The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee uses several tools and metrics to evaluate teams and determine who gets in the field and where exactly to place each team, including NET Rankings, quadrant records, and KenPom ratings.
They also use Sagarin Ratings. This particular system was created by Jeff Sagarin, a statistician, and analyst that does ratings for multiple sports. The bracket below was created using only the Sagarin Ratings and reflects results through the night of February 12, 2023.
Hypothetical Bracket Using Sagarin Ratings
Please note – Teams in BOLD are the automatic bid winner for a conference.
| Seeds | Team, Ranks, and Conferences |
| 1-seeds (1-4) | Houston (1/AAC), Alabama (2/SEC), UCLA (3/PAC-12), Purdue (4/Big Ten) |
| 2-seeds (5-8) | Tennessee (5/SEC), Kansas (6/Big 12), Texas (7/Big 12),'Baylor (8/Big 12) |
| 3-seeds (9-12) | Connecticut (9/Big East), Arizona (10/PAC-12), Creighton (11/Big East), Gonzaga (12/WCC) |
| 4-seeds (13-16) | Illinois (13/Big Ten), Saint Mary’s (14/WCC), Indiana (15/Big Ten), Virginia (16/ACC) |
| 5-seeds (17-20) | Marquette (17/Big East), Rutgers (18/Big Ten), Maryland (19/Big Ten), Xavier (20/Big East) |
| 6-seeds (21-24) | Iowa (21/Big Ten), Oklahoma St. (22/Big 12), TCU (23/Big 12), Michigan St. (24/Big Ten) |
| 7-seeds (25-28) | Arkansas (25/SEC), Iowa St. (26/Big 12), Auburn (27/SEC), North Carolina (28/ACC) |
| 8-seeds (29-32) | Kansas St. (29/Big 12), San Diego State (30/MWC), West Virginia (31/Big 12), Miami (32/ACC) |
| 9-seeds (33-36) | Providence (33/Big East), Texas A&M (34/SEC), Duke (35/ACC), Oregon (36/PAC-12) |
| 10-seeds (37-40) | Michigan (37/Big Ten), Memphis (38/AAC), Northwestern (39/Big Ten), Kentucky (40/SEC) |
| 11-seeds (41-45) – lowest two are in First Four game | NC State (41/ACC), MS State (42/SEC), Oral Roberts (59/Summit), Boise State (43/MWC), Texas Tech (44/Big 12) |
| 12-seeds (46-50) – lowest two are in Final Four game | Florida Atlantic (60/CUSA), Furman (63/Southern), Dayton (64/A10), Pittsburgh (45/ACC), USC (46/PAC-12) |
| 13-seeds (51-54) | Bradley (72/MVC), Kent State (79/MAC), Charleston (81/CAA), Liberty (82/ASun) |
| 14-seeds (55-58) | Yale (83/Ivy), Marshall (85/SB), Iona (87/MAAC), Sam Houston State (100/WAC) |
| 15-seeds (59-62) | UCSB (102/BW), Vermont (116/AE), Colgate (118/Patriot), Eastern Washington (129/Big Sky), Youngstown State (130/Horizon) |
| 16-seeds (63-68) – lowest four are in First Four games | Longwood (174/Big South), Norfolk State (208/MEAC), Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (221/Southland), Morehead State (233/OVC), Grambling State (236/SWAC), Wagner (302/NEC) |
The current No. 1 seeds would be Houston, Alabama, UCLA, and Purdue, with the Cougars taking the overall top spot.