Bracketology 1/30/2023

A busy weekend of college hoops was highlighted by the Big 12/SEC challenge. The biggest winner of the event was Oklahoma, who demolished Alabama to snap a 3 game losing skid. The Sooners are the first team out of my bracket today, their predictive metrics are quite good but their Kenpom projection of 16-15 will not cut it to make the field.

Every so often I like to go through and rebuild my seed list from scratch, taking a look at every team’s resume with fresh eyes. I went through this process this morning and it led to teams like Connecticut and Florida Atlantic rising up the seed list.

1: Purdue, Alabama, Kansas, Tennessee

2: Houston, Arizona, Kansas State, Texas

3: Baylor, UCLA, Iowa State, Virginia

4: Marquette, Xavier, Gonzaga, Connecticut

5: TCU, Auburn, Indiana, St. Mary’s

6: San Diego State, Rutgers, Illinois, Miami (FL)

7: NC State, New Mexico, Florida Atlantic, Providence

8: Michigan State, North Carolina, Duke, Missouri

9: Memphis, Creighton, Clemson, USC

10: Iowa, Northwestern, Boise State, Arkansas

11: Nevada, West Virginia, (Maryland/Kentucky), (Texas A&M/Pittsburgh)

12: Charleston, Saint Louis, Kent State, Oral Roberts

13: Sam Houston State, UC Santa Barbara, Southern Miss, Liberty

14: Iona, Southern Illinois, Cornell, Furman

15: Vermont, Colgate, Youngstown State, Eastern Washington

16: UNC Asheville, Norfolk State, (Northwestern State/UT-Martin), (Grambling State/Fairleigh Dickinson)

First Four Out: Oklahoma, Charleston, Penn State, Virginia Tech

Next Four Out: Wisconsin, Arizona State, Utah State, Ohio State

Also Considered: Oklahoma State, Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Saint Louis, Mississippi State, Florida, North Texas, Utah