Matty Bracketology

Episode 8: One Month Away from Selection Sunday

Matty Bracketology looks at the state of college basketball as we have finally reached one month away from having an actual bracket. A wild week 15 led to some changes in conference races and seed lines especially the bubble, and week 16 should be no different. Plus, the top 16 reveal that is actually this upcoming weekend will give us some more clarity on what the bracket might look like. Matty's x: @mattycatty15 Substack: https://mattcatibayan.substack.com/ Chapters Intro 0:00 Recapping Week 15 01:40 Previewing Week 16 36:21 Conference by Conference Races 57:46 Bracketology 01:11:28 Closing Remarks 01:33:15

Episode 7: Post Super Bowl and CBB Now on the Spotlight

Episode 7 of the Matty Bracketology Podcast looks at Week 14 and the upcoming Week 15. This time, Matty looks at conference races and briefly incorporates his latest Bracketology as we now have 5 weeks away from Selection Sunday. Matty's x: @mattycatty15 Substack: https://mattcatibayan.substack.com/ Chapters Intro 0:00 Recapping Week 14 01:32 Previewing Week 15 38:27 Conference by Conference Races 56:30 Bracketology 01:11:28 Closing Remarks 01:20:37

Episode 6: Recapping Week 13 and Previewing Week 14

Episode 6 of the Matty Bracketology Podcasts recaps a busy Week 13 of the 2025-2026 College Basketball season, where the bubble struggled this past week, making it difficult to consider how many teams are left in at-large consideration. It is now more which teams also have a chance for a top 4 protected seed, and now conference races have really taken shape. Matty also previews what games to watch for Week 14. Matty's x: @mattycatty15 Substack: https://mattcatibayan.substack.com/ Chapters Intro 0:00 America East 1:15 American 5:07 ASUN 11:42 A-10 16:21 ACC 21:58 Big 12 29:14 Big East 35:39 Big Sky 42:00 Big South 45:35 Big 10 48:06 Big West 57:05 CAA 01:00:54 CUSA 01:04:49 Horizon 01:07:33 Ivy 01:10:39 MAAC 01:13:04 MAC 01:17:20 MEAC 01:22:17 Missouri Valley 01:25:12 Mountain West 01:28:36 NEC 01:32:25 Ohio Valley 01:34:58 Patriot 01:39:31 SEC 01:42:31 SoCon 01:50:05 Southland 01:54:46 SWAC 01:56:21 Summit 01:58:38 Sun Belt 02:01:48 WCC 02:04:07 WAC 02:07:08 Closing Remarks 02:09:49

Episode 5: Recapping Week 12 and Previewing Week 13

Episode 5 of the Matty Bracketology Podcast brings up a brief recap of the previous week and a preview of the upcoming week for all 31 conferences. Matty is back a week after recording episode 4, but there is still a lot going on an a lot of teams to watch and focus on when it comes to pointing out conference races and teams to watch out for when it comes to at-large potential and auto-bids for traditional one-bid conferences. Matty promises next week's episode will be a shorter with a better idea of races and with a massive week upcoming for Week 13. Matty's x: @mattycatty15 Substack: https://mattcatibayan.substack.com/ Chapters Intro 0:00 America East 1:46 American 6:59 ASUN 12:23 A-10 16:48 ACC 21:05 Big 12 28:16 Big East 37:42 Big Sky 42:48 Big South 46:12 Big 10 48:32 Big West 57:23 CAA 01:00:11 CUSA 01:03:45 Horizon 01:07:56 Ivy 01:13:02 MAAC 01:15:41 MAC 01:28:19 MEAC 01:21:47 Missouri Valley 01:23:55 Mountain West 01:28:54 NEC 01:32:40 Ohio Valley 01:36:33 Patriot 01:40:00 SEC 01:42:37 SoCon 01:48:207 Southland 01:51:48 SWAC 01:54:17 Summit 01:57:14 Sun Belt 02:00:22 WCC 02:06:00 WAC 02:09:03 Closing Remarks 02:11:09

Episode 4: Going over Conference Races So Far

Matty Bracketology in Episode 4 goes over the past 3 weeks as conference play in each league in college basketball has begun. This is a bit of a longer episode due to cramming missed time into one episode as this format will be weekly quickly recapping each of the 31 conferences while going over the set of games next week to watch out for. With each conference having at least having 3 games played, we know now have an idea what the conference races are and what teams have surprised and disappointed relative to preseason and midseason expectations. Matty's x: @mattycatty15 Substack: https://mattcatibayan.substack.com/ Chapters Intro 0:00 America East 2:30 American 7:46 ASUN 12:46 A-10 18:48 ACC 24:50 Big 12 34:55 Big East 42:01 Big Sky 46:22 Big South 50:22 Big 10 53:52 Big West 59:30 CAA 01:03:18 CUSA 01:07:30 Horizon 01:11:03 Ivy 01:15:08 MAAC 01:18:10 MAC 01:22:47 MEAC 01:26:23 Missouri Valley 01:29:05 Mountain West 01:32:50 NEC 01:37:24 Ohio Valley 01:40:35 Patriot 01:44:20 SEC 01:47:11 SoCon 01:52:05 Southland 01:55:52 SWAC 01:58:40 Summit 02:01:45 Sun Belt 02:04:13 WCC 02:08:08 WAC 02:11:53 Closing Remarks 02:14:15