Bracketology 2023: Games thru Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2023

 Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	19-1	100.369
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-2	98.127
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	19-2	92.905
4		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	17-3	91.358
5	2	UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	91.072
6		Arizona	P12	At Large	17-3	89.954
7		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	88.275
8		Texas	B12	At Large	17-3	87.393
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	15-4	86.358
10		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-3	84.967
11		Baylor	B12	At Large	15-5	82.329
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	81.228
13	4	Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	80.861
14		Xavier	BE	At Large	17-4	80.812
15		Connecticut	BE	At Large	16-6	80.343
16		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	17-3	78.892
17	5	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	17-4	76.992
18		TCU	B12	At Large	16-4	76.711
19		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	16-4	75.344
20		Rutgers	B10	At Large	14-6	75.076
21	6	Duke	ACC	At Large	14-6	74.350
22		Illinois	B10	At Large	14-6	74.267
23		Indiana	B10	At Large	14-6	73.804
24		Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-4	73.783
25	7	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-6	73.402
26		New Mexico	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	73.066
27		Providence	BE	At Large	16-5	72.013
28		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	15-4	71.863
29	8	North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	16-5	68.713
30		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	13-7	68.495
31		Memphis	Amer	At Large	15-5	68.163
32		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-1	68.061
33	9	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	14-6	67.957
34		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	15-5	67.552
35		Iowa	B10	At Large	12-7	67.132
36		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	14-6	66.898
37	10	Maryland	B10	At Large	13-7	66.399
38		Clemson	ACC	At Large	17-4	66.352
39		Nevada	MWC	At Large	15-5	66.167
40		Northwestern	B10	At Large	14-5	66.128
41	11	Creighton	BE	At Large	12-8	66.030
42		Missouri	SEC	At Large	15-5	64.825
43		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	63.778
44		West Virginia	B12	At Large	12-8	64.707
45		Arizona St.	P12	At Large	15-5	63.964
46	12	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	12-7	63.628
47		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	14-6	62.061
48		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-5	58.440
49		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	57.528
50		Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	13-4	56.078
51	13	Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	54.768
52		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	13-5	54.553
53		Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	52.372
54		Southern Illinois	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	48.849
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	11-6	46.356
56		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	45.485
57		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	43.367
58		Cornell	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	12-5	41.819
59	15	Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	41.348
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	41.102
61		Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	39.712
62		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	38.497
63	16	Longwood	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	37.495
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	33.519
65		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	33.404
66		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-7	33.110
67		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-7	29.703
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	25.549
69	1st out	USC	P12	At Large	14-6	61.223
70	2nd out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	13-7	60.808
71	3rd out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	14-7	59.656
72	4th out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	11-9	59.448
73	5th out	Utah	P12	At Large	14-7	59.310
74	6th out	Florida	SEC	At Large	12-8	58.113
75	7th out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	15-5	56.980
76	8th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	14-7	56.510
77	Receiving votes	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	11-9	55.584
78		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	11-9	55.316
79		UCF	Amer	At Large	13-7	55.026
80		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	11-9	54.843
81		Oregon	P12	At Large	11-9	54.062
82		Utah Valley	WAC	At Large	13-5	52.205
83		North Texas	CUSA	At Large	13-5	52.070
84		Saint Louis	A10	At Large	13-6	51.958
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)		33	32	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Purdue	1	2	Alabama	1
16	Wagner vs. Grambling St.			SIU Edwardsville vs. Northwestern St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Memphis			North Carolina St.	8
9	Arkansas			Iowa	9
5	TCU			Saint Mary's	5
12	Texas A&M vs. Wisconsin			Oral Roberts	12
	Albany, NY			Columbus, OH
4	Connecticut	15	13	Marquette	4
13	Liberty			Southern Miss	13
6	Auburn			Indiana	6
11	College of Charleston			Creighton	11
	Greensboro, NC			Orlando, FL
3	Virginia	10	11	Baylor	3
14	Cornell			Furman	14
7	North Carolina			New Mexico	7
10	Nevada			Maryland	10
	Des Moines, IA			Denver, CO
2	Kansas	7	6	Arizona	2
15	UMass Lowell			Colgate	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		35	36	West (Las Vegas)
1	Tennessee	4	3	Houston	1
16	Norfolk St.			Longwood	16
	Greensboro, NC			Birmingham, AL
8	Michigan St.			Florida Atlantic	8
9	Boise St.			Kentucky	9
5	Miami FL			Rutgers	5
12	VCU			Sam Houston St.	12
	Albany, NY			Orlando, FL
4	Xavier	14	16	Kansas St.	4
13	Kent St.			Southern Illinois	13
6	Illinois			Duke	6
11	Missouri			Arizona St. vs. West Virginia	11
	Des Moines, IA			Sacramento, CA
3	Iowa St.	9	12	Gonzaga	3
14	Iona			UC Irvine	14
7	San Diego St.			Providence	7
10	Clemson			Northwestern	10
	Denver, CO			Sacramento, CA
2	Texas	8	5	UCLA	2
15	Youngstown St.			Montana St.	15