Bracketology 2023: Games thru Thursday, February 16

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	98.391
2		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	96.524
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	94.693
4		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	92.536
5	2	Texas	B12	At Large	20-6	87.011
6		Baylor	B12	At Large	20-6	86.169
7		UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	84.166
8		Arizona	P12	At Large	23-4	84.031
9	3	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-6	83.707
10		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	82.434
11		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	81.120
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	78.595
13	4	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	17-8	78.254
14		Marquette	BE	At Large	21-6	75.413
15		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	19-7	74.564
16		Indiana	B10	At Large	18-8	74.521
17	5	Xavier	BE	At Large	19-7	73.536
18		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	21-5	72.265
19		Creighton	BE	At Large	17-9	70.807
20		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	22-5	70.552
21	6	Illinois	B10	At Large	17-8	70.416
22		Northwestern	B10	At Large	19-7	70.277
23		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	68.604
24		TCU	B12	At Large	17-9	67.576
25	7	Iowa	B10	At Large	17-9	67.414
26		Missouri	SEC	At Large	19-7	67.297
27		Auburn	SEC	At Large	18-8	67.212
28		Maryland	B10	At Large	18-8	66.552
29	8	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	16-9	66.010
30		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	17-9	65.844
31		Providence	BE	At Large	19-7	65.833
32		Rutgers	B10	At Large	16-10	65.129
33	9	West Virginia	B12	At Large	15-11	64.943
34		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	20-7	63.171
35		Nevada	MWC	At Large	19-6	62.779
36		Duke	ACC	At Large	18-8	62.327
37	10	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-10	61.807
38		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	19-7	61.138
39		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	60.690
40		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	19-6	60.264
41	11	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	19-7	60.263
42		USC	P12	At Large	18-8	60.003
43		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-9	59.723
44		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	15-10	58.053
45		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	17-9	58.432
46		Memphis	Amer	At Large	20-6	57.202
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	56.734
48		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	25-3	53.301
49		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	52.590
50		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	51.800
51	13	Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	51.156
52		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	50.831
53		Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	48.880
54		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	48.322
55	14	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	43.442
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	41.740
57		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	40.233
58		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	38.951
59	15	Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	38.786
60		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	38.513
61		Eastern Washington	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	37.634
62		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	36.549
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	35.578
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	33.629
65		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	32.529
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	28.939
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-11	24.396
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-11	15.227
69	1st out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	16-10	57.009
70	2nd out	Clemson	ACC	At Large	19-7	54.784
71	3rd out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	19-5	54.585
72	4th out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-7	54.031
73	5th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	15-12	53.082
74	6th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	15-11	52.257
75	7th out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	19-7	51.565
76	8th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	18-9	50.941
77	Receiving votes	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	17-9	50.824
78		Penn St.	B10	At Large	15-11	50.678
79		UCF	Amer	At Large	15-10	49.723
80		Utah	P12	At Large	17-10	49.659
81		Michigan	B10	At Large	14-12	49.517
82		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	13-13	48.186
83		Colorado	P12	At Large	15-12	47.266
84		Utah Valley	WAC	At Large	17-6	47.046
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	8
SEC	8
ACC	5
BE	5
MWC	3
P12	3
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

		Regional Parity
South (Louisville)		33	36	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Alabama	1	2	Kansas	1
16	UNC Asheville			Wagner vs. SIU Edwardsville	16
	Birmingham, AL			Des Moines, IA
8	Rutgers			Providence	8
9	Nevada			North Carolina St.	9
5	Xavier			Saint Mary's	5
12	Oral Roberts			Sam Houston St.	12
	Orlando, FL			Orlando, FL
4	Kansas St.	15	16	Indiana	4
13	Kent St.			VCU	13
6	Northwestern			TCU	6
11	Texas A&M			Wisconsin vs. Kentucky	11
	Greensboro, NC			Albany, NY
3	Virginia	11	10	Connecticut	3
14	Iona			Youngstown St.	14
7	Auburn			Maryland	7
10	Florida Atlantic			Pittsburgh	10
	Des Moines, IA			Denver, CO
2	Baylor	6	8	Arizona	2
15	Colgate			Vermont	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		32	35	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	4	3	Houston	1
16	Grambling St. vs. Northwestern St.			Norfolk St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Arkansas			Michigan St.	8
9	West Virginia			Duke	9
5	Miami FL			Creighton	5
12	Liberty			College of Charleston	12
	Albany, NY			Columbus, OH
4	Marquette	14	13	Iowa St.	4
13	Southern Miss			Drake	13
6	Illinois			San Diego St.	6
11	USC			Memphis vs. Mississippi St.	11
	Greensboro, NC			Sacramento, CA
3	Tennessee	9	12	Gonzaga	3
14	Yale			UC Irvine	14
7	Missouri			Iowa	7
10	Boise St.			Oklahoma St.	10
	Denver, CO			Sacramento, CA
2	Texas	5	7	UCLA	2
15	Furman			Eastern Washington	15