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My bracket is part of the bracket matrix. Entry RWX. It is my 6th year doing a bracket and you can see my ranking here:

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/rankings.html.

** March 12th  2023 Bracketology** FINAL

Seed

Power

Team

1

1

Houston

1

2

Kansas

1

3

Alabama

1

4

Purdue

2

5

UCLA

2

6

Texas

2

7

Arizona

2

8

Marquette

3

9

Gonzaga

3

10

Baylor

3

11

Kansas St.

3

12

UConn

4

13

Xavier

4

14

Tennessee

4

15

Virginia

4

16

Indiana

5

17

Duke

5

18

Texas A&M

5

19

San Diego St.

5

20

Miami (FL)

6

21

Iowa St.

6

22

TCU

6

23

Missouri

6

24

Saint Mary's (CA)

7

25

Kentucky

7

26

Northwestern

7

27

Creighton

7

28

Michigan St.

8

29

Arkansas

8

30

Memphis

8

31

Penn St.

8

32

Maryland

9

33

Iowa

9

34

Illinois

9

35

Fla. Atlantic

9

36

West Virginia

10

37

Auburn

10

38

Boise St.

10

39

Southern California

10

40

Utah St.

11

41

Providence

11

42

NC State

11a

43

Rutgers

11a

44

Mississippi St.

11b

45

Arizona St.

11b

46

Pittsburgh

12

47

Col. of Charleston

12

48

VCU

12

49

Drake

12

50

Oral Roberts

13

51

Kent St.

13

52

Louisiana

13

53

Iona

13

54

Furman

14

55

Kennesaw St.

14

56

UC Santa Barbara

14

57

Grand Canyon

14

58

Vermont

15

59

Princeton

15

60

Montana St.

15

61

Colgate

15

62

UNC Asheville

16

63

Northern Kentucky

16

64

Texas A&M CC

16a

65

Howard

16a

66

SEMO

16a

67

Fairleigh Dickinson

16a

68

Texas Southern

 

 

Last Four In:  Pittsburgh, Arizona St., Mississippi St., Rutgers

First Four Out: Oklahoma St., Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Nevada

Next Four Out: Clemson, UNC, Oregon, Michigan

 

Comments:

-       This is my field of 68. I may tweak seedings a bit based on the results today but not much and obviously if Yale or VCU lose their spots in the field will be replaced.

-       I went with Purdue as the final 1 seed and will leave it at that.

-       Pitt is my last team in, but IMO it comes down to Pitt, ASU, Oklahoma State for the last 2 spots. I would have no qualm if it is Oklahoma State or even Wisconsin, although I don’t think it will be Wisconsin. The main reason I have OSU out is their 6-12 record vs Q1 and 18-15 overall record.

 

Notes on my selection process:

1.     I don’t create matchups. My goal is to match the NCAA S Curve and select the right teams. Honestly the bracketing procedures are too tedious.

2.     Conference champions (red teams) in the pre-conference tournament brackets are picked by the team with the highest conference winning % at time of bracket creation. If there is a tie, the team with the highest NET is picked.

3.     Brackets will be updated at least on Monday and Friday. As we get closer to the end of the season and during conference tournament weeks, it will be updated every day.