I picked all 68 teams and matched 41 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
27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma State
|
8 | 10 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 South Carolina
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Wichita State
|
8 | 10 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Wisconsin
|
6 | 8 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Arkansas
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Creighton
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Dayton
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Kansas State
|
12 | 11 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Kent State
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Maryland
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Miami (FL)
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Michigan
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Michigan State
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Middle Tennessee
|
11 | 12 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Minnesota
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
 New Mexico State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Northern Kentucky
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Northwestern
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Notre Dame
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Princeton
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Purdue
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 SMU
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
 USC
|
12 | 11 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Vanderbilt
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Vermont
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Virginia Tech
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Winthrop
|
14 | 13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gonzaga
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Kansas
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 North Carolina
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Villanova
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Arizona
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Duke
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Kentucky
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Louisville
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Baylor
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Florida State
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Oregon
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 UCLA
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Butler
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
 Florida
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Purdue
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 West Virginia
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
 Iowa State
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
Minnesota
|
6 | 5 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Notre Dame
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Virginia
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
 Cincinnati
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
Creighton
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Maryland
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
SMU
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Dayton
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Michigan
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Saint Mary's
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
South Carolina
|
9 | 7 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
|
Arkansas
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Miami (FL)
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Northwestern
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Wisconsin
|
6 | 8 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Michigan State
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Seton Hall
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Vanderbilt
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Virginia Tech
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Marquette
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Oklahoma State
|
8 | 10 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 VCU
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Wichita State
|
8 | 10 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Kansas State
|
12 | 11 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Providence
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
 Rhode Island
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
USC
|
12 | 11 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Wake Forest
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
 Xavier
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Middle Tennessee
|
11 | 12 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Nevada
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
Princeton
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UNC Wilmington
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Bucknell
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 East Tennessee State
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
|
Vermont
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Winthrop
|
14 | 13 | One seed too low | 4 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
 Iona
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Kent State
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
New Mexico State
|
13 | 14 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Jacksonville State
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 North Dakota
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Northern Kentucky
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Troy
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
| New Orleans | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 North Carolina Central
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 South Dakota State
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Texas Southern
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 UC Davis
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
Picked, but not selected
None. All 68 teams I picked were in the committee's field.
Sources
- Final 2017 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_2017.html