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

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)