Skarmory's Bracketology – 01/16/24

Hey, it's an early bracketology! I'm making a poll each week, and since it's getting towards tournament season, I geared it to be a poll based off bracketology. That means I already had the top 6 seed lists ready, so I figured why not just finish it? I don't usually try my hand at bracketology until a couple weeks from now, so it may be a bit funky until then. Jan. 16, 3:45 PM

1 seeds: Purdue, Houston, UConn, Kansas

2 seeds: Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, Baylor

3 seeds: Tennessee, Auburn, Duke, Illinois

4 seeds: Creighton, Kentucky, Memphis, Dayton

5 seeds: Alabama, Marquette, BYU, Iowa State

6 seeds: Utah State, Clemson, San Diego State, Oklahoma

7 seeds: Ole Miss, Colorado State, Utah, FAU

8 seeds: TCU, St. John's, Texas Tech, Texas A&M

9 seeds: Mississippi State, Villanova, Nevada, Nebraska

10 seeds: Michigan State, South Carolina, Princeton, Grand Canyon

11 seeds: Boise State, Cincinnati, Northwestern, Miami (FL), Seton Hall*

12 seeds: Wake Forest, Florida*, Gonzaga, Indiana State, James Madison

13 seeds: McNeese, UC Irvine, Samford, Akron

14 seeds: Louisiana Tech, UNCW, Vermont, High Point

15 seeds: Morehead State, Eastern Washington, Oakland, Lipscomb

16 seeds: Colgate, Quinnipiac, (Southern, South Dakota State), (Norfolk State, Central Connecticut)

Last 4 byes: South Carolina, Boise State, Cincinnati, Northwestern

Last 4 in: Miami (FL), Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Florida

First 4 out: New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Kansas State

Next 4 out: Colorado, Texas, Providence, Butler

*Given Florida and Wake have played eachother in the regular season, and Miami and Wake will play eachother in the regular season, they cannot play in the first four – Florida would move up to the 11 line and Seton Hall down to the 12 line in an actual bracket to make the first four matchups possible, making the first four matchups Miami vs. Florida and Seton Hall vs. Wake.

Bubble watch will come in a couple weeks. For now, check out bracketmatrix.com to get an idea of where bracketologists have teams; as I actually had a fairly accurate prediction last year, my bracket will now be included among the ones listed there! :)