Skarmory's Bracketology – 01/23/24

Welcome back to Bracketology! Expect this to be weekly for now; I don't see any reason it'll become more or less frequent for the next few weeks. Not much to say this time around, other than the fact that I do not understand why Villanova is generally projected so high in brackets, often on the 7/8 line. Or why BYU seems to be by consensus about a seed line above Iowa State. Or why Kentucky is generally a 3 seed. (Okay, maybe I have a few things to say.) Jan. 23, 2:30 PM

1 seeds: Purdue, UConn, Houston, North Carolina

2 seeds: Tennessee, Arizona, Wisconsin, Kansas

3 seeds: Auburn, Baylor, Marquette, Illinois

4 seeds: Creighton, BYU, Iowa State, Dayton

5 seeds: Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, San Diego State

6 seeds: Duke, Colorado State, Texas Tech, Utah

7 seeds: Utah State, Clemson, FAU, Memphis

8 seeds: Texas A&M, Seton Hall, Michigan State, New Mexico

9 seeds: Mississippi State, TCU, St. John's, Ole Miss

10 seeds: Boise State, St. Mary's, Villanova, Princeton

11 seeds: South Carolina, Nebraska, Indiana State, Northwestern

12 seeds: (Cincinnati, Florida), (Kansas State, Wake Forest), Grand Canyon, James Madison

13 seeds: McNeese, Samford, Akron, UC Irvine

14 seeds: Louisiana Tech, UNC Wilmington, Vermont, High Point

15 seeds: Montana, Morehead State, Oakland, Colgate

16 seeds: South Dakota State, Quinnipiac, (Lipscomb, Norfolk State), (Southern, Merrimack)

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

Last 4 in: (Cincinnati, Florida), (Kansas State, Wake Forest)

First 4 out: Colorado, Syracuse, Oregon, Virginia

Next 4 out: Providence, Texas, Xavier, Gonzaga

I'm starting work on Bubble Watch this week, so expect that to come out probably next week or the week after (it'll be updated in a live setting as it was last year, I may also post it on substack; will see how it goes). 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! :)

Bids by conference:

Big 12: 10

SEC: 9

Big East: 6

Big Ten: 6

Mountain West: 5

ACC: 4

American: 2

Pac-12: 2