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Bracketology Update (1-10-23)

Here is my updated field of 68 as of 1-10-23.

BOLDED teams are auto bids.

1 SEEDS

Houston

Tennessee

Purdue

Kansas

2 SEEDS

Connecticut

UCLA

Alabama

Gonzaga

3 SEEDS

Texas

Arizona

Kansas State

Xavier

4 SEEDS

Virginia

Arkansas

Ohio State

Saint Mary's

5 SEEDS

Iowa State

Auburn

Marquette

TCU

6 SEEDS

San Diego State

Rutgers

Providence

Miami (FL)

7 SEEDS

North Carolina

Indiana

Baylor

NC State

8 SEEDS

Duke

Missouri

Illinois

Utah

9 SEEDS

Mississippi State

Memphis

Oklahoma

Clemson

10 SEEDS

West Virginia

FAU

Michigan State

UCF

11 SEEDS

Iowa

Northwestern

Maryland

Creighton

Wisconsin

New Mexico

12 SEEDS

Dayton

Charleston

Iona

Kent State

13 SEEDS

Liberty

Oral Roberts

Utah Valley

Southern Miss

14 SEEDS

UC Santa Barbara

Indiana State

Princeton

Furman

15 SEEDS

American

UMass Lowell

Longwood

Eastern Washington

16 SEEDS

SIU Edwardsville

Norfolk State

Texas A&M CC

Northern Kentucky

Southern

Fairleigh Dickinson

And here is the rest of the bubble...

FIRST 4 OUT

Nevada

Utah State

Kentucky

Oklahoma State

NEXT 4 OUT

Pittsburgh

Boise State

Virginia Tech

Texas Tech

Some other teams considered...

Arizona State

Penn State

Michigan

Colorado

UAB

UNLV

North Texas

USC

 

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