Bracketology 2023: Games thru 2:00pm PST on Saturday, March 11

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	27-6	105.438
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-5	102.496
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	30-2	102.134
4		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	28-5	100.883
5	2	UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	29-4	94.367
6		Texas	B12	At Large	25-8	90.600
7		Baylor	B12	At Large	22-10	87.501
8		Arizona	P12	At Large	27-6	86.949
9	3	Gonzaga	WCC	Auto-bid	27-5	83.826
10		Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	27-6	81.740
11		Connecticut	BE	At Large	25-8	80.576
12		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	23-9	80.196
13	4	Indiana	B10	At Large	22-10	79.956
14		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	79.522
15		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	23-10	78.788
16		Xavier	BE	At Large	25-8	78.110
17	5	TCU	B12	At Large	21-12	75.177
18		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	75.085
19		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	19-13	74.940
20		Duke	ACC	At Large	25-8	74.718
21	6	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	25-7	74.458
22		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	25-7	74.200
23		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	24-8	73.410
24		Missouri	SEC	At Large	24-9	73.390
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	21-11	73.163
26		Creighton	BE	At Large	21-12	71.238
27		Northwestern	B10	At Large	21-11	70.800
28		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	19-12	69.117
29	8	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	20-13	68.410
30		Maryland	B10	At Large	21-12	67.209
31		Boise St.	MWC	At Large	23-9	67.033
32		Illinois	B10	At Large	20-12	66.863
33	9	Memphis	Amer	At Large	24-8	66.644
34		Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	66.233
35		West Virginia	B12	At Large	19-14	66.064
36		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-13	65.977
37	10	Auburn	SEC	At Large	20-12	65.782
38		Penn St.	B10	At Large	21-12	65.738
39		Providence	BE	At Large	20-12	64.273
40		USC	P12	At Large	22-10	62.143
41	11	Utah St.	MWC	At Large	25-7	61.334
42		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	21-12	61.270
43		North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	23-10	60.947
44		Rutgers	B10	At Large	19-14	60.460
45		Nevada	MWC	At Large	21-10	60.368
46		Arizona St.	P12	At Large	22-12	60.157
47	12	College of Charleston	CAA	Auto-bid	30-3	58.756
48		Oral Roberts	Sum	Auto-bid	26-4	58.675
49		Drake	MVC	Auto-bid	26-7	56.492
50		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-7	51.773
51	13	Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	50.065
52		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	47.183
53		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-7	46.535
54		Louisiana Lafayette	SB	Auto-bid	23-7	45.283
55	14	Southern Utah	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	44.819
56		Furman	SC	Auto-bid	24-7	44.295
57		UC Santa Barbara	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	24-7	44.278
58		Kennesaw St.	ASun	Auto-bid	23-8	42.599
59	15	Vermont	AE	Auto-bid	22-10	42.414
60		Colgate	Pat	Auto-bid	25-8	42.229
61		Montana St.	BSky	Auto-bid	23-9	41.032
62		UNC Asheville	BSth	Auto-bid	24-7	40.350
63	16	Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8	36.252
64		Northern Kentucky	Horz	Auto-bid	20-12	35.507
65		Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	Auto-bid	19-10	32.402
66		Howard	MEAC	Auto-bid	19-12	29.176
67		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Auto-bid	17-16	18.583
68		Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	Auto-bid	17-15	17.389
69	1st out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	22-11	59.284
70	2nd out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	18-15	58.826
71	3rd out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	17-14	58.299
72	4th out	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	20-13	57.538
73	5th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	19-14	56.501
74	6th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-13	55.977
75	7th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	23-7	54.606
76	8th out	Clemson	ACC	At Large	23-10	54.241
77	Receiving votes	Sam Houston St.	WAC	At Large	21-7	52.131
78		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-11	52.117
79		Michigan	B10	At Large	17-15	51.846
80		UAB	CUSA	At Large	24-8	51.673
81		Tulane	Amer	At Large	20-10	51.154
82		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	22-9	50.724
83		Liberty	ASun	At Large	22-9	50.105
84		Cincinnati	Amer	At Large	20-11	49.611
Projected Conference Auto Bid (my pick to win the conference tournament)
Conference Auto Bid
Last 4 In
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
Midwest (Kansas City)		32	32	South (Louisville)
1	Kansas	1	2	Alabama	1
16	Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Southeast Missouri St.			Northern Kentucky	16
	Des Moines, IA			Birmingham, AL
8	Maryland			Boise St.	8
9	Memphis			Iowa	9
5	San Diego St.			TCU	5
12	Oral Roberts			Drake	12
	Greensboro, NC			Orlando, FL
4	Virginia	14	13	Indiana	4
13	Iona			Yale	13
6	Texas A&M			Miami FL	6
11	Rutgers vs. North Carolina St.			Mississippi St.	11
	Sacramento, CA			Albany, NY
3	Gonzaga	9	11	Connecticut	3
14	Southern Utah			Kennesaw St.	14
7	Kentucky			Creighton	7
10	Providence			Penn St.	10
	Denver, CO			Denver, CO
2	Arizona	8	6	Texas	2
15	UNC Asheville			Colgate	15
		Regional Parity
East (New York)		36	36	West (Las Vegas)
1	Purdue	4	3	Houston	1
16	Howard vs. Texas A&M Corpus Chris			Grambling St.	16
	Columbus, OH			Birmingham, AL
8	Arkansas			Illinois	8
9	Florida Atlantic			West Virginia	9
5	Duke			Iowa St.	5
12	College of Charleston			VCU	12
	Orlando, FL			Albany, NY
4	Tennessee	15	16	Xavier	4
13	Kent St.			Louisiana Lafayette	13
6	Saint Mary's			Missouri	6
11	Utah St.			Arizona St. vs. Nevada	11
	Columbus, OH			Greensboro, NC
3	Marquette	10	12	Kansas St.	3
14	Furman			UC Santa Barbara	14
7	Northwestern			Michigan St.	7
10	USC			Auburn	10
	Des Moines, IA			Sacramento, CA
2	Baylor	7	5	UCLA	2
15	Vermont			Montana St.	15