I picked 66 of 68 teams and matched 40 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
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arizona State
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Syracuse
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Kansas State
|
11 | 9 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Texas Tech
|
5 | 3 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Alabama
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Auburn
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Buffalo
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Butler
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Cal State Fullerton
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Clemson
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Creighton
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Florida State
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Gonzaga
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Kentucky
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Lipscomb
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Murray State
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Nevada
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Oklahoma
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Penn
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Providence
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Rhode Island
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Seton Hall
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Stephen F. Austin
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 TCU
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Texas A&M
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 UCLA
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
 West Virginia
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Wichita State
|
5 | 4 | 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 |
 Villanova
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Virginia
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Xavier
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Cincinnati
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Duke
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 North Carolina
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Purdue
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Michigan
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Michigan State
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Tennessee
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
|
Texas Tech
|
5 | 3 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 Arizona
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Auburn
|
3 | 4 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Gonzaga
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Wichita State
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Clemson
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Kentucky
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Ohio State
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
West Virginia
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Florida
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
 Houston
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
 Miami (FL)
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
TCU
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Arkansas
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Nevada
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Rhode Island
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Texas A&M
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Creighton
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Missouri
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
|
Seton Hall
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Virginia Tech
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
|
Alabama
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Florida State
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Kansas State
|
11 | 9 | Two seeds too low | 3 |
 NC State
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Butler
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Oklahoma
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Providence
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Texas
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Arizona State
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Loyola Chicago
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
 San Diego State
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
| St. Bonaventure | 11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Syracuse
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
|
UCLA
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Davidson
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
Murray State
|
13 | 12 | One seed too low | 4 |
 New Mexico State
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 South Dakota State
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
|
Buffalo
|
12 | 13 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Charleston
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Marshall
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
| UNC Greensboro | 13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Bucknell
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
 Montana
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Stephen F. Austin
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Wright State
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Cal State Fullerton
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Georgia State
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 Iona
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Lipscomb
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 LIU Brooklyn
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 North Carolina Central
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Penn
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Radford
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 Texas Southern
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
 UMBC
|
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 2018 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_2018.html