Bracketology 2023: Games thru Monday, February 6

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	99.599
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	92.856
3		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	92.763
4		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	92.734
5	2	Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	90.401
6		Texas	B12	At Large	19-5	89.499
7		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-4	89.202
8		UCLA	P12	At Large	19-4	86.629
9	3	Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	85.383
10		Baylor	B12	At Large	17-6	83.806
11		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	16-6	83.389
12		Xavier	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	82.923
13	4	Connecticut	BE	At Large	18-6	80.679
14		Marquette	BE	At Large	19-5	80.286
15		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	18-5	80.010
16		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	18-5	79.581
17	5	Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	77.376
18		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	19-5	76.808
19		Indiana	B10	At Large	16-7	76.556
20		TCU	B12	At Large	17-6	75.830
21	6	Rutgers	B10	At Large	16-7	73.940
22		Illinois	B10	At Large	16-7	72.486
23		Auburn	SEC	At Large	17-6	70.164
24		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-5	69.995
25	7	Iowa	B10	At Large	15-8	69.924
26		Duke	ACC	At Large	17-7	69.724
27		Creighton	BE	At Large	15-8	69.331
28		Providence	BE	At Large	17-6	69.134
29	8	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-2	69.027
30		Missouri	SEC	At Large	17-6	68.990
31		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	19-5	68.722
32		Maryland	B10	At Large	16-7	67.578
33	9	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-4	67.387
34		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-8	67.276
35		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	14-9	67.222
36		Northwestern	B10	At Large	16-7	67.020
37	10	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	16-7	66.813
38		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	16-7	66.731
39		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	16-7	66.703
40		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	17-6	66.125
41	11	USC	P12	At Large	17-6	65.504
42		West Virginia	B12	At Large	14-9	64.999
43		Memphis	Amer	At Large	17-6	64.368
44		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	14-9	64.308
45		Nevada	MWC	At Large	17-6	64.290
46		Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-6	62.966
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	62.024
48		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	55.185
49		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	55.121
50		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	54.335
51	13	Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	54.222
52		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	53.473
53		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	50.799
54		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	50.688
55	14	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	14-6	46.206
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	44.865
57		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	43.694
58		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	42.058
59	15	Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	41.136
60		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	40.917
61		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	40.770
62		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	39.893
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	15-7	38.702
64		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	36.681
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-7	36.108
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	32.151
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-9	29.144
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-9	19.630
69	1st out	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	16-7	61.738
70	2nd out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	18-5	61.505
71	3rd out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	13-9	59.584
72	4th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	14-9	59.127
73	5th out	Florida	SEC	At Large	13-10	58.910
74	6th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	16-8	58.354
75	7th out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	14-9	57.335
76	8th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	14-10	56.377
77	Receiving votes	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	14-9	55.672
78		North Texas	CUSA	At Large	16-5	55.658
79		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	12-11	55.528
80		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	15-8	54.713
81		Michigan	B10	At Large	13-10	54.236
82		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	15-9	53.063
83		Utah	P12	At Large	16-9	52.673
84		Saint Louis	A10	At Large	14-8	51.102
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
ACC	7
SEC	6
BE	5
MWC	4
P12	3
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

		Regional Parity
South (Louisville)		33	34	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	Florida Atlantic			North Carolina St.	8
9	North Carolina			Northwestern	9
5	Saint Mary's			Indiana	5
12	Liberty			College of Charleston	12
	Orlando, FL			Albany, NY
4	Kansas St.	15	13	Connecticut	4
13	Drake			Kent St.	13
6	San Diego St.			Auburn	6
11	USC			Clemson vs. Nevada	11
	Columbus, OH			Des Moines, IA
3	Baylor	10	11	Iowa St.	3
14	Iona			UC Irvine	14
7	Providence			Iowa	7
10	Pittsburgh			Boise St.	10
	Greensboro, NC			Sacramento, CA
2	Tennessee	7	8	UCLA	2
15	UMass Lowell			Montana St.	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		33	36	West (Las Vegas)
1	Houston	4	3	Kansas	1
16	UNC Asheville			Northwestern St.	16
	Birmingham, AL			Des Moines, IA
8	Maryland			Missouri	8
9	New Mexico			Michigan St.	9
5	TCU			Miami FL	5
12	VCU			Oral Roberts	12
	Orlando, FL			Sacramento, CA
4	Marquette	14	16	Gonzaga	4
13	Southern Miss			Sam Houston St.	13
6	Rutgers			Illinois	6
11	Oklahoma St. vs. Memphis			West Virginia	11
	Greensboro, NC			Albany, NY
3	Virginia	9	12	Xavier	3
14	Yale			Youngstown St.	14
7	Creighton			Duke	7
10	Arkansas			Kentucky	10
	Denver, CO			Denver, CO
2	Texas	6	5	Arizona	2
15	Furman			Colgate	15