Bracketology 2023: Games thru Tuesday, February 21

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	99.735
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	95.670
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	93.904
4		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	93.454
5	2	Texas	B12	At Large	22-6	87.645
6		Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	86.070
7		UCLA	P12	At Large	23-4	84.713
8		Baylor	B12	At Large	20-8	83.742
9	3	Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	80.633
10		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	21-7	78.933
11		Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	77.345
12		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-8	77.274
13	4	Miami FL	ACC	At Large	23-5	74.449
14		Indiana	B10	At Large	19-9	73.593
15		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	17-10	73.436
16		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-5	73.353
17	5	Connecticut	BE	At Large	20-7	71.172
18		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	23-5	70.652
19		Creighton	BE	At Large	18-10	70.581
20		Xavier	BE	At Large	20-8	69.683
21	6	TCU	B12	At Large	18-10	69.188
22		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	68.610
23		Northwestern	B10	At Large	20-7	68.138
24		Maryland	B10	At Large	18-9	67.513
25	7	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	17-10	67.188
26		Duke	ACC	At Large	20-8	66.822
27		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-7	66.752
28		Illinois	B10	At Large	18-9	66.682
29	8	Iowa	B10	At Large	17-10	66.100
30		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-9	65.620
31		Auburn	SEC	At Large	18-9	64.722
32		Providence	BE	At Large	20-7	64.703
33	9	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	20-8	64.638
34		Rutgers	B10	At Large	17-10	64.238
35		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	21-7	64.184
36		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-8	63.920
37	10	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	18-9	63.575
38		Memphis	Amer	At Large	20-7	62.614
39		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	20-6	62.477
40		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-12	62.343
41	11	Nevada	MWC	At Large	20-7	61.893
42		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	60.165
43		West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-12	59.403
44		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	18-10	59.286
45		USC	P12	At Large	19-8	58.389
46		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	15-11	55.996
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	55.035
48		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	52.808
49		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	25-3	52.243
50		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	51.045
51	13	Toledo	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	50.318
52		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	49.879
53		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	49.511
54		Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	47.940
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	42.764
56		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	42.042
57		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	41.969
58		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	41.702
59	15	Eastern Washington	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	41.459
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	41.126
61		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	39.238
62		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	38.987
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	36.494
64		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	32.135
65		Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-9	30.993
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	29.324
67		Morehead St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	24.100
68		Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-13	13.570
69	1st out	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	16-12	55.861
70	2nd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	19-7	55.636
71	3rd out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	21-7	54.939
72	4th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	20-5	53.816
73	5th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	16-11	53.604
74	6th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	19-9	50.766
75	7th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	15-13	50.428
76	8th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	15-12	50.283
77	Receiving votes	Michigan	B10	At Large	15-12	49.364
78		Penn St.	B10	At Large	16-11	49.322
79		Tulane	Amer	At Large	17-7	48.862
80		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	17-10	48.703
81		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	16-12	48.672
82		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	15-12	48.384
83		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	20-8	47.558
84		Utah Valley	WAC	At Large	18-6	47.434
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)		33	32	South (Louisville)
1	Kansas	1	2	Alabama	1
16	Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Morehead St.			UNC Asheville	16
	Des Moines, IA			Birmingham, AL
8	Arkansas			Providence	8
9	Rutgers			Pittsburgh	9
5	Connecticut			Saint Mary's	5
12	Drake			College of Charleston	12
	Orlando, FL			Albany, NY
4	Miami FL	13	14	Indiana	4
13	Southern Miss			Liberty	13
6	Northwestern			TCU	6
11	Florida Atlantic			Mississippi St. vs. West Virginia	11
	Greensboro, NC			Orlando, FL
3	Tennessee	12	11	Marquette	3
14	Yale			Furman	14
7	Michigan St.			Illinois	7
10	Oklahoma St.			Memphis	10
	Sacramento, CA			Denver, CO
2	UCLA	7	5	Texas	2
15	Eastern Washington			Youngstown St.	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		36	35	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	4	3	Houston	1
16	Grambling St. vs. Texas A&M Corpus Chris			Norfolk St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Auburn			Iowa	8
9	North Carolina St.			Missouri	9
5	Creighton			Xavier	5
12	Oral Roberts			Sam Houston St.	12
	Albany, NY			Sacramento, CA
4	Iowa St.	15	16	Gonzaga	4
13	VCU			Toledo	13
6	San Diego St.			Maryland	6
11	Wisconsin vs. USC			Nevada	11
	Greensboro, NC			Columbus, OH
3	Virginia	9	10	Kansas St.	3
14	Iona			UC Irvine	14
7	Texas A&M			Duke	7
10	Boise St.			Kentucky	10
	Des Moines, IA			Denver, CO
2	Baylor	8	6	Arizona	2
15	Colgate			Vermont	15