Skarmory's Bracketology – 02/26/23

Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. Updated for games on 2/26/23.

1 seeds: Alabama, Kansas, Houston, Purdue

2 seeds: UCLA, Texas, Baylor, Arizona

3 seeds: Kansas State, Tennessee, Marquette, Gonzaga

4 seeds: Indiana, UConn, Virginia, St. Mary's

5 seeds: Miami (FL), Iowa State, San Diego State, Xavier

6 seeds: TCU, Northwestern, Michigan State, Maryland

7 seeds: Kentucky, Providence, Creighton, Duke

8 seeds: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas

9 seeds: Texas A&M, Nevada, FAU, NC State

10 seeds: West Virginia, Rutgers, USC, Auburn

11 seeds: Memphis, Boise State, (Mississippi State, Pittsburgh), (Arizona State, Oklahoma State)

12 seeds: Oral Roberts, Charleston, Bradley, Liberty

13 seeds: VCU, Utah Valley, Yale, Toledo

14 seeds: Marshall, Iona, Eastern Washington, Furman

15 seeds: UC Santa Barbara, Vermont, Colgate, UNC Asheville

16 seeds: Youngstown State, Northwestern State, (Grambling, Norfolk State), (Morehead State, Wagner)

Last four byes: USC, Auburn, Memphis, Boise State

Last four in: (Mississippi State, Pittsburgh), (Arizona State, Oklahoma State)

First four out: Michigan, Oregon, Wisconsin, Penn State

Next four out: Clemson, New Mexico, Texas Tech, North Carolina

Check out my bubble watch – it's better than this mess of a bracketology thing I'm trying to put together! This bracketology has barely any affect on where I place teams in the bubble watch – I prefer to look at the general consensus for the watch and build out off that, while going off the consensus for bracketology would basically involve copying brackets from elsewhere, which... no, I'm not doing that.

Also, check out bracketmatrix.com, where you will probably find many more accurate brackets/seed lines than this one. I used to be on there, but I won't be this year until the final bracket because they imposed a limit of at least one bracket in the top half over the past 5 years... yeah that's on me for not being good at bracketology. Maybe I can get top half this year? Who knows.

Bids by conference:

Big 12: 8

Big Ten: 8

SEC: 8

ACC: 5

Big East: 5

Pac-12: 4

MWC: 3

AAC: 2

WCC: 2

Skarmory's Bracketology – 02/19/23

Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. Updated for games (outside Boise State-UNLV) on 2/19/23.

1 seeds: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue

2 seeds: Texas, Arizona, UCLA, Baylor

3 seeds: Virginia, Kansas State, Tennessee, Indiana

4 seeds: Marquette, Iowa State, Gonzaga, Xavier

5 seeds: UConn, Miami (FL), St. Mary's, Creighton

6 seeds: San Diego State, Northwestern, TCU, Providence

7 seeds: Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois, Duke

8 seeds: Iowa, Auburn, Arkansas, Missouri

9 seeds: Nevada, Texas A&M, Rutgers, FAU

10 seeds: NC State, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Kentucky

11 seeds: Boise State, Wisconsin, (Memphis, Mississippi State), (USC, Pittsburgh)

12 seeds: Charleston, Oral Roberts, Kent State, Liberty

13 seeds: Drake, Utah Valley, VCU, Southern Miss

14 seeds: Yale, Iona, UC Irvine, Eastern Washington

15 seeds: Furman, Vermont, Colgate, Youngstown State

16 seeds: UNC Asheville, Northwestern State, (Grambling, Norfolk State), (Morehead State, Fairleigh Dickinson)

Last four byes: Oklahoma State, Kentucky, Boise State, Wisconsin

Last four in: (Memphis, Mississippi State), (USC, Pittsburgh)

First four out: North Carolina, Arizona State, North Texas, Oregon

Next four out: Michigan, Penn State, Texas Tech, New Mexico

Check out my bubble watch – it's better than this mess of a bracketology thing I'm trying to put together! None of that is impacted by this, don't worry, this is more of an exercise for where I place teams.

Also, check out bracketmatrix.com, where you will probably find many more accurate brackets/seed lines than this one. I used to be on there, but I won't be this year until the final bracket because they imposed a limit of at least one bracket in the top half over the past 5 years... yeah that's on me for not being good at bracketology. Maybe I can get top half this year? Who knows.

Bids by conference:

Big Ten: 9

Big 12: 8

SEC: 8

ACC: 5

Big East: 5

MWC: 3

Pac-12: 3

AAC: 2

WCC: 2

Skarmory's Bracketology – 02/13/23

Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. Updated for games on 2/12/23.

