Oral Roberts is also a fascinating opening round game. Marquette built an elite offense overnight, and it’s made them a Final Four sleeperĭuke vs. Nate Oats’ team has the most talent in this region led by Brandon Miller.
I’ve been backing Creighton all year, and they would have gotten a higher seed than this without a six-game losing streak in the middle of the year with Kalkbrenner out of the lineup.Īlabama will beat Creighton to punch their ticket to the Final Four. The Wildcats are awesome on the inside, but Creighton has a legit rim protector too in Ryan Kalkbrenner. We think Creighton has better guard play than Arizona with Trey Alexander and Ryan Nembhard initiating the offense. Give us Arizona over the Tigers in round two. This will be arguably the best matchup of round two, but we’ll take the Bluejays. We like Creighton and Baylor to win as favorites in the first round. Charleston’s run ends against Bama in the regional semifinal. We’ll take Charleston into the Sweet 16 as a No. 5 San Diego State in the first round, and Virginia beating Furman. 16 seed without a problem, and we’ll take them over No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, and it feels like the Crimson Tide have a favorite path to the Final Four. Here are our picks for the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament made immediately after the bracket was announced.
I do these instant bracket predictions every year, so it’s time to go on the record once again. There are so many teams that feel like they could win it all this year with the right draw.
Of course, last season’s championship game was an instant classic between No. The lowest seed to ever win it all was a No. 1 seed has won the big dance the last five years - and 12 of the last 15. There are a few things we know about trying to pick a winner based on history. While Houston, Kansas, and Alabama will likely be the most popular picks in your office pool, this does feel like the type of year that a sleeper could potentially go all the way. Instead, the field is wide open and full of possibilities for the 68 teams who heard their name called on Selection Sunday. There is no overwhelming favorite entering the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament.
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