Bracketology 2023: Games thru Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023

 Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	101.382
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-2	98.180
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	19-2	92.946
4		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	17-3	90.581
5	2	Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	18-3	90.486
6		UCLA	P12	At Large	17-4	88.382
7		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	88.230
8		Texas	B12	At Large	17-3	87.406
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	15-4	86.621
10		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-3	86.536
11		Baylor	B12	At Large	15-5	82.889
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	81.226
13	4	Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	80.918
14		Xavier	BE	At Large	17-4	80.747
15		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	17-3	79.041
16		Connecticut	BE	At Large	16-6	78.957
17	5	TCU	B12	At Large	16-4	77.092
18		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	17-4	77.018
19		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	16-4	76.118
20		Rutgers	B10	At Large	14-6	74.811
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-6	74.674
22		Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-4	74.253
23		Indiana	B10	At Large	14-6	73.912
24		Duke	ACC	At Large	14-6	73.158
25	7	New Mexico	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	72.787
26		Illinois	B10	At Large	14-6	72.703
27		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	15-4	71.216
28		Providence	BE	At Large	16-5	70.203
29	8	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	14-7	70.147
30		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	18-1	69.437
31		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	14-6	67.976
32		Memphis	Amer	At Large	16-5	67.816
33	9	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	14-6	67.123
34		Northwestern	B10	At Large	14-5	66.981
35		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	16-5	66.883
36		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	15-5	66.802
37	10	Creighton	BE	At Large	12-8	66.190
38		Iowa	B10	At Large	12-8	65.977
39		Maryland	B10	At Large	13-7	65.931
40		Nevada	MWC	At Large	15-5	65.669
41	11	Clemson	ACC	At Large	17-4	64.652
42		Missouri	SEC	At Large	15-5	64.440
43		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	64.417
44		USC	P12	At Large	15-6	63.835
45		West Virginia	B12	At Large	12-8	63.393
46	12	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	12-7	62.063
47		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	14-6	61.233
48		Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	61.242
49		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-5	58.862
50		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	57.697
51	13	Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	14-5	55.982
52		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	54.385
53		Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	15-4	53.325
54		Southern Illinois	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	48.840
55	14	Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	45.417
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	11-7	45.178
57		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	43.468
58		Cornell	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	12-5	41.677
59	15	Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	41.346
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	41.076
61		Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	12-8	39.985
62		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	38.359
63	16	Longwood	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	13-7	37.242
64		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	12-8	34.053
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	33.663
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-7	29.884
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	28.909
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-8	20.519
69	1st out	Utah	P12	At Large	15-7	61.073
70	2nd out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	15-6	60.975
71	3rd out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	13-7	60.871
72	4th out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	11-9	60.071
73	5th out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	14-7	59.763
74	6th out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	15-5	59.237
75	7th out	Florida	SEC	At Large	12-8	57.544
76	8th out	Oklahoma	B12	At Large	11-9	56.488
77	Receiving votes	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	14-7	55.708
78		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	11-9	55.278
79		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	11-9	54.769
80		Oregon	P12	At Large	12-9	54.567
81		UNLV	MWC	At Large	12-7	51.771
82		Saint Louis	A10	At Large	13-6	51.520
83		St. John's	BE	At Large	13-8	51.454
84		Michigan	B10	At Large	11-9	51.395
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	9
B12	7
SEC	7
ACC	6
BE	5
MWC	4
P12	3
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

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