Who's ready for a new weekly column?
Between now and Selection Sunday, each Friday I'll give a “BRACKET BREAKDOWN” with my 68 projected teams for the 2023 NCAA Tournament along with my Top 16 seeds as well as emerging trends.
The team who has currently clinched an automatic bid will be listed in BOLD as that conference's “automatic qualifier” and if an automatic qualifier has yet to be decided, a conference's regular season champion will be listed as an automatic qualifier.'
The Current Field
Atlantic Sun (1)
Kennesaw State (AQ)
America East (1)
Vermont (AQ)
American Athletic Conference (2)
Houston (AQ), Memphis
Atlantic 10 (1)
VCU (AQ)
ACC (5)
Pitt (AQ), Miami, Virginia, Duke, NC State
Big 12 (7)
Kansas (AQ), Texas, Baylor, Kansas State, Iowa State, TCU, West Virginia
Big East (5)
Marquette (AQ), Providence, Xavier, Creighton, UConn
Big Sky (1)
Montana State (AQ)
Big South (1)
UNC Asheville (AQ)
Big Ten (9)
Purdue (AQ), Illinois, Michigan State, Indiana, Rutgers, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Penn State
Big West (1)
UC Santa Barbara (AQ)
CAA (1)
Charleston (AQ)
Conference-USA (1)
Florida Atlantic (AQ)
Horizon League (1)
Northern Kentucky (AQ)
Ivy League (1)
Yale (AQ)
MAAC (1)
Iona (AQ)
MAC (1)
Toledo (AQ)
MEAC (1)
Howard (AQ)
Missouri Valley (1)
Drake (AQ)
Mountain West (4)
San Diego State (AQ), Boise State, Nevada, Utah State
NEC (1)
Fairleigh Dickinson' (AQ)
OVC (1)
SEMO (AQ)
Pac-12 (3)
UCLA (AQ), Arizona, USC
Patriot League (1)
Colgate (AQ)
SEC (8)
Alabama (AQ), Missouri, Tennessee, Auburn, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Mississippi State
Southern (1)
Furman (AQ)
Southland (1)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (AQ)
SWAC (1)
Alcorn State (AQ)
Summit (1)
Oral Roberts (AQ)
Sun Belt (1)
Louisiana (AQ)
WCC (2)
Gonzaga (AQ), Saint Mary's'
WAC (1)
Utah Valley (AQ)
First Four Out
Oklahoma State, Arizona State, North Carolina, Michigan
Top 16 Seeds
1: Kansas, Alabama, Houston, UCLA
2: Purdue, Texas, Baylor, Kansas State
3: Marquette, Gonzaga, Arizona, Tennessee
4: Virginia, UConn, Indiana, Xavier