The 2023 NCAA Tournament is approaching quickly. The NCAA Selection Committee uses various metrics and tools (including NET Rankings) to evaluate which teams should make the Big Dance and how each team should be seeded.
One of the tools that amateur bracketologists can use to determine the quality of teams is the “BPI,” or Basketball Power Index. ESPN analytics is the primary driver of the BPI, and it is designed to measure team strength and be a predictor of future performance.
While using various systems is the best way to determine a team’s seed, what would a hypothetical bracket look like using only the Basketball Power Index (BPI)?
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2023 NCAA Tournament Bracket Using BPI Rankings
| Seeds | Teams, Ranks, and Conferences' |
| 1-seeds (1-4) | Houston (1/AAC), Tennessee (2/SEC),'Alabama (3/SEC),'UCLA (4/PAC-12) |
| 2-seeds (5-8) | Purdue (5/Big Ten), UConn (6/Big East), Texas (7/Big 12),'Baylor (8/Big 12) |
| 3-seeds (9-12) | Arizona Wildcats (9/PAC-12), Rutgers (10/Big Ten),'Virginia (11/ACC),'Creighton (12/Big East) |
| 4-seeds (13-16) | Kansas (13/Big 12), Indiana (14/Big Ten),'Gonzaga (15/WCC), Arkansas (16/SEC) |
| 5-seeds (17-20) | Saint Mary’s (17/WCC), Iowa State (18/Big 12), Marquette (19/Big East), West Virginia (20/Big 12) |
| 6-seeds (21-24) | Maryland (21/Big Ten), TCU (22/Big 12), Illinois (23/Big Ten), Ohio State (24/Big Ten) |
| 7-seeds (25-28) | Auburn (25/SEC), Xavier (26/Big East), Kentucky (27/SEC), Texas A&M (28/SEC) |
| 8-seeds (29-32) | San Diego State (29/MWC),'Iowa (30/Big Ten), Kansas State (31/Big 12), OK State (32/Big 12) |
| 9-seeds (33-36) | Duke (33/ACC), Miami (34/ACC), Providence (35/Big East), Florida (36/SEC) |
| 10-seeds (37-40) | North Carolina (37/ACC),'Liberty (38/ASUN),'Boise State (39/MWC), MS State (40/SEC) |
| 11-seeds (41-45) – lowest two are in First Four game | Virginia Tech (41/ACC),'Florida Atlantic (42/CUSA),'NC State (43/ACC), Memphis (44/AAC), Oregon (45/PAC-12) |
| 12-seeds (46-50) – lowest two are in First Four game | Sam Houston (46/WAC), Dayton (47/A-10), Yale (48/Ivy),'Michigan State (49/Big Ten), Northwestern (50/Big Ten) |
| 13-seeds (51-54) | James Madison (65/SB), Iona (66/MAAC), Bradley (68/MVC), Charleston (75/CAA) |
| 14-seeds (55-58) | Oral Roberts (79/Summit), Kent State (80/MAC), UC-Irvine (89/BW), Furman (93/Southern) |
| 15-seeds (59-62) | Montana State (98/Big Sky), Youngstown State (102/Horizon), UMass-Lowell (107/AE), Colgate (110/Patriot) |
| 16-seeds (63-68) – lowest four are in First Four games | Radford (137/Big South), North Carolina Central (168/MEAC), Grambling (213/SWAC), Northwestern State (215/Southland), SIU-Edwardsville (226/OVC), Wagner (270/NEC)' |