There is still time to finalize your 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket before March Madness 2023 gets underway on Thursday. No. 1 seeds Houston, Alabama, Kansas and Purdue are all heavy 2023 March Madness favorites according to the latest 2023 NCAA Tournament odds. However, seeding is just one factor to consider when crafting your 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket strategy. It has been 10 years since a No. 1 seed won the NCAA Tournament, when Louisville entered as a top-seeded team and took home a title.
Before you pick one team to win it all, you should take a look at the 2023 March Madness matchups and fill out your bracket with plenty of 2023 NCAA Tournament upsets. Before making any 2023 March Madness bracket predictions, be sure to check out the 2023 NCAA Tournament 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 simply no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2023 March Madness pools. Now, with the 2023 NCAA bracket being revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.
2023 March Madness bracket games to watch
One 2023 March Madness matchup to keep an eye on: No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Auburn in the Midwest region. The Hawkeyes enter the NCAA Tournament 2023 with fourth-ranked offensive efficiency, but are dismal on the other side of the ball. Iowa is also limping into the NCAA Tournament 2023 following two straight losses, including a 73-69 defeat in the Big Ten Tournament, so Auburn will look to set the pace of this game early.
Another Midwest Regional battle to watch is No. 7 seed Texas A&M vs. No. 10 seed Penn State. The Nittany Lions rank sixth nationally in turnover rate and ninth in three-point percentage (38.5). They won eight of nine games before coming up short against Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament last Sunday. Texas A&M finished the regular season ranked second behind Alabama in the SEC standings and lost to the Crimson Tide in the SEC Tournament title game. The Aggies are led by sophomore guard Wade Taylor IV, who is averaging 16.5 points and 4.0 assists.
Also in the Midwest, No. 5 Miami takes on No. 12 Drake in a game that should be one of the popular 2023 March Madness upset picks. The Bulldogs enter their second NCAA Tournament in three years and have just one loss since Jan. 21. The big storyline heading into Friday’s game is Miami forward Norchad Omier and the status of the ankle injury he sustained against Duke in the ACC Tournament last week. If Omier is unavailable to play, Drake could pull off one of the early 2023 March Madness upsets. You can see how far all these teams go over at SportsLine.
How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictions
How far will those major programs go? And which Cinderella 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 is calling this year before locking in any NCAA bracket picks.
So what’s the optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2023? And which March Madness underdogs will shock college basketball? Visit SportsLine now to see which teams you can back with confidence, all from the model that’s nailed 18 upsets by double-digit seeds since its inception and beat over 92 percent of players two of the last four tournaments.
