Skarmory's Bracketology – 02/13/24

Welcome back to Bracketology! My complaint to the consensus this week is WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE FLORIDA BELOW KENTUCKY BY MULTIPLE SEED LINES? Compare their resumes side-by-side. Florida has the same record, is higher in all of KenPom, BPI, KPI and SOR, has the same amount of Q1/Q2 wins, no losses below Q1 while Kentucky has a Q2 loss and a Q3 loss, while splitting the season series. I don't see any real case to put Kentucky above Florida, period, but they absolutely should not be multiple seed lines lower.

Bold indicates autobids and Italics indicate first four teams; first four matchups are in (parenthesis) if possible.

1 seeds: Purdue, Houston, UConn, Arizona

2 seeds: North Carolina, Tennessee, Marquette, Alabama

3 seeds: Iowa State, Kansas, Baylor, Auburn

4 seeds: Duke, Illinois, Dayton, Wisconsin

5 seeds: South Carolina, Creighton, Clemson, BYU

6 seeds: San Diego State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, FAU

7 seeds: Utah State, Florida, Michigan State, Colorado State

8 seeds: Virginia, Kentucky, TCU, St. Mary's

9 seeds: Texas A&M, Texas, Indiana State, Washington State

10 seeds: New Mexico, Northwestern, Mississippi State, Ole Miss

11 seeds: Nevada, Utah, Butler, (Nebraska, Boise State)

12 seeds: (Gonzaga, Cincinnati), Grand Canyon, Princeton, McNeese

13 seeds: Samford, Appalachian State, UC Irvine, UNC Wilmington

14 seeds: Akron, Louisiana Tech, Vermont, Morehead State

15 seeds: High Point, Eastern Washington, Oakland, Colgate

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

Last 4 byes: Ole Miss, Nevada, Utah, Butler

Last 4 in: (Nebraska, Boise State), (Gonzaga, Cincinnati)

First 4 out: St. John's, Colorado, Drake, Providence

Next 4 out: Wake Forest, Memphis, Kansas State, Oregon

I also have a bubble watch, hosted at my friends' blog, The Low Major; check it out, as it gives analysis on every bubble team! Also, check out bracketmatrix.com to get an idea of the consensus of bracketologists, and to see where I differ.

Bids by conference:

Big 12: 10

SEC: 9

Big Ten: 6

Mountain West: 6

ACC: 4

Big East: 4

Pac-12: 3

WCC: 2