The Purdue Boilermakers, led by National Player of the Year front-runner Zach Edey, landed the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket and will try to make the program’s third ever Final Four appearance. Purdue is joined by Alabama, Kansas, and Houston as No. 1 seeds in the 2023 March Madness bracket. Arizona, UCLA, Texas, and Marquette were named No. 2 seeds in the NCAA college basketball bracket 2023 on Selection Sunday.Purdue could make its deepest NCAA Tournament run under head coach and former player Matt Painter, but teams like Duke, Kentucky, and Marquette will try to keep the Boilermakers from advancing out of the East Region of the NCAA Tournament 2023. Before filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket 2023, be sure to see the 2023 March Madness bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire 2023 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks, beating over 92% of all CBS Sports brackets two of the last four tournaments. The model also nailed three teams in the West and South Region Sweet 16 last year, including No. 5 seed Houston.It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 18 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds. It also nailed some massive upsets two years ago, including predicting the championship game between Gonzaga and Baylor and hitting Houston’s Midwest Region win even though the Cougars weren’t the No. 1 seed.There’s no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2023 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2023 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.
Three 2023 March Madness bracket games to watchOne of the most intriguing matchups in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket: No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Oral Roberts in the East Region. Duke, led by first year head coach Jon Scheyer, landed three of the top four recruits in the 2022 class, but struggled through an up-and-down regular season. The Blue Devils got hot at the right time and went on a run to win the ACC Tournament. Oral Roberts, the darlings of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, landed a No. 12 seed and were widely considered to be one of the bigger snubs of Selection Sunday. The Golden Eagles posted a 30-4 overall record during the regular season and enter March Madness 2023 as one of the best offensive teams in the country, averaging 84.2 points per game.Another surprise out of the East: No. 4 Tennessee makes a run to the Sweet 16 despite losing star point guard Zakai Zeigler (knee) for the year. The Vols went 23-10 during the regular season and enter the NCAA Tournament 2023 as arguably the best defensive team in the 2023 NCAA bracket, allowing only 58.0 points per game. Tennessee faces No. 13 Louisiana, the champions of the Sun Belt Conference, in the first round on Thursday. The Ragin’ Cajuns are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014 and were one of the best shooting teams in the country all season. You can see the model’s 2023 NCAA bracket picks here.How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictionsWho wins every tournament-defining matchup? And which teams will make surprising runs through the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket? With the model’s track record of calling bracket-busting upsets, you’ll want to see which stunners it’s calling this year before locking in any 2023 NCAA bracket picks.
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