Mat Mlodzinski gives a new CBB Review Bracketology, aka Matty Brackets, on February 17, 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.

Midwest (Kansas City):

1. Kansas (21-5, 9-4)
2. Tennessee (20-6, 9-4)
3. Marquette (21-6, 13-3)
4. Miami (Fla) (21-5, 12-4)
5. Xavier (19-7, 11-4)
6. San Diego State (21-5, 12-2)
7. Illinois (17-8, 8-6)
8. Duke (18-8, 9-6)
9. Texas A&M (17-7, 9-2)
10. West Virginia (15-11, 4-9)
11. Arkansas (17-9, 6-7)
12. Charleston (26-3, 14-2)
13. Drake (22-6, 13-4)
14. Furman (21-7, 12-3)
15. Youngstown State (21-7, 13-4)
16. Northwestern State (19-8, 11-3) / Fairleigh Dickinson (15-13, 8-5)

South (Louisville):

1. Purdue (23-4, 12-4) 
2. Baylor (20-6, 9-4)
3. Arizona (23-4, 12-4)
4. Kansas State (19-7, 7-6)
5. Indiana (18-8, 9-6)
6. Providence (19-7, 11-4)
7. Maryland (18-8, 9-6)
8. Auburn (18-8, 8-5)
9. NC State (20-7, 10-6)
10. Memphis (20-6, 10-3)
11. Oral Roberts (24-4, 15-0)
12. Dayton (17-9, 9-4)
13. Liberty (21-7, 12-3)
14. Yale (17-6, 7-3)
15. Siena (17-9, 11-4)
16. Southern (13-13, 9-4) / Morehead State (18-10, 11-4)

East (New York):

1. Alabama (22-4, 12-1)
2. Texas (20-6, 9-4)
3. Virginia (20-4, 12-3)
4. UConn (19-7, 8-7)
5. Gonzaga (22-5, 11-2)
6. Iowa (17-9, 9-6)
7. Pitt (19-7, 12-3)
8. Michigan State (16-9, 8-6)
9. Nevada (20-6, 10-3)
10. Kentucky (17-9, 8-5)
11. Boise State (20-6, 10-3)
12. Wisconsin (15-10, 7-8) / Clemson (19-7, 11-4)
13. Marshall (19-6, 8-4)
14. Colgate (20-8, 14-1)
15. UMass Lowell (21-7, 8-5)
16. Norfolk State (18-7, 7-2)

West (Las Vegas):

1. Houston (24-2, 12-1)
2. UCLA (22-4, 13-2)
3. Iowa State (17-8, 8-5)
4. Saint Mary’s (23-5, 12-1)
5. Creighton (17-9, 11-4)
6. Northwestern (19-7, 10-5)
7. TCU (17-9, 6-7)
8. Missouri (19-7, 7-6)
9. Rutgers (16-10, 8-7)
10. Florida Atlantic (24-3, 14-2)
11. Oklahoma State (16-10, 7-6) / North Carolina (16-10, 8-7)
12. Kent State (21-5, 11-2)
13. UC Santa Barbara (20-5, 11-3)
14. Utah Valley (20-6, 11-2)
15. Eastern Washington (20-7, 14-0)
16. UNC Asheville (21-7, 13-2)

First Four Out:

• USC (18-8, 10-5)
• Seton Hall (16-11, 9-7)
• Utah (17-10, 10-6)
• New Mexico (19-5, 6-5)

Next Four Out:

• Arizona State (18-9, 9-7)
• Penn State (15-11, 6-9)
• Utah State (20-7, 9-5)
• Wake Forest (17-9, 9-6)

Building a resume:

• Mississippi State (17-9, 5-8)
• Oregon (15-12, 9-5)
• Michigan (14-12, 8-7)
• VCU (19-7, 10-3)
• Saint Louis (17-9, 9-4)