Bracketology 2023: Games thru Sunday, February 5

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	100.413
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	92.854
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	92.633
4		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	18-5	91.705
5	2	Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	90.357
6		Texas	B12	At Large	19-4	90.238
7		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-4	90.020
8		UCLA	P12	At Large	19-4	86.652
9	3	Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	84.601
10		Baylor	B12	At Large	17-6	83.722
11		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	16-6	83.494
12		Xavier	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	83.035
13	4	Connecticut	BE	At Large	18-6	80.643
14		Marquette	BE	At Large	19-5	80.491
15		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	18-5	80.198
16		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	18-5	79.799
17	5	Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	77.319
18		Indiana	B10	At Large	16-7	76.489
19		TCU	B12	At Large	17-6	75.983
20		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	18-5	75.078
21	6	Duke	ACC	At Large	17-6	75.060
22		Rutgers	B10	At Large	16-7	73.949
23		Illinois	B10	At Large	16-7	72.440
24		Auburn	SEC	At Large	17-6	70.314
25	7	San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-5	70.086
26		Iowa	B10	At Large	15-8	70.025
27		Creighton	BE	At Large	15-8	69.365
28		Providence	BE	At Large	17-6	69.227
29	8	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-2	69.042
30		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	16-7	68.628
31		Missouri	SEC	At Large	17-6	68.109
32		Maryland	B10	At Large	16-7	67.386
33	9	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-4	67.322
34		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-8	67.303
35		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	14-9	67.280
36		Northwestern	B10	At Large	16-7	67.020
37	10	North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	19-5	66.994
38		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	16-7	66.986
39		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	16-7	66.825
40		USC	P12	At Large	17-6	66.416
41	11	West Virginia	B12	At Large	14-9	66.387
42		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	17-6	66.055
43		Memphis	Amer	At Large	17-6	64.367
44		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	14-9	64.313
45		Nevada	MWC	At Large	17-6	64.312
46		Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-6	62.274
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	62.090
48		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	55.125
49		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	55.124
50		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	54.319
51	13	Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	54.220
52		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	53.540
53		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	50.728
54		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	50.681
55	14	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	14-6	46.200
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	45.025
57		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	43.701
58		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	42.125
59	15	Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	41.095
60		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	40.864
61		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	40.797
62		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	38.745
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	15-7	38.653
64		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	36.749
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-7	36.028
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-8	30.288
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-9	29.040
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-9	19.631
69	1st out	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	16-7	61.696
70	2nd out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	18-5	61.519
71	3rd out	Florida	SEC	At Large	13-10	61.283
72	4th out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	13-9	59.657
73	5th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	14-9	59.098
74	6th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	16-8	58.353
75	7th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	14-9	57.622
76	8th out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	14-9	57.334
77	Receiving votes	Oregon	P12	At Large	14-10	56.367
78		North Texas	CUSA	At Large	16-5	55.629
79		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	12-11	55.552
80		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	15-8	54.712
81		Michigan	B10	At Large	13-10	54.628
82		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	15-9	52.852
83		Utah	P12	At Large	16-9	52.673
84		UNLV	MWC	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)		32	35	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	Missouri			Florida Atlantic	8
9	New Mexico			Northwestern	9
5	Miami FL			Saint Mary's	5
12	Liberty			VCU	12
	Albany, NY			Orlando, FL
4	Connecticut	13	15	Kansas St.	4
13	Southern Miss			Sam Houston St.	13
6	Rutgers			Illinois	6
11	Oklahoma St. vs. Memphis			Boise St.	11
	Des Moines, IA			Albany, NY
3	Baylor	10	12	Xavier	3
14	Iona			Youngstown St.	14
7	San Diego St.			Iowa	7
10	North Carolina St.			Pittsburgh	10
	Sacramento, CA			Denver, CO
2	UCLA	8	6	Texas	2
15	Furman			Montana St.	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		34	35	West (Las Vegas)
1	Kansas	4	3	Houston	1
16	Northwestern St.			UNC Asheville	16
	Des Moines, IA			Birmingham, AL
8	Arkansas			Maryland	8
9	Michigan St.			North Carolina	9
5	Indiana			TCU	5
12	College of Charleston			Oral Roberts	12
	Orlando, FL			Sacramento, CA
4	Marquette	14	16	Gonzaga	4
13	Kent St.			Drake	13
6	Auburn			Duke	6
11	Clemson vs. Nevada			West Virginia	11
	Greensboro, NC			Columbus, OH
3	Virginia	9	11	Iowa St.	3
14	Yale			UC Irvine	14
7	Providence			Creighton	7
10	USC			Kentucky	10
	Greensboro, NC			Denver, CO
2	Tennessee	7	5	Arizona	2
15	Colgate			UMass Lowell	15