2023 Selection Sunday Final Seed List
Welcome to the big day! If you think it’s been a long time since I wrote on this Substack, well you’d be right. Life got in the way, but I’ve still been tracking bracketology in the background all the while and I’m here now. With time running short until the bracket reveals, there won’t be any fancy bells or whistles on this post - just a good ol’ fashioned seed list mostly acting as record keeping for the future to see how my model does. With that short explainer out of the way, let’s get to the goods:
Men’s Seed List
Alabama, Kansas, Houston, Purdue
UCLA, Texas, Arizona, Gonzaga
Marquette, Connecticut, Baylor, Tennessee
Xavier, Duke, Kansas State, Virginia
Texas A&M, St. Mary’s, San Diego State, Florida Atlantic
Indiana, Iowa State, Creighton, Memphis
TCU, Miami (FL), Kentucky, Missouri
Michigan State, Arkansas, West Virginia, Boise State
Northwestern, Auburn, Maryland, Utah State
Penn State, Illinois, Southern Cal, Iowa
North Carolina State, Charleston, Mississippi State, Providence*, Rutgers*
Oral Roberts, Oklahoma State*, Nevada*, Kent State, VCU
Drake, Iona, Louisiana, Furman
UC Santa Barbara, Kennesaw State, Montana State, Grand Canyon
UNC Asheville, Princeton, Colgate, Vermont
Northern Kentucky, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Howard*, Southeast Missouri State*, Fairleigh Dickinson*, Texas Southern*
*First Four teams
First Four Out: North Carolina, Arizona State, Oregon, Clemson
Next Four Out: Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, North Texas
The above 8 teams make up the first two seed lines in the NIT. The following is how I’m projecting the rest of the NIT
Sam Houston State, New Mexico, Utah Valley*, Santa Clara
Oklahoma, UAB, Bradley*, Michigan
Liberty, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Toledo*
Southern Mississippi*, Ohio State, Yale*, Florida
Seton Hall, Villanova, Hofstra*, UC Irvine*
Youngstown State*, Eastern Washington*, Alcorn State*, Morehead State*
*Auto-bids to NIT due to winning regular season conference championship
NIT bubble teams
Women’s Seed List
South Carolina, Indiana, Connecticut, Stanford
Virginia Tech, Iowa, Utah, Duke
LSU, Maryland, Notre Dame, Iowa State
Ohio State, Texas, UCLA, Villanova
Tennessee, Louisville, Colorado, North Carolina
Oklahoma, Florida State, Washington State, Michigan
North Carolina State, Arizona, Creighton, South Florida
Baylor, Southern California, Mississippi, Oklahoma State
Alabama, Miami (FL), Gonzaga, Georgia
Purdue, Marquette, Middle Tennessee State, Princeton
South Dakota State, Florida Gulf Coast, St. John’s*, Arkansas*, West Virginia*, Oregon*
UNLV, Toledo, Drake, Cleveland State
Portland, East Carolina, Sacramento State, James Madison
Gardner-Webb, Southern Utah, Saint Louis, Iona
Vermont, Southeastern Louisiana, Holy Cross, Norfolk State
Hawai’i, Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga*, Southern*, Monmouth*, Sacred Heart*
*First Four teams
First Five Out: Kansas, Columbia, Illinois, Syracuse, Mississippi State
Like I said earlier, life prevented me from bringing to life some of the big plans I had for this Substack over the last month, which kept this intial comeback post rather simple. However, I plan to be active throughout the men’s and women’s tournaments with more fancy content, so stay tuned and happy filling-out-your-brackets!