The First Bracketology of 2023

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Italicized – Play-in game

1 Seeds: Purdue, Houston, Connecticut, Kansas
2 Seeds: Arizona, Tennessee, UCLA, Texas
3 Seeds: Alabama, Gonzaga, Arkansas, Virginia
4 Seeds: Duke, Baylor, Miami, Indiana
5 Seeds: West Virginia, Xavier, Ohio State, Auburn
6 Seeds: Wisconsin, North Carolina, Maryland, San Diego State
7 Seeds: New Mexico, Illinois, Iowa State, Virginia Tech
8 Seeds: Saint Mary’s, Kentucky, Missouri, Marquette
9 Seeds: Mississippi State, Memphis, TCU, Kansas State
10 Seeds: Utah State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic
11 Seeds: Creighton, Michigan State, Penn State, Utah, LSU, Rutgers
12 Seeds: Charleston, Sam Houston State, Kent State, Southern Miss
13 Seeds: Dayton, Iona, Bradley, Yale
14 Seeds: Oral Roberts, Liberty, UC Santa Barbara, UMass-Lowell
15 Seeds: Furman, Youngstown State, American, SIU-Edwardsville
16 Seeds: Longwood, Montana State, Northwestern State, Norfolk State, Grambling, Wagner,

Bubble Watch

Last Four Byes: Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Creighton, Michigan State
Last Four In: Penn State, Utah, LSU, Rutgers
First Four Out: Providence, Arizona State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State
Next Four Out: UAB, UNLV, UCF, Wake Forest