A cake walk to the National Title in this newest way too early bracketology. While putting the whole Championship Classic in the Midwest...😏🙄😂
2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY
BY JOE LUNARDI
UPDATED: 10/4/2022 AT 09:00 A.M. ET
Will the Kansas Jayhawks become the first repeat champions in men's college basketball since Florida in 2006 and 2007? That's among the questions to consider in the offseason prelude to the 2022-23 season, with the countdown on following a frenzy of transfer movement and the usual spate of NBA draft decisions. Division I's 350-plus teams can now consider the march to the 2023 NCAA tournament, a journey that will end at Houston's NRG Stadium for the Final Four on April 1 and 3. ESPN will be there every step of the way with its 2023 bracket projections, evaluating the current state of the bubble and identifying the top seeds for the game's showcase event.
BRACKET WATCH
TOP OVERALL SEED
Gonzaga
FIRST TEAM OUT
Seton Hall
LAST TEAM IN
Rutgers
Players are practicing. The regular season is less than five weeks away. It's just about time to put away the golf clubs and start scouting teams in person. Even better, as of this writing, there are no pandemic-related restrictions on attendance or travel. We are "full speed ahead" on what promises to be a most compelling season. We'll rank every team 1-363 in early November. In the meantime, this is the final bracket based on our off-season algorithm. If you don't like it, game results and real arguments are right around the corner. And, if you think the golf clubs should already be in the garage, I just shot my personal best. So there...
ON THE BUBBLE
LAST FOUR BYES
Memphis
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Wyoming
LAST FOUR IN
St. John's
Saint Mary's
Florida St.
Rutgers
FIRST FOUR OUT
Seton Hall
Stanford
Providence
Iowa State
NEXT FOUR OUT
Loyola Chicago
Wisconsin
Tulane
BYU
68-TEAM BRACKET
Moved Up
Moved Down
New Team to Bracket
Automatic Qualifier
16
Nicholls St.
16
Howard
12
Florida St.
12
Rutgers
11
St. John's
11
Saint Mary's
16
Southern
16
Wagner
WEST (LAS VEGAS)
DENVER
1
Gonzaga - aq
16
Morehead St.
8
Miami
9
Texas A&M
ORLANDO
5
Arizona
12
Drake - aq
4
TCU
13
Grand Canyon - aq
SACRAMENTO
6
Michigan
11
Oklahoma
3
Arkansas
14
Pennsylvania - aq
DES MOINES
7
Texas Tech
10
Iowa
2
UCLA - aq
15
Purdue Fort Wayne - aq
MIDWEST (KANSAS CITY)
COLUMBUS
1
Kentucky - aq
16
Nicholls St. - aq
/
Howard - aq
8
UConn
9
Virginia Tech
ALBANY
5
San Diego St. - aq
12
Florida St.
/
Rutgers
4
Creighton - aq
13
Toledo - aq
COLUMBUS
6
Alabama
11
UAB - aq
3
Duke
14
Colgate - aq
DES MOINES
7
Michigan St.
10
Memphis
2
Kansas
15
Vermont - aq
EAST (NEW YORK)
GREENSBORO
1
aq - North Carolina
16
Winthrop
8
Florida
9
Oklahoma St.
SACRAMENTO
5
aq - Dayton
12
aq - Furman
4
Villanova
13
aq - Towson
ALBANY
6
Illinois
11
St. John's
Saint Mary's
/
3
Tennessee
14
aq - Iona
GREENSBORO
7
Purdue
10
Notre Dame
2
Texas
15
aq - Montana St.
