I picked 66 of 68 teams and matched 30 seed lines.
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.
Where my seeds differed
38 of 68 teams. Missed selections first, then the largest seed errors. "Too high" means I seeded a team better than the committee did.
| Team | My seed | Committee seed | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ole Miss
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 UCLA
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Dayton
|
8 | 11 | Three seeds too high | 3 |
 LSU
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
 Oklahoma State
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
 Purdue
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
 Buffalo
|
10 | 12 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Cincinnati
|
10 | 8 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Georgetown
|
6 | 4 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Indiana
|
12 | 10 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Iowa
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 NC State
|
10 | 8 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Oklahoma
|
5 | 3 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 SMU
|
4 | 6 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 VCU
|
5 | 7 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 West Virginia
|
7 | 5 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Wichita State
|
5 | 7 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Xavier
|
8 | 6 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Arkansas
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 BYU
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Butler
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Davidson
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Georgia
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Georgia State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Harvard
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Lafayette
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Maryland
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Michigan State
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 North Dakota State
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Ohio State
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Oregon
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 San Diego State
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Stephen F. Austin
|
11 | 12 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Texas Southern
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UAB
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UC Irvine
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Utah
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Wyoming
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Duke
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Kentucky
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Villanova
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Wisconsin
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Arizona
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Gonzaga
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Kansas
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Virginia
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Baylor
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Iowa State
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Notre Dame
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Oklahoma
|
5 | 3 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Georgetown
|
6 | 4 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Louisville
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Maryland
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
 North Carolina
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Arkansas
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Northern Iowa
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
Utah
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
West Virginia
|
7 | 5 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Butler
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Providence
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
SMU
|
4 | 6 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Xavier
|
8 | 6 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Iowa
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Michigan State
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
VCU
|
5 | 7 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Wichita State
|
5 | 7 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Cincinnati
|
10 | 8 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
NC State
|
10 | 8 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Oregon
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
San Diego State
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
LSU
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
|
Oklahoma State
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
|
Purdue
|
12 | 9 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
 St. John's
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Davidson
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Georgia
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Indiana
|
12 | 10 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Ohio State
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
BYU
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Boise State
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Dayton
|
8 | 11 | Three seeds too high | 3 |
|
Ole Miss
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Texas
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
UCLA
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
|
Buffalo
|
10 | 12 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Stephen F. Austin
|
11 | 12 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Wofford
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
Wyoming
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Eastern Washington
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Harvard
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
UC Irvine
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Valparaiso
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
| Albany | 14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Georgia State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Northeastern
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
UAB
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Belmont
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 New Mexico State
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
North Dakota State
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Texas Southern
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Coastal Carolina
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Hampton
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Lafayette
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Manhattan
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 North Florida
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Robert Morris
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
Picked, but not selected
2 of my teams were left out. Names of teams I picked outside the actual field are not available in this source.
Sources
- Final 2015 bracket, archived by Bracket Matrix. Original publication time not recorded.
- I ran as Primetime Bracketology that year, listed on Bracket Matrix as PTB-B.
- 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/matrix_2015.html