Bracketology 2023: Games thru Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023

 Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	19-1	99.876
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-2	97.596
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	18-2	91.315
4		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	16-3	89.016
5	2	UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	88.830
6		Arizona	P12	At Large	17-3	88.766
7		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	87.464
8		Texas	B12	At Large	17-3	87.001
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	15-4	85.828
10		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-3	84.759
11		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	84.372
12		Baylor	B12	At Large	15-5	81.720
13	4	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	80.932
14		Marquette	BE	At Large	16-5	80.040
15		Xavier	BE	At Large	16-4	79.428
16		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	17-3	78.161
17	5	Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-3	76.698
18		Rutgers	B10	At Large	14-6	76.553
19		TCU	B12	At Large	16-4	76.498
20		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	16-4	74.908
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-6	73.547
22		Illinois	B10	At Large	14-6	73.536
23		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	17-4	73.368
24		Duke	ACC	At Large	14-6	72.963
25	7	Indiana	B10	At Large	13-6	72.709
26		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	72.300
27		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	17-3	72.122
28		Providence	BE	At Large	15-5	71.143
29	8	Memphis	Amer	At Large	15-5	69.109
30		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	13-7	68.333
31		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-1	67.512
32		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	14-6	67.162
33	9	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	15-5	66.315
34		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	16-5	66.225
35		Missouri	SEC	At Large	15-5	65.749
36		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	14-6	65.747
37	10	Northwestern	B10	At Large	13-5	65.542
38		Iowa	B10	At Large	12-7	65.248
39		Creighton	BE	At Large	11-8	65.214
40		Clemson	ACC	At Large	17-4	65.187
41	11	Nevada	MWC	At Large	15-5	64.913
42		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	12-6	64.148
43		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	63.345
44		West Virginia	B12	At Large	11-8	63.900
45		Maryland	B10	At Large	12-7	61.643
46	12	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	15-5	62.958
47		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	11-9	60.616
48		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-5	57.632
49		Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	13-4	55.212
50		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	54.696
51	13	Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	13-5	53.566
52		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	52.647
53		Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	50.234
54		Southern Illinois	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	47.652
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	11-6	45.093
56		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	43.905
57		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-6	42.472
58		Cornell	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	12-5	40.553
59	15	Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	40.138
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	39.937
61		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-4	39.195
62		Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	38.491
63	16	Longwood	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	36.350
64		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	32.466
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	32.290
66		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-7	31.734
67		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-7	28.476
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	24.117
69	1st out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	13-7	59.875
70	2nd out	USC	P12	At Large	14-6	59.732
71	3rd out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	15-4	59.618
72	4th out	Utah	P12	At Large	14-7	58.733
73	5th out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	13-7	57.752
74	6th out	Florida	SEC	At Large	11-8	56.165
75	7th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	11-9	56.141
76	8th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	14-6	55.877
77	Receiving votes	UCF	Amer	At Large	13-6	55.655
78		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	12-7	55.268
79		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	13-6	55.196
80		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	11-9	54.709
81		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	11-9	54.369
82		Oregon	P12	At Large	11-9	53.303
83		St. John's	BE	At Large	13-7	53.068
84		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	12-8	52.579
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	10
B12	7
ACC	6
SEC	6
BE	5
MWC	4
P12	3
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

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