SOUTH (LOUISVILLE)
BIRMINGHAM
1
aq - Houston
16
aq - Southern
aq - Wagner
/
8
Saint Louis
9
USC
DENVER
5
Auburn
12
aq - Liberty
4
Virginia
13
aq - UC Santa Barbara
ORLANDO
6
Oregon
11
Wyoming
3
aq - Indiana
14
aq - Oral Roberts
BIRMINGHAM
7
Xavier
10
Ohio State
2
aq - Baylor
15
aq - Louisiana
Sorry all, this didn't paste right from my mobile. 🙄
2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY
BY JOE LUNARDI
UPDATED: 10/4/2022 AT 09:00 A.M. ET
Will the Kansas Jayhawks become the first repeat champions in men's college basketball since Florida in 2006 and 2007? That's among the questions to consider in the offseason prelude to the 2022-23 season, with the countdown on following a frenzy of transfer movement and the usual spate of NBA draft decisions. Division I's 350-plus teams can now consider the march to the 2023 NCAA tournament, a journey that will end at Houston's NRG Stadium for the Final Four on April 1 and 3. ESPN will be there every step of the way with its 2023 bracket projections, evaluating the current state of the bubble and identifying the top seeds for the game's showcase event.
BRACKET WATCH
TOP OVERALL SEED
Gonzaga
FIRST TEAM OUT
Seton Hall
LAST TEAM IN
Rutgers
Players are practicing. The regular season is less than five weeks away. It's just about time to put away the golf clubs and start scouting teams in person. Even better, as of this writing, there are no pandemic-related restrictions on attendance or travel. We are "full speed ahead" on what promises to be a most compelling season. We'll rank every team 1-363 in early November. In the meantime, this is the final bracket based on our off-season algorithm. If you don't like it, game results and real arguments are right around the corner. And, if you think the golf clubs should already be in the garage, I just shot my personal best. So there...
ON THE BUBBLE
LAST FOUR BYES
Memphis
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Wyoming
LAST FOUR IN
St. John's
Saint Mary's
Florida St.
Rutgers
FIRST FOUR OUT
Seton Hall
Stanford
Providence
Iowa State
NEXT FOUR OUT
Loyola Chicago
Wisconsin
Tulane
BYU
68-TEAM BRACKET
Moved Up
Moved Down
New Team to Bracket
Automatic Qualifier
16
Nicholls St.
16
Howard
12
Florida St.
12
Rutgers
11
St. John's
11
Saint Mary's
16
Southern
16
Wagner
WEST (LAS VEGAS)
DENVER
1
Gonzaga - aq
16
Morehead St.
8
Miami
9
Texas A&M
ORLANDO
5
Arizona
12
Drake - aq
4
TCU
13
Grand Canyon - aq
SACRAMENTO
6
Michigan
11
Oklahoma
3
Arkansas
14
Pennsylvania - aq
DES MOINES
7
Texas Tech
10
Iowa
2
UCLA - aq
15
Purdue Fort Wayne - aq
MIDWEST (KANSAS CITY)
COLUMBUS
1
Kentucky - aq
16
Nicholls St. - aq
/
Howard - aq
8
UConn
9
Virginia Tech
ALBANY
5
San Diego St. - aq
12
Florida St.
/
Rutgers
4
Creighton - aq
13
Toledo - aq
COLUMBUS
6
Alabama
11
UAB - aq
3
Duke
14
Colgate - aq
DES MOINES
7
Michigan St.
10
Memphis
2
Kansas
15
Vermont - aq
EAST (NEW YORK)
GREENSBORO
1
aq - North Carolina
16
Winthrop
8
Florida
9
Oklahoma St.
SACRAMENTO
5
aq - Dayton
12
aq - Furman
4
Villanova
13
aq - Towson
ALBANY
6
Illinois
11
St. John's
Saint Mary's
/
3
Tennessee
14
aq - Iona
GREENSBORO
7
Purdue
10
Notre Dame
2
Texas
15
aq - Montana St.
SOUTH (LOUISVILLE)
BIRMINGHAM
1
aq - Houston
16
aq - Southern
aq - Wagner
/
8
Saint Louis
9
USC
DENVER
5
Auburn
12
aq - Liberty
4
Virginia
13
aq - UC Santa Barbara
ORLANDO
6
Oregon
11
Wyoming
3
aq - Indiana
14
aq - Oral Roberts
BIRMINGHAM
7
Xavier
10
Ohio State
2
aq - Baylor
15
aq - Louisiana
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