Bracketology 2021: Games through Tue, Jan 19

Happy inauguration day, friends. Here's my first seed list and bracket of the year. 

True Rank	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	HBC Score	W/L
1	1	Gonzaga	WCC	Conf. Champ	96.393	14-0
2		Baylor	B12	Conf. Champ	95.760	13-0
3		Michigan	B10	Conf. Champ	92.061	12-1
4		Villanova	BE	Conf. Champ	91.500	9-1
5	2	Iowa	B10	At Large	91.318	12-2
6		Houston	Amer	Conf. Champ	89.944	11-1
7		Texas	B12	At Large	89.333	11-2
8		Tennessee	SEC	Conf. Champ	86.203	10-2
9	3	Kansas	B12	At Large	85.760	9-4
10		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	84.421	11-3
11		Alabama	SEC	At Large	84.167	12-3
12		Creighton	BE	At Large	83.161	10-3
13	4	West Virginia	B12	At Large	82.648	9-4
14		Illinois	B10	At Large	82.422	10-5
15		Virginia	ACC	Conf. Champ	82.257	9-2
16		Minnesota	B10	At Large	81.724	11-4
17	5	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	81.529	11-4
18		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	80.855	11-4
19		Colorado	P12	Conf. Champ	80.844	11-3
20		Missouri	SEC	At Large	79.776	9-2
21	6	Florida St.	ACC	At Large	78.094	8-2
22		Clemson	ACC	At Large	77.854	9-2
23		Oregon	P12	At Large	76.723	9-2
24		UCLA	P12	At Large	76.634	11-2
25	7	Purdue	B10	At Large	76.314	11-5
26		Saint Louis	A10	Conf. Champ	76.120	7-1
27		USC	P12	At Large	74.806	11-3
28		Connecticut	BE	At Large	73.769	7-2
29	8	Boise St.	MWC	Conf. Champ	73.451	11-1
30		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	73.263	9-3
31		LSU	SEC	At Large	73.092	10-3
32		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	72.816	11-2
33	9	Xavier	BE	At Large	72.596	10-2
34		Florida	SEC	At Large	72.018	7-4
35		BYU	WCC	At Large	70.502	10-3
36		Louisville	ACC	At Large	69.701	9-3
37	10	Oklahoma	B12	At Large	69.680	8-4
38		Rutgers	B10	At Large	69.297	7-5
39		Drake	MVC	Conf. Champ	69.121	11-0
40		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	69.025	8-5
41	11	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	66.597	10-4
42		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	66.588	9-6
43		Richmond	A10	At Large	65.291	9-3
44		St. Bonaventure	A10	At Large	64.978	6-1
45	12	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	63.471	8-4
46		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	63.248	8-4
47		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	63.148	8-2
48		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	63.131	11-3
49		Winthrop	BSth	Conf. Champ	59.074	14-0
50		Furman	SC	Conf. Champ	57.139	7-3
51	13	Toledo	MAC	Conf. Champ	56.761	12-4
52		Colgate	Pat	Conf. Champ	54.256	5-1
53		Georgia St.	SB	Conf. Champ	53.554	6-2
54		Western Kentucky	CUSA	Conf. Champ	53.025	11-4
55	14	South Dakota St.	Sum	Conf. Champ	48.819	7-3
56		Belmont	OVC	Conf. Champ	48.563	13-1
57		Abilene Christian	Slnd	Conf. Champ	48.407	7-2
58		Siena	MAAC	Conf. Champ	48.073	6-0
59	15	Wright St.	Horz	Conf. Champ	43.708	9-4
60		Vermont	AE	Conf. Champ	42.846	7-3
61		Liberty	ASun	Conf. Champ	42.632	9-5
62		UC Santa Barbara	BW	Conf. Champ	37.088	6-3
63	16	Eastern Washington	BSky	Conf. Champ	36.806	2-5
64		Northeastern	CAA	Conf. Champ	36.321	7-5
65	16	Grand Canyon	WAC	Conf. Champ	35.637	5-3
66		Bryant	NEC	Conf. Champ	33.202	9-3
67		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Conf. Champ	20.995	7-4
68		Texas Southern	SWAC	Conf. Champ	19.730	1-7
69	1st out	Loyola Chicago	MVC	At Large	62.753	8-3
70	2nd out	VCU	A10	At Large	62.734	10-3
71	3rd out	Indiana	B10	At Large	62.684	8-6
72	4th out	Marquette	BE	At Large	62.085	8-6
73	5th out	Stanford	P12	At Large	60.902	8-5
74	6th out	Wichita St.	Amer	At Large	60.871	6-3
75	7th out	SMU	Amer	At Large	60.760	7-2
76	8th out	Maryland	B10	At Large	60.743	7-7
77	Receiving votes	Syracuse	ACC	At Large	59.201	8-4
78		Penn St.	B10	At Large	59.116	3-6
79		Duke	ACC	At Large	57.958	5-4
80		Colorado St.	MWC	At Large	55.919	9-3
81		Northwestern	B10	At Large	55.368	5-6
82		Providence	BE	At Large	52.811	7-6
83		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	52.702	4-8
84		Tulsa	Amer	At Large	52.344	7-4
Note: Conference champs are my picks to win the conference, not necessarily the current leader of the conference
Conference Breakdown (Conferences not shown have 1 bid each)
B10	9
B12	7
ACC	7
SEC	6
BE	5
P12	4
A10	3
MWC	3
WCC	2

		Regional Parity
Midwest (Indy)		33	34	Midwest (Indy)
1	Gonzaga	1	4	Villanova	1
16	Bryant vs. Grand Canyon			Texas Southern vs. Norfolk St.	16
8	LSU			Oklahoma St.	8
9	Xavier			Florida	9
5	Texas Tech			Missouri	5
12	Michigan St. vs. San Diego St.			Utah St. vs. Pittsburgh	12
4	Virginia	15	16	Minnesota	4
13	Georgia St.			Western Kentucky	13
6	Oregon			Florida St.	6
11	Arkansas			Seton Hall	11
3	Wisconsin	10	9	Kansas	3
14	Belmont			Siena	14
7	Saint Louis			USC	7
10	North Carolina			Oklahoma	10
2	Texas	7	5	Iowa	2
15	Vermont			Wright St.	15
		Regional Parity
Midwest (Indy)		36	33	Midwest (Indy)
1	Baylor	2	3	Michigan	1
16	Eastern Washington			Northeastern	16
8	Boise St.			Virginia Tech	8
9	Louisville			BYU	9
5	Colorado			Ohio St.	5
12	Furman			Winthrop	12
4	Illinois	14	13	West Virginia	4
13	Toledo			Colgate	13
6	Clemson			UCLA	6
11	St. Bonaventure			Richmond	11
3	Creighton	12	11	Alabama	3
14	South Dakota St.			Abilene Christian	14
7	Purdue			Connecticut	7
10	Drake			Rutgers	10
2	Tennessee	8	6	Houston	2
15	UC Santa Barbara			Liberty	15