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We are only 7 weeks away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the 2023 tourney with 65 of his 67 within 1 spot of their actual seed, including 53 right on the money. He will spend the upcoming months predicting which 68 teams will hear their names called on March 17th. See below for his list of who would make the cut if they picked the field today and if you agree or disagree then feel free to tweet us. To see how he stacks up with other websites (ranked 11th out of 174 entries over the past 5 years), check out: www.bracketmatrix.com
NOTE: BYU cannot play on a Sunday, and they also cannot play a conference opponent that they have faced twice in the Round of 32. The committee would probably move more teams around in an attempt to make it work, but I don’t think they’d want to move the protected seeds, nor do I think they’d move BYU down more than one line. For the sake of the exercise, they are bracketed to where they may face Baylor, which given the circumstances is something the committee might actually also do even though it technically breaks bracketing rules.
SEED: TEAM (CONFERENCE)
1: Purdue (Big 10)
1: Connecticut (Big East)
1: Houston (Big 12)
1: North Carolina (ACC)
2: Tennessee (SEC)
2: Arizona (Pac-12)
2: Kansas (Big 12)
2: Wisconsin (Big 10)
3: Marquette (Big East)
3: Baylor (Big 12)
3: Creighton (Big East)
3: Auburn (SEC)
4: Kentucky (SEC)
4: Illinois (Big 10)
4: Duke (ACC)
4: Dayton (A-10)
5: Alabama (SEC)
5: BYU (Big 12)
5: Oklahoma (Big 12)
5: Iowa State (Big 12)
6: San Diego State (MWC)
6: Utah State (MWC)
6: Clemson (ACC)
6: Colorado State (MWC)
7: Texas Tech (Big 12)
7: FAU (AAC)
7: Memphis (AAC)
7: Utah (Pac-12)
8: St. John’s (Big East)
8: Texas A&M (SEC)
8: New Mexico (MWC)
8: Villanova (Big East)
9: Michigan State (Big 10)
9: South Carolina (SEC)
9: TCU (Big 12)
9: Mississippi State (SEC)
10: Seton Hall (Big East)
10: Nebraska (Big 10)
10: Northwestern (Big 10)
10: Mississippi (SEC)
11: Boise State (MWC)
11: St. Mary’s (WCC)
11: Texas (Big 12)
11: Cincinnati (Big 12)
11: Kansas State (Big 12)
11: Nevada (MWC)
12: Grand Canyon (WAC)
12: Indiana State (MVC)
12: McNeese State (Southland)
12: Princeton (Ivy)
13: Appalachian State (Sun Belt)
13: UC-Irvine (Big West)
13: Samford (SoCon)
13: Akron (MAC)
14: Louisiana Tech (C-USA)
14: Drexel (CAA)
14: Vermont (America East)
14: Eastern Washington (Big Sky)
15: High Point (Big South)
15: Morehead State (OVC)
15: Oakland (Horizon)
15: Colgate (Patriot)
16: Quinnipiac (MAAC)
16: South Dakota State (Summit)
16: Eastern Kentucky (Atlantic Sun)
16: Merrimack (NEC)
16: Norfolk State (MEAC)
16: Southern (SWAC)
1ST 4 OUT
Colorado (Pac-12)
Oregon (Pac-12)
Providence (Big East)
Wake Forest (ACC)