1 seeds: Purdue, Alabama, Kansas, Houston

2 seeds: Texas, UCLA, Baylor, Arizona

3 seeds: Virginia, Tennessee, Kansas State, Iowa State

4 seeds: Xavier, UConn, Marquette, Gonzaga

5 seeds: San Diego State, Indiana, Miami (FL), TCU

6 seeds: St. Mary's, Missouri, Illinois, Creighton

7 seeds: Michigan State, Iowa, Rutgers, Maryland

8 seeds: Duke, FAU, Providence, West Virginia

9 seeds: Northwestern, Nevada, Auburn, Oklahoma State

10 seeds: NC State, Arkansas, Boise State, Pittsburgh

11 seeds: Memphis, Wisconsin, New Mexico, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi State

12 seeds: Charleston, Oral Roberts, Southern Miss, Kent State

13 seeds: Liberty, Utah Valley, Drake, VCU

14 seeds: UC Santa Barbara, Iona, Yale, Furman

15 seeds: Eastern Washington, Colgate, Vermont, Youngstown State

16 seeds: Northwestern State, UNC Asheville, (Grambling, Norfolk State), (SIU-Edwardsville, Wagner)

Last four byes: Boise State, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Wisconsin

Last four in: New Mexico, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi State*

First four out: USC, Texas A&M, Oregon, Clemson

Next four out: Michigan, Seton Hall, Arizona State, Penn State 

Also considered: Utah State, Wake Forest

*First four matchups are New Mexico vs. Kentucky and North Carolina vs. Mississippi State.

Check out my bubble watch – it's better than this mess of a bracketology thing I'm trying to put together! None of that is impacted by this, don't worry, this is more of an exercise for where I place teams.

Also, check out bracketmatrix.com, where you will probably find many more accurate brackets/seed lines than this one. I used to be on there, but I won't be this year until the final bracket because they imposed a limit of at least one bracket in the top half over the past 5 years... yeah that's on me for not being good at bracketology. Maybe I can get top half this year? Who knows.

Bids by conference:

Big Ten: 9

Big 12: 8

SEC: 7

ACC: 6

Big East: 5

MWC: 4

AAC: 2

Pac-12: 2

WCC: 2

Skarmory's Bracketology – 02/08/23

I made this the other day, figured I might as well actually publish it. Used a much different method for bracketing, one that hopefully gets me closer to the actual bracket.

Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. The timing on this was iffy – I'm pretty sure none of the games from 2/8 counted, so this would be before them.

1 seeds: Purdue, Kansas, Alabama, Houston

2 seeds: Arizona, Texas, Baylor, UCLA

3 seeds: Kansas State, Xavier, Tennessee, Iowa State

4 seeds: Virginia, Connecticut, Miami (FL), Gonzaga

5 seeds: Marquette, TCU, Indiana, St. Mary's

6 seeds: Duke, Iowa, San Diego State, Rutgers

7 seeds: Missouri, Auburn, Illinois, Providence

8 seeds: West Virginia, Michigan State, Creighton, FAU

9 seeds: Maryland, NC State, Pittsburgh, Arkansas

10 seeds: Nevada, Oklahoma State, New Mexico, USC

11 seeds: Northwestern, Wisconsin, (North Carolina, Kentucky), (Boise State, Memphis)

12 seeds: Charleston, Oral Roberts, Utah Valley, Drake

13 seeds: VCU, Southern Miss, Liberty, Kent State

14 seeds: UC Santa Barbara, Yale, Furman, Iona

15 seeds: Eastern Washington, Northwestern State, Colgate, Vermont

16 seeds: UNC Asheville, Alcorn State, (MD-Eastern Shore, Youngstown State), (SIU-Edwardsville, Fairleigh Dickinson)

Last four byes: New Mexico, USC, Northwestern, Wisconsin

Last four in: (North Carolina, Kentucky), (Boise State, Memphis)

First four out: Clemson, Penn State, Oregon, Mississippi State

Next four out: Seton Hall, Virginia Tech, Michigan, Wake Forest

Check out my bubble watch – it's better than this mess of a bracketology thing I'm trying to put together! None of that is impacted by this, don't worry, this is more of an exercise for where I place teams.

Also, check out bracketmatrix.com, where you will probably find many more accurate brackets/seed lines than this one. I used to be on there, but I won't be this year until the final bracket because they imposed a limit of at least one bracket in the top half over the past 5 years... yeah that's on me for not being good at bracketology. Maybe I can get top half this year? Who knows.

Bids by conference:

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