Bracketology 2023: Games thru Tuesday, February 14

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	97.648
2		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	97.082
3		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	23-3	95.990
4		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	93.640
5	2	Texas	B12	At Large	20-6	90.123
6		Baylor	B12	At Large	20-6	88.602
7		UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	86.736
8		Arizona	P12	At Large	22-4	86.150
9	3	Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	85.400
10		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	85.139
11		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-6	84.839
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	79.270
13	4	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	16-8	79.023
14		Marquette	BE	At Large	20-6	78.219
15		Xavier	BE	At Large	19-6	78.191
16		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	19-7	77.304
17	5	Indiana	B10	At Large	18-7	77.198
18		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	21-5	77.138
19		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	21-5	76.339
20		Illinois	B10	At Large	17-8	72.872
21	6	TCU	B12	At Large	17-8	72.719
22		Creighton	BE	At Large	17-9	72.254
23		Providence	BE	At Large	19-7	72.190
24		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	72.115
25	7	Auburn	SEC	At Large	18-8	69.927
26		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	16-9	69.606
27		Duke	ACC	At Large	18-8	68.698
28		Iowa	B10	At Large	16-9	68.633
29	8	Northwestern	B10	At Large	18-7	68.188
30		Missouri	SEC	At Large	19-7	68.123
31		Rutgers	B10	At Large	16-10	66.775
32		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-10	66.129
33	9	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	17-8	66.103
34		Nevada	MWC	At Large	19-6	65.496
35		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	65.485
36		Maryland	B10	At Large	17-8	65.410
37	10	North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	20-7	64.647
38		West Virginia	B12	At Large	15-11	64.474
39		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	17-8	62.963
40		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	18-6	61.333
41	11	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	19-7	61.063
42		USC	P12	At Large	17-8	60.483
43		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	15-10	60.307
44		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	16-9	60.291
45		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	18-7	59.489
46		Memphis	Amer	At Large	19-6	58.771
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	58.013
48		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	24-3	55.131
49		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-6	54.203
50		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	52.625
51	13	Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	52.248
52		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	51.895
53		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	50.848
54		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	49.933
55	14	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	44.363
56		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	41.937
57		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	41.708
58		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	41.089
59	15	Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	40.754
60		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	39.590
61		Eastern Washington	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	38.647
62		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	14-10	37.096
63	16	Longwood	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	36.931
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	35.017
65		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	33.942
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	30.147
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-10	25.929
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-10	16.165
69	1st out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	16-10	58.718
70	2nd out	Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-7	58.096
71	3rd out	Oregon	P12	At Large	15-11	56.652
72	4th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	18-8	56.182
73	5th out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-7	55.984
74	6th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	18-5	55.355
75	7th out	Utah	P12	At Large	17-9	55.152
76	8th out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	19-7	54.594
77	Receiving votes	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	15-11	54.494
78		Penn St.	B10	At Large	15-11	52.557
79		UCF	Amer	At Large	15-9	52.244
80		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	15-10	51.611
81		Michigan	B10	At Large	14-12	50.851
82		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	13-13	49.989
83		Tulane	Amer	At Large	16-7	49.086
84		Utah Valley	WAC	At Large	17-6	48.902
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)		32	34	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Alabama	1	2	Kansas	1
16	Norfolk St.			Wagner vs. SIU Edwardsville	16
	Birmingham, AL			Des Moines, IA
8	Rutgers			Northwestern	8
9	Nevada			Arkansas	9
5	Illinois			Miami FL	5
12	Oral Roberts			Liberty	12
	Orlando, FL			Albany, NY
4	Kansas St.	16	14	Marquette	4
13	Kent St.			Southern Miss	13
6	San Diego St.			TCU	6
11	USC			Memphis vs. Texas A&M	11
	Albany, NY			Greensboro, NC
3	Connecticut	9	10	Virginia	3
14	Yale			Iona	14
7	Auburn			Iowa	7
10	North Carolina St.			Boise St.	10
	Des Moines, IA			Denver, CO
2	Baylor	6	8	Arizona	2
15	Vermont			Colgate	15
		Regional Parity
West (Las Vegas)		36	34	East (New York)
1	Houston	4	3	Purdue	1
16	Longwood			Grambling St. vs. Northwestern St.	16
	Birmingham, AL			Columbus, OH
8	Missouri			Oklahoma St.	8
9	Maryland			Florida Atlantic	9
5	Indiana			Saint Mary's	5
12	College of Charleston			Sam Houston St.	12
	Columbus, OH			Orlando, FL
4	Iowa St.	13	15	Xavier	4
13	Drake			VCU	13
6	Creighton			Providence	6
11	Kentucky vs. Wisconsin			Pittsburgh	11
	Sacramento, CA			Greensboro, NC
3	Gonzaga	12	11	Tennessee	3
14	UC Irvine			Furman	14
7	Duke			Michigan St.	7
10	West Virginia			Mississippi St.	10
	Sacramento, CA			Denver, CO
2	UCLA	7	5	Texas	2
15	Eastern Washington			Youngstown St.	15