bracket for the 2006 NCAA tournament is officially set. |
| 0:50.4 | There are 68 teams in it. |
| 0:52.4 | Miami, Ohio is one of them. Auburn, Oklahoma are not, |
| 0:57.1 | but the SEC still led all conferences with 10 bids. Norlander, good to see you on this |
| 1:01.9 | selection Sunday. We got here before midnight. Are you ready to talk about this bracket? |
| 1:06.1 | If so, if so, start now. I am ready. |
| 1:15.3 | I didn't know the SEC had the most teams in the tournament until you just told me. |
| 1:17.7 | Just, we're going to die with it. |
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