Bracketology 2023: Final Bracket Projection

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L
1	1	Alabama	SEC	Auto-bid	29-5
2		Houston	Amer	At Large	31-3
3		Kansas	B12	At Large	27-7
4		Purdue	B10	Auto-bid	29-5
5	2	Texas	B12	Auto-bid	26-8
6		UCLA	P12	At Large	29-5
7		Arizona	P12	Auto-bid	28-6
8		Baylor	B12	At Large	22-10
9	3	Marquette	BE	Auto-bid	28-6
10		Gonzaga	WCC	Auto-bid	27-5
11		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	23-9
12		Connecticut	BE	At Large	25-8
13	4	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	23-10
14		Xavier	BE	At Large	25-9
15		Indiana	B10	At Large	22-11
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	25-7
17	5	TCU	B12	At Large	21-12
18		San Diego St.	MWC	Auto-bid	26-6
19		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	19-13
20		Duke	ACC	Auto-bid	26-8
21	6	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	25-7
22		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	25-7
23		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	25-9
24		Missouri	SEC	At Large	24-9
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	21-11
26		Creighton	BE	At Large	21-12
27		Northwestern	B10	At Large	21-11
28		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	19-12
29	8	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	20-13
30		Maryland	B10	At Large	21-12
31		Memphis	Amer	Auto-bid	26-8
32		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Auto-bid	29-3
33	9	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	23-9
34		Illinois	B10	At Large	20-12
35		West Virginia	B12	At Large	19-14
36		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-13
37	10	Penn St.	B10	At Large	22-13
38		Auburn	SEC	At Large	20-12
39		Providence	BE	At Large	20-12
40		USC	P12	At Large	22-10
41	11	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	25-8
42		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	21-12
43		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	23-10
44		Rutgers	B10	At Large	19-14
45		Arizona St.	P12	At Large	22-12
46		Nevada	MWC	At Large	21-10
47	12	VCU	A10	Auto-bid	27-7
48		College of Charleston	CAA	Auto-bid	30-3
49		Drake	MVC	Auto-bid	26-7
50		Oral Roberts	Sum	Auto-bid	26-4
51	13	Kent St.	MAC	Auto-bid	26-6
52		Iona	MAAC	Auto-bid	27-7
53		Louisiana Lafayette	SB	Auto-bid	23-7
54		Furman	SC	Auto-bid	24-7
55	14	UC Santa Barbara	BW	Auto-bid	25-7
56		Grand Canyon	WAC	Auto-bid	21-11
57		Vermont	AE	Auto-bid	22-10
58		Kennesaw St.	ASun	Auto-bid	23-8
59	15	Colgate	Pat	Auto-bid	25-8
60		Princeton	Ivy	Auto-bid	19-8
61		Montana St.	BSky	Auto-bid	23-9
62		UNC Asheville	BSth	Auto-bid	24-7
63	16	Northern Kentucky	Horz	Auto-bid	20-12
64		Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	Auto-bid	19-10
65		Howard	MEAC	Auto-bid	19-12
66		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Auto-bid	17-16
67		Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	Auto-bid	17-15
68		Texas Southern	SWAC	Auto-bid	12-20
69	1st out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	22-11
70	2nd out	Clemson	ACC	At Large	23-10
71	3rd out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	17-14
72	4th out	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	20-14
73	5th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	18-15
74	6th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	19-14
75	7th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-13
76	8th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	23-7
77	Receiving votes	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-11
78		Michigan	B10	At Large	17-15
79		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	22-9
80		Liberty	ASun	At Large	22-9
81		Sam Houston St.	WAC	At Large	21-7
82		UAB	CUSA	At Large	24-9
83		Saint Louis	A10	At Large	20-12
84		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-14
Orange: Projected Conference Auto Bid (my pick to win the conference tournament)
Sky blue: Conference Auto Bid
Light green: Last 4 In
Dark green: Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have exactly one bid)
B10	9
SEC	8
B12	7
BE	5
ACC	4
MWC	4
P12	4
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

		Regional Parity
South (Louisville)		34	34	Midwest (Kansas City)
1	Alabama	1	2	Houston	1
16	Texas Southern vs. Fairleigh Dickinson			Northern Kentucky	16
	Birmingham, AL			Birmingham, AL
8	Florida Atlantic			Maryland	8
9	Illinois			West Virginia	9
5	TCU			Duke	5
12	Drake			VCU	12
	Orlando, FL			Orlando, FL
4	Virginia	16	15	Indiana	4
13	Louisiana Lafayette			Iona	13
6	Saint Mary's			Missouri	6
11	Utah St.			Nevada vs. Arizona St.	11
	Columbus, OH			Albany, NY
3	Marquette	9	12	Connecticut	3
14	Grand Canyon			Kennesaw St.	14
7	Michigan St.			Kentucky	7
10	Auburn			USC	10
	Des Moines, IA			Denver, CO
2	Baylor	8	5	Texas	2
15	UNC Asheville			Princeton	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		35	33	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	4	3	Kansas	1
16	Southeast Missouri St. vs. Howard			Texas A&M Corpus Chris	16
	Columbus, OH			Des Moines, IA
8	Memphis			Arkansas	8
9	Boise St.			Iowa	9
5	Iowa St.			San Diego St.	5
12	Oral Roberts			College of Charleston	12
	Greensboro, NC			Albany, NY
4	Tennessee	13	14	Xavier	4
13	Kent St.			Furman	13
6	Miami FL			Texas A&M	6
11	Mississippi St.			Rutgers vs. North Carolina St.	11
	Greensboro, NC			Sacramento, CA
3	Kansas St.	11	10	Gonzaga	3
14	Vermont			UC Santa Barbara	14
7	Northwestern			Creighton	7
10	Providence			Penn St.	10
	Denver, CO			Sacramento, CA
2	Arizona	7	6	UCLA	2
15	Colgate			Montana St.	15