Bracketology 2023: Games thru Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023

Seed list:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score	HBC Adj.
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	14-1	100.272	104.313
2		Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	14-1	98.397	102.346
3		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	13-1	97.765	101.806
4		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	15-1	96.865	101.489
5	2	Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	14-2	94.186	98.533
6		Alabama	SEC	At Large	12-2	91.373	95.350
7		Tennessee	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-2	90.542	95.074
8		UCLA	P12	At Large	14-2	88.447	92.859
9	3	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-3	87.552	91.279
10		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	12-2	83.168	86.988
11		Texas	B12	At Large	12-2	82.371	86.227
12		Duke	ACC	At Large	11-4	82.523	85.325
13	4	Xavier	BE	At Large	12-3	82.460	85.235
14		Baylor	B12	At Large	10-4	81.895	84.974
15		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	10-4	81.139	84.958
16		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-3	81.796	84.875
17	5	Indiana	B10	At Large	10-4	81.152	84.176
18		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	10-5	80.942	83.439
19		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	13-1	81.250	83.127
20		West Virginia	B12	At Large	10-4	79.839	82.401
21	6	San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-3	79.669	82.074
22		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	11-2	79.565	81.628
23		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	13-2	79.847	80.679
24		TCU	B12	At Large	13-1	78.125	80.622
25	7	Marquette	BE	At Large	12-4	77.753	80.528
26		Rutgers	B10	At Large	11-4	76.532	80.231
27		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	12-4	76.460	79.234
28		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	11-2	77.372	77.900
29	8	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	10-4	73.714	76.581
30		Providence	BE	At Large	13-3	74.222	76.442
31		Missouri	SEC	At Large	12-2	74.743	75.298
32		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	11-1	73.771	73.835
33	9	Illinois	B10	At Large	9-5	71.642	73.186
34		Creighton	BE	At Large	9-6	68.737	71.789
35		Auburn	SEC	At Large	11-3	69.185	71.099
36		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	11-4	70.015	70.968
37	10	Memphis	Amer	At Large	11-4	69.720	70.395
38		Maryland	B10	At Large	10-5	68.683	69.950
39		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	13-1	71.013	69.746
40		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	10-4	68.908	69.435
41	11	Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	11-3	69.713	69.278
42		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	11-4	70.353	69.179
43		Utah	P12	At Large	12-4	68.532	69.430
44		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	12-4	68.413	69.181
45		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	12-2	67.985	68.448
46		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	9-5	67.039	69.444
47	12	Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-4	66.373	64.588
48		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	14-1	64.537	61.458
49		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-3	62.872	61.327
50		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-4	59.862	58.873
51	13	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	8-3	61.946	58.496
52		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	9-4	59.013	58.209
53		Dayton	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	11-5	56.931	57.116
54		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	8-4	56.216	55.106
55	14	James Madison	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	8-5	52.214	50.272
56		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-5	49.260	45.311
57		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	7-5	48.338	44.111
58		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	12-2	46.037	39.037
59	15	Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	8-5	44.855	38.872
60		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	9-5	44.154	37.098
61		Longwood	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	9-5	43.122	35.632
62		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	8-7	40.394	34.965
63	16	Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	7-7	40.817	33.696
64		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	8-5	35.110	21.395
65		North Carolina Central	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	3-7	32.934	20.384
66		Nicholls St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	3-7	32.044	17.497
67		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-6	30.863	15.446
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-6	20.347	-1.358
69	1st out	LSU	SEC	At Large	12-2	66.580	64.915
70	2nd out	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	10-4	66.037	68.321
71	3rd out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	12-3	65.820	65.422
72	4th out	Clemson	ACC	At Large	12-3	65.713	65.778
73	5th out	UCF	Amer	At Large	11-4	65.265	65.080
74	6th out	Northwestern	B10	At Large	11-3	64.542	64.237
75	7th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	10-5	63.251	60.754
76	8th out	Oklahoma	B12	At Large	9-5	62.909	63.926
77	Receiving votes	Penn St.	B10	At Large	11-4	62.232	61.889
78		Nevada	MWC	At Large	12-3	61.153	58.868
79		Iowa	B10	At Large	9-6	60.684	61.608
80		Michigan	B10	At Large	9-5	60.234	60.114
81		North Texas	CUSA	At Large	9-3	60.133	58.070
82		UAB	CUSA	At Large	11-3	58.860	58.832
83		USC	P12	At Large	11-5	57.821	56.711
84		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	10-4	57.623	56.485
Conference Auto Bid (May not be the current conference leader. This is my pick to win the conference tournament)
Last 4 In
Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have only the auto-bid)
B10	8
B12	8
SEC	7
ACC	7
BE	5
MWC	3
P12	3
WCC	2
Amer	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
South (Louisville)		34	33	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	1	2	Arizona	1
16	Wagner vs. Grambling St.			Montana St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Sacramento, CA
8	Providence			Missouri	8
9	Auburn			Creighton	9
5	North Carolina			Indiana	5
12	Kent St.			Sam Houston St.	12
	Orlando, FL			Orlando, FL
4	Baylor	14	16	Virginia	4
13	Yale			Dayton	13
6	TCU			Iowa St.	6
11	Mississippi St.			North Carolina St. vs. Utah	11
	Greensboro, NC			Denver, CO
3	Duke	12	9	Gonzaga	3
14	James Madison			Drake	14
7	Marquette			Rutgers	7
10	Maryland			Memphis	10
	Greensboro, NC			Birmingham, AL
2	Tennessee	7	6	Alabama	2
15	Youngstown St.			Colgate	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		35	34	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Houston	4	3	Kansas	1
16	SIU Edwardsville			Nicholls St. vs. North Carolina Central	16
	Birmingham, AL			Des Moines, IA
8	Kentucky			Florida Atlantic	8
9	Virginia Tech			Illinois	9
5	Kansas St.			West Virginia	5
12	College of Charleston			Iona	12
	Albany, NY			Columbus, OH
4	Ohio St.	15	13	Xavier	4
13	Liberty			Oral Roberts	13
6	San Diego St.			Miami FL	6
11	Pittsburgh			Oklahoma St. vs. Utah St.	11
	Denver, CO			Des Moines, IA
3	Texas	11	10	Arkansas	3
14	UC Irvine			UMass Lowell	14
7	Wisconsin			Saint Mary's	7
10	New Mexico			Michigan St.	10
	Albany, NY			Sacramento, CA
2	Connecticut	5	8	UCLA	2
15	Furman			Longwood	15