Bracketology 2023: Games thru Wednesday, February 8

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	98.231
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	94.326
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	94.005
4		Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	91.857
5	2	Texas	B12	At Large	19-5	90.942
6		Arizona	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	89.898
7		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-5	89.142
8		UCLA	P12	At Large	19-4	87.699
9	3	Baylor	B12	At Large	18-6	86.103
10		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	85.811
11		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	84.819
12		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	19-5	81.566
13	4	Xavier	BE	At Large	19-5	80.890
14		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	16-7	80.714
15		Marquette	BE	At Large	19-6	79.716
16		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	18-5	79.561
17	5	Indiana	B10	At Large	17-7	79.556
18		Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	78.404
19		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	19-5	76.775
20		TCU	B12	At Large	17-7	74.720
21	6	Illinois	B10	At Large	16-7	74.354
22		Rutgers	B10	At Large	16-8	73.379
23		Creighton	BE	At Large	16-8	73.244
24		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-5	72.985
25	7	Duke	ACC	At Large	17-7	70.932
26		Iowa	B10	At Large	15-8	69.162
27		Providence	BE	At Large	18-6	69.025
28		West Virginia	B12	At Large	15-9	68.916
29	8	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-2	68.862
30		Auburn	SEC	At Large	17-7	68.506
31		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	15-9	68.479
32		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	17-7	68.037
33	9	Maryland	B10	At Large	16-8	67.956
34		Nevada	MWC	At Large	18-6	67.949
35		Missouri	SEC	At Large	18-6	67.561
36		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	19-6	67.177
37	10	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	17-6	67.168
38		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	17-7	66.503
39		USC	P12	At Large	17-6	65.861
40		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-5	65.295
41	11	Northwestern	B10	At Large	16-7	65.218
42		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	15-9	65.071
43		Memphis	Amer	At Large	18-6	64.966
44		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	16-8	64.459
45		Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	15-9	64.383
46		Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-6	64.241
47	12	Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	64.106
48		Liberty	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	57.139
49		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	54.660
50		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	54.196
51	13	Southern Miss	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	53.345
52		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	52.505
53		Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	52.400
54		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-5	51.001
55	14	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	14-6	45.858
56		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	44.142
57		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	43.413
58		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	42.097
59	15	UNC Greensboro	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-9	41.887
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	41.652
61		Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	40.942
62		UMass Lowell	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	39.288
63	16	UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	38.610
64		Northwestern St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	36.600
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-7	36.177
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	31.723
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-9	29.134
68		Wagner	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	10-9	19.700
69	1st out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	14-9	63.261
70	2nd out	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	17-7	61.130
71	3rd out	Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	16-8	60.406
72	4th out	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	18-6	59.848
73	5th out	Florida	SEC	At Large	13-11	56.932
74	6th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	14-10	56.643
75	7th out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	16-8	56.425
76	8th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	14-10	56.424
77	Receiving votes	Michigan	B10	At Large	14-10	56.235
78		North Texas	CUSA	At Large	16-5	55.117
79		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	16-9	54.498
80		Utah	P12	At Large	16-9	53.061
81		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	12-12	53.021
82		UCF	Amer	At Large	14-9	52.798
83		UNLV	MWC	At Large	15-8	51.355
84		Tulane	Amer	At Large	16-7	51.086
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)		36	34	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Purdue	1	2	Alabama	1
16	Wagner vs. SIU Edwardsville			Northwestern St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Auburn			Florida Atlantic	8
9	Nevada			North Carolina St.	9
5	TCU			Indiana	5
12	VCU			Oral Roberts	12
	Orlando, FL			Sacramento, CA
4	Marquette	15	16	Gonzaga	4
13	Drake			Sam Houston St.	13
6	Creighton			San Diego St.	6
11	North Carolina			Northwestern	11
	Columbus, OH			Albany, NY
3	Kansas St.	12	11	Connecticut	3
14	Iona			Youngstown St.	14
7	Iowa			Duke	7
10	New Mexico			USC	10
	Sacramento, CA			Denver, CO
2	UCLA	8	5	Texas	2
15	Montana St.			UNC Greensboro	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		34	32	West (Las Vegas)
1	Kansas	4	3	Houston	1
16	Grambling St. vs. Norfolk St.			UNC Asheville	16
	Des Moines, IA			Birmingham, AL
8	Michigan St.			Arkansas	8
9	Missouri			Maryland	9
5	Miami FL			Saint Mary's	5
12	College of Charleston			Liberty	12
	Albany, NY			Orlando, FL
4	Xavier	13	14	Iowa St.	4
13	Kent St.			Southern Miss	13
6	Illinois			Rutgers	6
11	Clemson vs. Oklahoma St.			Kentucky vs. Memphis	11
	Greensboro, NC			Des Moines, IA
3	Virginia	10	9	Baylor	3
14	Yale			UC Irvine	14
7	West Virginia			Providence	7
10	Boise St.			Pittsburgh	10
	Greensboro, NC			Denver, CO
2	Tennessee	7	6	Arizona	2
15	Colgate			UMass Lowell	15