NCAA Selection Committee Revealed Its Top 16 seeds | March Madness 2023 Bracket Predictions By Andy Katz

Committee chairman Chris Reynolds revealed the top 16 teams in the presence of the broadcaster team of Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg, Jay Wright and Seth Davis in the Studio. The show listed the top-four seeds in each region as things stand entering Saturday’s action. The committee first began previewing the bracket’s top 16 teams in 2017, and it has become an annual tradition that provides an advance look at how the bracket is coming together.

Before the final 68 teams are revealed on Selection Sunday, March 12 on CBS, There is still plenty of opportunity for teams to improve or decline. Yet the Saturday bracket preview provided some hints about what the selection committee thinks of particular team.

With the No. 1 overall seed and the top ranking in the AP Poll, Alabama is in first place. Teams on the one line are completed by Houston, Purdue, and Kansas.

Notable No. 2 seeds in the projected bracket include Texas and Baylor, giving the Big 12 three of the top eight teams.

March Madness 2023 Bracket Predictions by Andy Katz

With Just three weeks out from Selection Sunday, Andy Katz of NCAA Digital has updated his March Madness men’s bracket prediction in light of the men’s Basketball Committee unveiling their current top 16 teams in men’s basketball.

Here is a list of Katz’s 68-team field, with the regional seeding in parenthesis and the overall seeds listed in order of importance. Automatic qualifiers from each conference tournament are indicated by an asterisk (*).

1. Alabama (1) SEC*
2. Houston (1) AAC*
3. Purdue (1) Big Ten*
4. Kansas (1) Big 12
5. Texas (2) Big 12*
6. Arizona (2) Pac-12
7. Baylor (2) Big 12
8. UCLA (2) Pac-12*
9. Tennessee (3) SEC 
10. Virginia (3) ACC* 
11. Iowa State (3) Big 12
12. Kansas State (3) Big 12
13. Indiana (4) Big Ten
14. Marquette (4) Big East*
15. Gonzaga (4) WCC
16. Xavier (4) Big East
17. Creighton (5) Big East
18. Miami (Fla.) (5) ACC
19. Saint Mary’s (5) WCC*
20. UConn (5) Big East
21. Northwestern (6) Big Ten
22. Maryland (6) Big Ten
23. Iowa (6) Big Ten
24. Illinois (6) Big Ten
25. TCU (7) Big 12 
26. Michigan State (7) Big Ten
27. San Diego State (7) MWC*
28. Duke (7) ACC
29. Auburn (8) SEC
30. Arkansas (8) SEC
31. Pitt (8) ACC
32. Rutgers (8) Big Ten
33. Missouri (9) SEC
34. Providence (9) Big East
35. NC State (9) ACC
36. Oklahoma State (9) Big 12
37. Texas A&M (10) SEC
38. Nevada (10) MWC
39. Boise State (10) MWC
40. Kentucky (10) SEC
41. West Virginia (11) Big 12
42. Memphis (11) AAC
43. Wisconsin (11) Big Ten
44. USC (11) Pac-12
45. Clemson (11) ACC
46. Florida Atlantic (11) CUSA* 
47. VCU (12) A10*
48. Charleston (12) CAA*
49. Oral Roberts (12)  Summit*
50. Southern Miss (12) Sun Belt*
51. Drake (13) MVC*
52. Kent State (13) MAC*
53. Utah Valley (13) WAC*
54. Iona (13) MAAC*
55. Yale (14) Ivy*
56. UCSB (14) Big West*
57. Kennesaw State (14) ASUN*
58. Eastern Washington (14) Big Sky*
59. Vermont (15) AE*
60. Youngstown State (15) Horizon*
61. Colgate (15) Patriot*
62. UNC Asheville (15) Big South*
63. Samford (16) Southern*
64. Alcorn State (16) SWAC*
65. Morehead State (16) OVC*
66. Howard (16) MEAC*
67. TAMU CC (16) Southland*
68. FDU (16) NEC*

Katz’s forecasts from earlier this week still hold true for three of the top four seeds overall, however the ranking has changed slightly. While Katz and the committee concur that Alabama is the No. 1 overall seed in the field of 68, the committee has given Houston the No. 2 overall seed over Purdue.T

The committee will announce the entire official bracket on Selection Sunday on March 12.