Bracketology 2023: Games thru Sunday, March 5

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Kansas	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	99.454
2		Alabama	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-5	94.425
3		Houston	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	94.130
4		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-5	90.431
5	2	UCLA	P12	Proj. Auto-bid	27-4	88.075
6		Texas	B12	At Large	23-8	87.772
7		Baylor	B12	At Large	22-9	85.311
8		Arizona	P12	At Large	25-6	83.986
9	3	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-5	79.998
10		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	22-9	77.992
11		Kansas St.	B12	At Large	23-8	77.764
12		Marquette	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	76.880
13	4	Connecticut	BE	At Large	24-7	76.170
14		Indiana	B10	At Large	21-10	75.517
15		Xavier	BE	At Large	23-8	73.410
16		Virginia	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	73.185
17	5	Miami FL	ACC	At Large	24-6	72.867
18		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	72.462
19		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	24-6	69.982
20		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	18-12	69.824
21	6	Creighton	BE	At Large	20-11	69.799
22		Duke	ACC	At Large	23-8	69.551
23		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	21-10	68.913
24		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	23-8	68.258
25	7	TCU	B12	At Large	20-11	67.858
26		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	19-11	67.571
27		Missouri	SEC	At Large	23-8	67.185
28		Northwestern	B10	At Large	21-10	65.993
29	8	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-12	65.929
30		Illinois	B10	At Large	20-11	65.828
31		Maryland	B10	At Large	20-11	65.665
32		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-12	65.028
33	9	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	26-3	64.213
34		Providence	BE	At Large	20-11	63.708
35		Auburn	SEC	At Large	20-11	63.585
36		West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-13	63.465
37	10	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	22-8	63.388
38		Memphis	Amer	At Large	23-8	62.985
39		Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	21-10	62.916
40		USC	P12	At Large	22-9	61.623
41	11	North Carolina St.	ACC	At Large	22-9	61.427
42		Rutgers	B10	At Large	18-13	60.929
43		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	23-7	60.865
44		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	20-11	60.791
45		Nevada	MWC	At Large	21-9	58.583
46		Penn St.	B10	At Large	19-12	58.475
47	12	Sam Houston St.	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	54.817
48		College of Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	54.487
49		Drake	MVC	Auto-bid	26-7	54.370
50		Oral Roberts	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	54.295
51	13	VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-7	46.247
52		Kent St.	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	45.153
53		Iona	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-7	43.746
54		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	43.184
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	42.125
56		Furman	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-7	41.980
57		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	24-8	41.142
58		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	40.844
59	15	Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8	40.667
60		Kennesaw St.	ASun	Auto-bid	23-8	40.300
61		Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	21-9	38.484
62		UNC Asheville	BSth	Auto-bid	24-7	38.263
63	16	South Alabama	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-15	37.247
64		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	32.369
65		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	30.192
66		Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	30.118
67		Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	Auto-bid	17-14	17.765
68		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Auto-bid	17-16	17.710
69	1st out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	17-13	58.448
70	2nd out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	17-14	56.346
71	3rd out	Arizona St.	P12	At Large	20-11	54.998
72	4th out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	19-12	54.313
73	5th out	Michigan	B10	At Large	17-14	53.958
74	6th out	North Texas	CUSA	At Large	22-6	52.858
75	7th out	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	18-13	52.217
76	8th out	Oregon	P12	At Large	18-13	51.754
77	Receiving votes	Clemson	ACC	At Large	22-9	51.492
78		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	20-10	51.274
79		Oklahoma	B12	At Large	15-16	49.826
80		Nebraska	B10	At Large	16-15	48.710
81		Liberty	ASun	At Large	22-9	48.410
82		UAB	CUSA	At Large	22-8	48.083
83		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	16-14	47.333
84		Tulane	Amer	At Large	19-10	46.769
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
ACC	5
BE	5
MWC	4
P12	3
Amer	2
WCC	2

Bracket

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