Bracketology 1/16/2023

Tons of movement up and down the seed list since my last update. Our two unlikely mid-major at-large hopefuls (Florida Atlantic and Charleston) keep on winning and are buying themselves valuable breathing room from the cut line. At the top of the bracket, UConn has hit a rough patch and is out of the 1 seed conversation. Meanwhile, UCLA hasn’t lost a game since Thanksgiving and is nearly up to the top line.

1: Kansas, Purdue, Houston, Alabama

2: UCLA, Arizona, Texas, Xavier

3: Tennessee, Gonzaga, Connecticut, Virginia

4: Marquette, Kansas State, Iowa State, Miami (FL)

5: Auburn, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas

6: Providence, Rutgers, San Diego State, St. Mary’s

7: Indiana, NC State, Boise State, Duke

8: North Carolina, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico, Michigan State

9: Illinois, Arizona State, Missouri, Charleston

10: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa, West Virginia

11: Creighton, Clemson, Nevada, (Ohio State/Utah State)

12: (Mississippi State/Maryland), Kent State, Oral Roberts, Iona

13: Dayton, Marshall, UC Irvine, Utah Valley

14: Florida Gulf Coast, Drake, Princeton, American

15: UMass Lowell, SIU Edwardsville, Milwaukee, Furman

16: Norfolk State, Longwood, (Eastern Washington/Bryant), (Grambling State/Texas A&M CC)

First Four Out: Northwestern, Iowa, USC, Oklahoma

Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Penn State, Memphis, Pittsburgh

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 8

Big 12: 7

SEC: 7

ACC: 6

Big East: 5

Mountain West: 4

Pac-12: 3

West Coast: 2