Bracketology 3/12/2023 AM

Welcome to Selection Sunday! We have 5 games today, a few of which will effect seeding. I’ll publish a final update (with my full projected bracket) later this afternoon before the Selection Show.

For the first time since 2017, we have 0 bid thieves this year. This is a boon to bubble teams everywhere, most notably Nevada who I think would’ve lost their spot if the bubble shrunk by one team.

1: Kansas, Alabama, Houston, Purdue

2: UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Marquette

3: Gonzaga, Baylor, Kansas State, Connecticut

4: Xavier, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia

5: San Diego State, Duke, Iowa State, Texas A&M

6: Miami (FL), St. Mary’s, TCU, Missouri

7: Kentucky, Northwestern, Michigan State, Creighton

8: Florida Atlantic, Memphis, West Virginia, Maryland

9: Iowa, Arkansas, Penn State, Auburn

10: USC, Utah State, Illinois, Boise State

11: Providence, NC State, (Mississippi State/Arizona State), (Rutgers/Nevada)

12: Charleston, Oral Roberts, Drake, VCU

13: Kent State, Yale, Louisiana, Iona

14: Furman, Kennesaw State, UC Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon

15: Montana State, Colgate, Vermont, UNC Asheville

16: Northern Kentucky, Howard, (Texas A&M CC/SE Missouri State), (Texas Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson)

First Four Out: Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, North Carolina

Next Four Out: Clemson, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Texas

Moving In: Kent State, Grand Canyon, Texas Southern

Moving Out: Toledo, Southern Utah, Grambling

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 9

SEC: 8

Big 12: 7

Big East: 5

ACC: 4

Mountain West: 4

Pac-12: 4

American: 2

West Coast: 2