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Matty Brackets: CBB Review Bracketology (Jan. 10, 2023)

ByMat Mlodzinski

Jan 10, 2024
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Mat Mlodzinski gives an updated bracketology as we’ve reached about the halfway point in the 2023-24 college basketball season.

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.

IF A TEAM IS BOLDED, IN ALL CAPS, AND IN BLUE, THEY HAVE SECURED AN AUTOMATIC BID.

South (Dallas)

  1. Kansas (13-1, 1-0)
  2. North Carolina (11-3, 3-0)
  3. Illinois (11-3, 2-1)
  4. Memphis (13-2, 1-0)
  5. Creighton (12-4, 3-2)
  6. Iowa State (12-3, 1-1)
  7. Ole Miss (13-1, 0-1)
  8. Ohio State (12-3, 2-2)
  9. Texas A&M (9-5, 0-1)
  10. Texas Tech (13-2, 2-0)
  11. Virginia (11-4, 2-2)
  12. Belmont (10-5, 3-1)
  13. Akron (11-4, 3-0)
  14. UNC Greensboro (11-4, 2-0)
  15. Morehead State (12-4, 3-0)
  16. Southern (8-7, 2-0) / Merrimack (8-8, 2-0)

Midwest (Detroit)

  1. Purdue (14-2, 3-2)
  2. Tennessee (11-3, 1-0)
  3. Duke (12-3, 3-1)
  4. Oklahoma (13-1, 1-0)
  5. Gonzaga (11-4, 2-0)
  6. Florida Atlantic (11-4, 1-1)
  7. Colorado State (13-3, 1-2)
  8. Utah (11-4, 2-2)
  9. Texas (12-3, 1-1)
  10. Villanova (10-5, 3-1)
  11. James Madison (14-1, 2-1)
  12. Arkansas (9-5, 0-1) / St. John’s (11-4, 3-1)
  13. Western Kentucky (12-3, 1-0)
  14. Weber State (11-4, 2-0)
  15. UNC Asheville (10-7, 2-0)
  16. Kennesaw State (10-5, 1-0) / Norfolk State (10-8, 1-1)

East (Boston)

  1. UConn (13-2, 3-1)
  2. Kentucky (12-2, 2-0)
  3. Baylor (13-2, 2-0)
  4. Wisconsin (11-3, 3-0)
  5. Clemson (11-3, 1-2)
  6. Utah State (15-1, 3-0)
  7. Providence (11-4, 2-2)
  8. Northwestern (11-3, 2-1)
  9. Miami-Fla (11-3, 2-1)
  10. Dayton (12-2, 2-0)
  11. Nebraska (13-3, 3-1)
  12. Princeton (13-1, 1-0)
  13. Purdue Fort Wayne (13-3, 4-1)
  14. Charleston (11-4, 2-0)
  15. Saint Peter’s (8-5, 4-0)
  16. Colgate (8-7, 2-0)

West (Los Angeles)

  1. Houston (14-1, 1-1)
  2. Arizona (12-3, 3-1)
  3. Marquette (11-4, 2-2)
  4. Auburn (13-2, 2-0)
  5. San Diego State (14-2, 3-0)
  6. Alabama (10-5, 2-0)
  7. BYU (12-3, 0-2)
  8. Nevada (15-1, 2-0)
  9. Colorado (11-4, 2-2)
  10. Seton Hall (11-5, 4-1)
  11. Oregon (12-3, 4-0) / Cincinnati (12-3, 1-1)
  12. Grand Canyon (14-1, 4-0)
  13. McNeese (13-2, 2-0)
  14. UC Irvine (11-5, 4-0)
  15. Vermont (11-5, 1-0)
  16. Denver (10-7, 1-1)

First Four Out:

  • Kansas State (12-3, 2-0)
  • Michigan State (9-6, 1-3)
  • Florida (10-4, 0-1)
  • Wake Forest (11-4, 3-1)

Next Four Out:

  • Boise State (11-4, 2-0)
  • NC State (11-3, 3-0)
  • Mississippi State (11-3, 0-1)
  • Indiana State (13-2, 4-0)

Others Considered:

  • Arizona State (10-5, 4-0)
  • South Carolina (13-2, 1-1)
  • TCU (11-3, 0-1)
  • Syracuse (10-4, 1-2)
  • St. Joe’s (10-4, 0-1)
  • Butler (10-5, 1-3)
  • Minnesota (12-3, 3-1)
  • Washington (9-6, 1-3)
  • San Francisco (12-4, 1-0)
  • New Mexico (13-3, 1-2)
  • Georgia (11-3, 1-0)
  • Florida State (9-6, 3-1)
  • Indiana (11-5, 3-2)
  • Saint Mary’s (11-6, 2-0)
  • Virginia Tech (9-5, 1-2)
  • Iowa (9-6, 1-3)
  • Drake (12-3, 3-1)

By Mat Mlodzinski