No. 3 seed Baylor enters the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket as one of the potential 2023 March Madness sleepers after losing four of its last six games. The Bears lost to Iowa State for the third time this season in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, despite being 4.5-point favorites in that contest. They will face No. 14 seed UC Santa Barbara on Friday during the March Madness 2023 schedule. UC Santa Barbara punched its ticket to the 2023 March Madness bracket with a win over CS Fullerton in the Big West title game last Saturday.
Another Big 12 team beginning its NCAA Tournament 2023 run on Friday is No. 3 seed Kansas State, which will face No. 14 seed Montana State. The Wildcats closed the regular season with a loss at West Virginia and added a loss to TCU in the Big 12 Tournament. 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.
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One of the 2023 NCAA Tournament picks from the model: No. 2 seed Marquette survives and advances to the Elite Eight. The Golden Eagles are one of the hottest teams in the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket, extending their winning streak to nine games with a run through the Big East Tournament. They have the fifth-best two-point percentage (58.8) in college basketball and rarely turn the ball over, making them a safe pick to advance in the NCAA bracket 2023. Sophomore guard Tyler Kolek leads Marquette with 13.3 points, 7.7 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game.
Also in the East Region, No. 4 seed Tennessee makes the Sweet 16 despite losing point guard Zakai Zeigler (knee) for the season. The Vols lost leadership and offensive firepower when Zeigler went down at the end of the regular season, but they still have the nation’s second-rated defense in adjusted efficiency. They have the top defensive three-point percentage (26.2) and force turnovers at a high rate, making them a bad first-round matchup for a Louisiana team that relies on its outside shooting. Tennessee never takes a possession off on the defensive end, so it will be tough for Duke or Oral Roberts to beat the Vols in the second round. You can see the model’s 2023 NCAA bracket picks here.
How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictions
Who 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.
So what’s the optimal NCAA Tournament 2023 bracket? And which NCAA Tournament Cinderella teams will shock college basketball? Visit SportsLine now to see which double-digit seeds you can back with confidence, all from the model that’s called 18 upsets by double-digit seeds and beaten over 92% of CBS Sports brackets two of the last four tournaments.
