Bracketology 3/5/2023

The last Saturday of the regular season is always one of the best college basketball days of the year and yesterday was no exception. The highlight was the OVC final where SE Missouri State punched their bid to the tournament in thrilling fashion over Tennessee Tech. Today has a good slate of games once again, highlighted by the Arch Madness final between Bradley and Drake. The winner will be a dangerous 12 or 13 seed to watch in the tournament.

I have 8 hours on the road in front of me today that I’ll be using to go through every team’s resume from scratch, so expect to see a good amount of movement on the seed list tomorrow.

1: Alabama, Kansas, Houston, Purdue

2: UCLA, Texas, Baylor, Arizona

3: Kansas State, Gonzaga, Marquette, Connecticut

4: Tennessee, Xavier, Indiana, Virginia

5: TCU, Miami (FL), St. Mary’s, San Diego State

6: Texas A&M, Kentucky, Iowa State, Creighton

7: Michigan State, Duke, Iowa, Northwestern

8: Missouri, Arkansas, Maryland, Florida Atlantic

9: Illinois, Memphis, West Virginia, USC

10: Providence, Auburn, Boise State, Rutgers

11: Mississippi State, Nevada, (NC State/Utah State), (Pittsburgh/Arizona State)

12: Charleston, Oral Roberts, VCU, Drake

13: Utah Valley, Liberty, Toledo, Louisiana

14: Yale, Iona, Furman, Colgate

15: Eastern Washington, Vermont, UC Irvine, UNC Asheville

16: Youngstown State, Howard, (SE Missouri State/Grambling State), (Texas A&M CC/Fairleigh Dickinson)

First Four Out: Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Penn State, Charleston

Next Four Out: Michigan, Oral Roberts, Vanderbilt, North Carolina

Also Considered: Oklahoma, Clemson, North Texas, VCU, Texas Tech, New Mexico, Villanova, Oregon

Moving In: Louisiana, SE Missouri State

Moving Out: Southern Miss, Morehead State

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 8

SEC: 8

Big 12: 7

ACC: 5

Big East: 5

Mountain West: 4

Pac-12: 4

American: 2

West Coast: 2