I picked all 68 teams and matched 52 seed lines.
The most exact seeds in my 16 seasons of doing this, and 3.3 points above the field average.
My final bracket before Selection Sunday, graded against the committee's field on field selection and seed line. Regions, matchups and who won games are not part of the grade.
On the line means I matched the committee. The farther a logo sits from the line, the farther off I was.
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Where my seeds differed
16 of 68 teams. Missed selections first, then the largest seed errors. Each track runs from seed 1 on the left to seed 16 on the right.
| Team | My seedCommittee’s seed | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Utah State |
My seed 7, committee seed 9. Two seeds too high. | 3 points |
| Vanderbilt |
My seed 3, committee seed 5. Two seeds too high. | 3 points |
| Clemson |
My seed 7, committee seed 8. One seed too high. | 4 points |
| Georgia |
My seed 9, committee seed 8. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| Kansas |
My seed 5, committee seed 4. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| McNeese |
My seed 11, committee seed 12. One seed too high. | 4 points |
| Miami (OH) |
My seed 10, committee seed 11. One seed too high. | 4 points |
| Missouri |
My seed 11, committee seed 10. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| NC State |
My seed 10, committee seed 11. One seed too high. | 4 points |
| North Dakota State |
My seed 13, committee seed 14. One seed too high. | 4 points |
| Saint Mary's |
My seed 8, committee seed 7. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| Santa Clara |
My seed 11, committee seed 10. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| South Florida |
My seed 12, committee seed 11. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| Troy |
My seed 14, committee seed 13. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| UCLA |
My seed 8, committee seed 7. One seed too low. | 4 points |
| Virginia |
My seed 4, committee seed 3. One seed too low. | 4 points |
Every team
The committee's 68-team field in seed order, with the seed I gave each team.
| Team | My seed | Committee seed | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Arizona
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
|
Duke
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
|
Florida
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
|
Michigan
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
|
Houston
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
|
Iowa State
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
|
Purdue
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
|
UConn
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
|
Gonzaga
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Illinois
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Michigan State
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Virginia
|
4 | 3 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Alabama
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Arkansas
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Kansas
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Nebraska
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
St. John's
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
Texas Tech
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
Vanderbilt
|
3 | 5 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Wisconsin
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
BYU
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
Louisville
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
North Carolina
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
Tennessee
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
Kentucky
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Miami (FL)
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Saint Mary's
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
UCLA
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Clemson
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Georgia
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Ohio State
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
|
Villanova
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
|
Iowa
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Saint Louis
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
TCU
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Utah State
|
7 | 9 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Missouri
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Santa Clara
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Texas A&M
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
UCF
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Miami (OH)
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
NC State
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
SMU
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
South Florida
|
12 | 11 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Texas
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
VCU
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Akron
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
High Point
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
McNeese
|
11 | 12 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Northern Iowa
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
California Baptist
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Hawai'i
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Hofstra
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Troy
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Kennesaw State
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
North Dakota State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Penn
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Wright State
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Furman
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Idaho
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Queens
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Tennessee State
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Howard
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Lehigh
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Long Island
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Prairie View A&M
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Siena
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
UMBC
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
Picked, but not selected
None. All 68 teams I picked were in the committee's field.
Sources
- Final 2026 bracket, archived by Bracket Matrix. Original publication time not recorded.
- I ran as The Round Robin that year, listed on Bracket Matrix as TRR.
- Committee seeds come from the same Bracket Matrix page. Its announcement time is not recorded there either.
- Imported to this site on August 21, 2026. That is when I copied the record, not when I published the bracket.
- Source: www.bracketmatrix.com/index.html