I picked 66 of 68 teams and matched 37 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
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tulsa
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Vanderbilt
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Gonzaga
|
9 | 11 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Oregon State
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Arizona
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Baylor
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
 California
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Cincinnati
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Colorado
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Duke
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Fresno State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Green Bay
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Indiana
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Iona
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Iowa State
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Kentucky
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Maryland
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Michigan State
|
1 | 2 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Middle Tennessee
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Pittsburgh
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Providence
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Purdue
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Stephen F. Austin
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Stony Brook
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Syracuse
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Temple
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Texas A&M
|
4 | 3 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UConn
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Virginia
|
2 | 1 | One seed too low | 4 |
 West Virginia
|
2 | 3 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Xavier
|
3 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kansas
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 North Carolina
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Oregon
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
|
Virginia
|
2 | 1 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Michigan State
|
1 | 2 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Oklahoma
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Villanova
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
|
Xavier
|
3 | 2 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Miami (FL)
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Texas A&M
|
4 | 3 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Utah
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
West Virginia
|
2 | 3 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
California
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Duke
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Iowa State
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Kentucky
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Baylor
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Indiana
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Maryland
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Purdue
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Arizona
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Notre Dame
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
 Seton Hall
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
 Texas
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
 Dayton
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
 Iowa
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Oregon State
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Wisconsin
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Colorado
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Saint Joseph's
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
 Texas Tech
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
 USC
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
 Butler
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Cincinnati
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Providence
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
UConn
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Pittsburgh
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Syracuse
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Temple
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
 VCU
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Gonzaga
|
9 | 11 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Michigan
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
 Northern Iowa
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Tulsa
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
|
Vanderbilt
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Wichita State
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
 Chattanooga
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Little Rock
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 South Dakota State
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Yale
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Hawai'i
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Iona
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Stony Brook
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UNC Wilmington
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Buffalo
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Fresno State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Green Bay
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Stephen F. Austin
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Cal State Bakersfield
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Middle Tennessee
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 UNC Asheville
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 Weber State
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 Austin Peay
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Fairleigh Dickinson
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Hampton
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Holy Cross
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Southern
|
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 2016 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_2016.html