2022 March Madness

2022 March Madness

Julia Henry, Editor
March 24, 2022

March Madness 2022! This story will be updated daily from publication through April 4. It includes a men’s and women’s March Madness bracket. March Madness is an NCAA basketball tournament that includes both men and women colleges teams. This bracket is composed of all of the 136 teams Division I collegiate basketball teams in March Madness (top 68 men’s/top 68 women’s).

The NCAA DI men first played in a March tournament in 1939 with only eight teams. Through the years it has continually added teams:

  • 16 teams (1951)
  • 32 teams (1972)
  • 64 teams (1985)
  • …and the addition of a First Four to take the tourney to 68 teams (2011)

This year is the first season the D1 women have been able to use the term March Madness.

  • The first NCAA women’s tournament occurred in 1982 with 32 teams. 
  • 64 teams (1994)
  • …and the addition of a First Four to take the tourney to 68 teams (2022)

Men’s Bracket Notable Upsets: 

  • Round of 64
    • No.12 New Mexico St beat No.5 University of Connecticut 70-63
    • No.15 St. Peters beat No.2 University of Kentucky 85-79
    • No.11 Michigan beat No.6 Colorado St 75-63
    • No.11 Iowa St. beat No.6 LSU 59-54
    • No.12 Richmond beat No.5 Iowa 67-63
  • Round of 32
    • No.8 North Carolina beat No.1 Baylor 93-86
    • No.15 St. Peters beat No.7 Murray St 70-60
    • No.11 Michigan beat No.3 Tennessee 76-68
    • No.11 Iowa St beat No.3 Wisconsin 54-49
    • No.10 Miami (FL) beat No.2 Auburn 79-61
  • Sweet 16
    • No. 4 Arkansas beat No. 1 Gonzaga 74-68
    • No. 5 Houston beat No. 1 Arizona 72-60
    • No. 15 St. Peter’s beat No. 3 Purdue 67-64
    • No. 8 UNC beat No. 4 UCLA 73-66
  • Final Four
    • No.8 UNC beat No.2 Duke 81-77

Women’s Bracket Notable Upsets: 

  • Round of 64
    • No.10 Creighton beat No.7 Colorado 84-74
    • No.12 Belmont beat No.5 Oregon 73-70
    • No.11 Villanova beat No.6 BYU 61-57
    • No.10 South Dakota beat No.7 Ole Miss 75- 61
    • No.11 Princeton beat No.6 University of Kentucky 69-62
  • Round of 32
    • No.10 Creighton beat No.2 Iowa 64-62
    • No.10 South Dakota beat No.2 Baylor 61-47
    • No. 5 Notre Dame beat No. 4 Oklahoma 108-64
    • No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 3 LSU 79-64
    • No. 5 UNC beat No. 4 Arizona 63-45
  • Sweet 16
    • No. 10 Creighton beat No. 3 Iowa State 76-68
  • Elite Eight
    • No.2 UConn beat No.1 NC State 91-87
  • Final Four
    • No.2 UConn beat No.1 Stanford 63-58
  • CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
    • No.1 University of South Carolina beat No.2 UConn 64-49