Bracketology 11/28/2022

Feast Week is in the books and we’ve seen a lot of shakeups at the top of the bracket. None of my 4 preseason #1 seeds (Gonzaga, North Carolina, Baylor and Kentucky) remain on the top line. North Carolina has some legitimate problems to sort out but the other 3 teams will likely be protected seeds come Selection Sunday.

I debated a bit about who to put in the top overall spot, ultimately I went with Purdue. Their computer numbers are not as good as some of the other contenders but they clearly have the best wins so far.

My next update will come in around two weeks or so, the volume of big games will die down for a bit before picking back up around New Years’.

1: Purdue, Houston, Arizona, Texas

2: Connecticut, Gonzaga, Virginia, Tennessee

3: Creighton, Kansas, Baylor, Kentucky

4: Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn

5: UCLA, Maryland, Duke, Illinois

6: Mississippi State, Michigan State, West Virginia, San Diego State

7: Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio State, Kansas State

8: Utah State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, Memphis

9: St. Mary’s, Texas Tech, Penn State, Wisconsin

10: Virginia Tech, NC State, Miami, Ole Miss

11: St. John’s, Drake, (Northwestern/LSU), (Arizona State/Missouri)

12: UAB, Saint Louis, Sam Houston State, James Madison

13: Kent State, Furman, UC Irvine, Iona

14: Towson, Liberty, Yale, Colgate

15: Oral Roberts, Montana State, UMass Lowell, Youngstown State

16: Longwood, Texas A&M CC, (Norfolk State/SIU Edwardsville), (Wagner/Southern)

First Four Out: New Mexico, TCU, Michigan, Marquette

Next Four Out: Rutgers, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Xavier