Mat Mlodzinski gives a new CBB Review Bracketology, aka Matty Brackets, on February 8, 2023.
For past Matty Brackets bracketology projections, click here.
Click here to compare Matty Brackets to the rest of the Bracket Matrix.
If a team is bolded, they are a projected automatic bid.
West (Las Vegas):
- Houston (20-2, 8-1)
- Arizona (21-3, 10-3)
- Baylor (17-6, 6-4)
- Saint Mary’s (21-4, 10-0)
- Iowa (15-8, 7-5)
- Duke (17-7, 8-5)
- Creighton (15-8, 9-3)
- Missouri (18-6, 6-5)
- Northwestern (16-7, 7-5)
- Nevada (19-6, 9-3)
- USC (17-6, 9-3) / Boise State (18-6, 8-3)
- Kent State (19-5, 9-2)
- UC Santa Barbara (18-4, 9-2)
- Utah Valley (18-6, 9-2)
- Eastern Washington (18-7, 12-0)
- UNC Asheville (18-7, 10-2)
East (New York):
- Alabama (20-3, 10-0)
- Texas (19-5, 8-3)
- Virginia (18-4, 10-3)
- UConn (19-6, 8-6)
- TCU (17-7, 6-5)
- Rutgers (16-8, 8-5)
- San Diego State (18-5, 9-2)
- Pitt (17-7, 10-3)
- Florida Atlantic (22-2, 12-1)
- Maryland (16-8, 7-6)
- Kentucky (16-8, 7-4)
- Oral Roberts (21-4, 12-0)
- Marshall (19-6, 8-4)
- Colgate (17-8, 11-1)
- UMass Lowell (20-6, 7-4)
- Norfolk State (16-7, 5-2)
South (Louisville):
- Purdue (22-2, 11-2)
- Xavier (19-5, 11-2)
- UCLA (19-4, 10-2)
- Kansas State (19-5, 7-4)
- Miami (Fla) (19-5, 10-4)
- Gonzaga (19-5, 8-2)
- Michigan State (15-9, 7-6)
- Auburn (17-7, 7-4)
- North Carolina (15-9, 7-6)
- Charleston (22-3, 10-2)
- Memphis (17-6, 7-3)
- Dayton (16-9, 8-4)
- Liberty (19-6, 10-2)
- Yale (16-6, 6-3)
- Siena (15-9, 9-4)
- Southern (12-12, 8-3) / Morehead State (16-9, 9-3)
Midwest (Kansas City):
- Kansas (19-5, 7-4)
- Tennessee (19-4, 8-2)
- Iowa State (16-6, 7-3)
- Marquette (19-6, 11-3)
- Indiana (17-7, 8-5)
- Providence (17-6, 9-3)
- Illinois (16-7, 7-5)
- NC State (19-6, 9-5)
- Arkansas (17-7, 6-5)
- Clemson (18-6, 10-3)
- Texas A&M (17-7, 9-2)
- New Mexico (19-5, 6-5) / West Virginia (14-9, 3-7)
- Drake (20-6, 11-4)
- Furman (19-6, 10-2)
- Milwaukee (16-8, 10-4)
- Northwestern State (16-8, 8-3) / Fairleigh Dickinson (14-11, 7-3)
First Four Out:
- Oklahoma State (14-9, 5-5)
- Seton Hall (15-9, 8-5)
- Wisconsin (13-9, 5-7)
- Oklahoma (12-11, 2-8)
Next Four Out:
- Utah (16-9, 9-5)
- Arizona State (16-8, 7-6)
- Virginia Tech (14-9, 4-8)
- Utah State (19-5, 8-3)
Building a resume:
- Penn State (14-9, 5-7)
- Wake Forest (16-9, 8-6)
- Oregon (14-10, 8-5)
- Michigan (13-10, 7-5)
- Florida (13-10, 6-4)
- Southern Miss (21-4, 10-2)
- Mississippi State (15-8, 3-7)
- VCU (18-7, 9-3)
- Louisiana (20-4, 10-2)
- Temple (14-10, 8-3)
- Saint Louis (16-8, 8-3)
- Tulane (16-7, 9-3)
- Fordham (18-5, 6-4)
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