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The 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket will mean a return to normal after the event was canceled altogether in 2020 and played in a bubble in Indianapolis in 2021.

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The 2022 March Madness bracket was revealed on Sunday and the defending champion Baylor Bears are once again a No. 1 seed.

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Baylor lost to Oklahoma during the Big 12 Tournament, but went 26-6 and had dominant wins over teams like Villanova, the No. 2 seed in the South, and Michigan State, the No. 7 seed in the West.

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Before making any 2022 March Madness bracket predictions, be sure to check out the 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire 2022 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times. It absolutely crushed its March Madness picks last year, beating over 92 percent of all CBS Sports brackets for the second time in three tournaments.

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It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 17 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds. It also nailed some massive upsets last tournament,

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There's simply no reason to rely on luck when there's proven technology to help you dominate your 2022 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2022 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in.

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Ranking the 2022 Cinderella Candidates That Could Bust Your Bracket

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