Hello, college basketball/Big Ten fans!
Welcome to an all new season of college basketball bracketology with yours truly, Schmolik. Many of you at Off Tackle Empire might know me by my annual College Football Playoff projections. However, I tend to me more of a college basketball fan and have been doing college basketball bracketology for years. I've been doing it for so long that when I started there were only 64 teams in the NCAA field. So just like the Big "Ten", I've stuck with my predictions being the Schmolik "64". Each season, I normally do frequent updates throughout the regular season with a final bracket after the Big Ten Championship Game and before the actual bracket is unveiled. This was my final bracket last season. For the last few years I have posted these at BTPowerhouse but thought this site could get more traffic.
Here is the first Schmolik 64 bracket for the 2023 season!
Midwest Regional | Kansas City | ||
Fri/Sun March 24-26 | |||
Des Moines | 1 | Kansas | 15-1 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 16 | ||
8 | Florida Atlantic | 13-1 | |
9 | Michigan State | 12-4 | |
Columbus | 5 | St. Mary's | 14-4 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 12 | Kent State | 11-3 |
4 | Xavier | 14-3 | |
13 | Oral Roberts | 14-3 | |
Sacramento | 6 | Baylor | 11-5 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 11 | Dayton | 12-5 |
3 | Arizona | 15-2 | |
14 | Stetson | 8-6 | |
Albany | 7 | Maryland | 11-5 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 10 | West Virginia | 10-6 |
2 | Connecticut | 15-3 | |
15 | U Mass Lowell | 13-3 |
South Regional | Louisville | ||
Fri/Sun March 24-26 | |||
Birmingham | 1 | Houston | 17-1 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 16 | Eastern Washington | 9-7 |
8 | Northwestern | 12-4 | |
9 | North Carolina | 11-6 | |
Orlando | 5 | San Diego St | 12-3 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 12 | ||
4 | Miami | 14-2 | |
13 | UC Irvine | 9-5 | |
Denver | 6 | Providence | 14-3 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 11 | Wisconsin | 11-4 |
3 | Kansas State | 15-1 | |
14 | Troy | 9-6 | |
Greensboro | 7 | NC State | 13-4 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 10 | Arizona State | 14-3 |
2 | Tennessee | 14-2 | |
15 | Samford | 8-6 |
East Regional | New York | ||
Thur/Sat March 23-25 | |||
Birmingham | 1 | Alabama | 14-2 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 16 | UNC Asheville | 10-6 |
8 | Illinois | 11-5 | |
9 | Boise State | 12-4 | |
Greensboro | 5 | Rutgers | 12-5 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 12 | Utah Valley | 11-4 |
4 | Duke | 13-4 | |
13 | Indiana State | 12-5 | |
Denver | 6 | TCU | 13-3 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 11 | Creighton | 9-8 |
3 | Gonzaga | 14-3 | |
14 | Colgate | 10-7 | |
Des Moines | 7 | Arkansas | 12-4 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 10 | Ohio State | 10-6 |
2 | Iowa State | 13-2 | |
15 | Siena | 11-5 |
West Regional | Las Vegas | ||
Thur/Sat March 23-25 | |||
Columbus | 1 | Purdue | 15-1 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 16 | ||
8 | Missouri | 13-3 | |
9 | Nevada | 13-4 | |
Albany | 5 | Virginia | 12-3 |
Fri/Sun March 17-19 | 12 | ||
4 | Marquette | 14-4 | |
13 | Princeton | 10-4 | |
Orlando | 6 | Auburn | 13-3 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 11 | Charleston | 16-1 |
3 | Texas | 14-2 | |
14 | SIU Edwardsville | 10-5 | |
Sacramento | 7 | Iowa | 11-6 |
Thur/Sat March 16-18 | 10 | Clemson | 14-3 |
2 | UCLA | 15-2 | |
15 | Milwaukee | 9-5 |
First Four Games | |||
Dayton | MW | Texas A&M Corpus Christi | 8-5 |
Tue March 17 | 16 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 8-8 |
Dayton | W | Norfolk State | 6-7 |
Wed March 18 | 16 | Southern | 6-9 |
Dayton | S | Utah | 12-6 |
Tue March 17 | 12 | Penn State | 12-5 |
Dayton | W | Indiana | 10-6 |
Wed March 18 | 12 | Utah State | 13-3 |
Bids By Conference:
Big 10: 11 (Pur, Rut. Md, Iowa. NW, Ill, MSU, OSU, Wisc, Ind, PSU)
Big 12: 7 (Kan, ISU, KSU, Tex, TCU, Bay, WV)
ACC: 6 (Mia, Duke, Va, NCSt, UNC, Clem)
SEC: 5 (Ala, Tenn, Aub, Ark, Mo)
Big East: 5 (Conn, Xav, Marq, Prov, Creig)
Pac 12: 4 (UCLA, Ariz, ASU, Utah)
MWC: 4 (SDSt, Nev, BSU, USU(
WCC: 2 (Gonz, St. M(
One Bid: 22
Highest NET left out: Central Florida (35), Oklahoma (42), Oklahoma State (45), North Texas (46). NET Data courtesy of WarrenNolan.com.
Compare my bracket to other brackets across the internet at the Bracket Matrix.
My goal will be to post a bracket each Friday with more frequent brackets as we get closer to Selection Sunday.
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