Bracketology 2023: Games thru Thursday, February 23

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	99.956
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	96.468
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	95.874
4		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	88.273
5	2	Texas	B12	At Large	22-6	88.082
6		Arizona	P12	At Large	24-4	86.076
7		UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	85.873
8		Baylor	B12	At Large	20-8	84.232
9	3	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-8	79.124
10		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	21-7	78.549
11		Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	78.359
12		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	76.635
13	4	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	17-10	74.512
14		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	73.709
15		Indiana	B10	At Large	19-9	73.148
16		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	23-5	73.100
17	5	Connecticut	BE	At Large	21-7	72.783
18		Creighton	BE	At Large	18-10	70.663
19		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	24-5	70.575
20		Xavier	BE	At Large	20-8	69.781
21	6	TCU	B12	At Large	18-10	69.732
22		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	68.895
23		Illinois	B10	At Large	19-9	68.176
24		Northwestern	B10	At Large	20-8	68.160
25	7	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	17-10	67.861
26		Providence	BE	At Large	20-8	67.526
27		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-9	66.903
28		Maryland	B10	At Large	19-9	66.511
29	8	Iowa	B10	At Large	17-11	66.045
30		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-9	65.975
31		Duke	ACC	At Large	20-8	65.927
32		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-7	65.880
33	9	Auburn	SEC	At Large	19-9	65.662
34		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-8	65.422
35		Rutgers	B10	At Large	17-11	63.490
36		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	20-8	63.183
37	10	Memphis	Amer	At Large	21-7	62.723
38		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	22-8	62.335
39		Nevada	MWC	At Large	20-7	61.917
40		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	21-6	61.795
41	11	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	16-11	60.219
42		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	23-3	58.288
43		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	18-10	59.515
44		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-12	58.737
45		West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-12	58.569
46		USC	P12	At Large	20-8	57.215
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	55.058
48		Dayton	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	52.241
49		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	26-3	52.227
50		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	51.164
51	13	Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	51.061
52		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	49.687
53		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	45.993
54		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	45.462
55	14	Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	45.409
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	44.063
57		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	41.985
58		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	41.804
59	15	Eastern Washington	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	41.213
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	21-8	40.731
61		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	39.527
62		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	39.104
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	36.668
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	32.083
65		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	29.573
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	29.052
67		Morehead St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	24.334
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-12	13.849
69	1st out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	21-7	54.601
70	2nd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	19-8	54.462
71	3rd out	Michigan	B10	At Large	16-12	53.838
72	4th out	Penn St.	B10	At Large	17-11	53.749
73	5th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	17-11	53.682
74	6th out	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	16-12	52.234
75	7th out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-7	51.410
76	8th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	20-6	51.230
77	Receiving votes	Oregon	P12	At Large	15-13	50.311
78		Arizona St.	P12	At Large	19-9	50.270
79		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	15-12	49.385
80		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	17-11	48.678
81		Tulane	Amer	At Large	17-8	48.530
82		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-8	47.868
83		Saint Louis	A10	At Large	17-10	47.677
84		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	21-8	47.645
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
Midwest (Kansas City)		34	35	South (Louisville)
1	Kansas	1	2	Alabama	1
16	Wagner vs. Morehead St.			UNC Asheville	16
	Des Moines, IA			Birmingham, AL
8	Duke			Iowa	8
9	Auburn			Missouri	9
5	Saint Mary's			Xavier	5
12	Drake			College of Charleston	12
	Greensboro, NC			Albany, NY
4	Indiana	15	13	Iowa St.	4
13	Sam Houston St.			Kent St.	13
6	TCU			Northwestern	6
11	Wisconsin			Oklahoma St. vs. Mississippi St.	11
	Albany, NY			Orlando, FL
3	Marquette	11	12	Virginia	3
14	Southern Miss			Iona	14
7	Michigan St.			Providence	7
10	Boise St.			Nevada	10
	Sacramento, CA			Des Moines, IA
2	UCLA	7	8	Baylor	2
15	Eastern Washington			Vermont	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		34	33	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	4	3	Houston	1
16	Grambling St. vs. Northwestern St.			Norfolk St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Kentucky			Texas A&M	8
9	Pittsburgh			Rutgers	9
5	Connecticut			Creighton	5
12	Dayton			Oral Roberts	12
	Orlando, FL			Sacramento, CA
4	Miami FL	16	14	Gonzaga	4
13	Furman			Liberty	13
6	San Diego St.			Illinois	6
11	USC vs. West Virginia			Florida Atlantic	11
	Greensboro, NC			Columbus, OH
3	Tennessee	9	10	Kansas St.	3
14	Yale			UC Irvine	14
7	Maryland			Arkansas	7
10	Memphis			North Carolina St.	10
	Denver, CO			Denver, CO
2	Texas	5	6	Arizona	2
15	Youngstown St.			Colgate	15