Bracketology 1/13

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    With conference play in full swing now. I though I would tackle predicting the field for the 2023 NCAA tournament. 

Bracket as of 1/13

 For the baseline I utilized the bracket from Bracket Matrix and used information from Haslam and Kenpom and the NCAA's NET rankings to help fill the rest. With this bracket, I wanted to go over a few quick observation.

The Big 12 is stacked this year fielding 8 teams as of now, which is 80% of their entire conference. I'm curious to see if they can maintain this as we head closer and closer to March given the depth that this conference has.

It will a wild sprint for the B1G to see who can end up where. Purdue is a solid lock for a top 4 seed come March but the rest will probably play out like a chaotic game of musical chairs. Preseason favorites like Indiana and Michigan are nowhere to be found while the Illini are holding on. Penn St, Rutgers and Northwestern! are in with good wins against the likes of Indiana and Purdue. Don't be surprise if I keep changing the middle of the bracket with *insert B1G team* as conference play keeps chuggin' along 

And lastly, Houston occupies a weird spot for me. On one hand they are absolutely adored by the metrics and they have been pretty dominant as a team all season but their lack of resume wins is concerning. they do have wins against Virginia and St Mary's with their lone Quad 1 loss being to Alabama. and with two more opportunities in a conference that is similar to the WCC this year. I just think they are the weakest 1 seed by far and probably wont make it far come tournament time.