The Scored Bracket: 2019

Grant's final bracket · Men's NCAA field · 2019 · 68 teams

All seasons

I picked 66 of 68 teams and matched 45 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

23 of 68 teams. Missed selections first, then the largest seed errors. "Too high" means I seeded a team better than the committee did.

Teams where my seed differed from the committee's, 2019
TeamMy seedCommittee seedDifferencePoints
Belmont Not in my field 11 Missed 0
Temple Not in my field 11 Missed 0
VCU 11 8 Three seeds too low 3
Iowa 8 10 Two seeds too high 3
Ole Miss 10 8 Two seeds too low 3
Seton Hall 8 10 Two seeds too high 3
Washington 11 9 Two seeds too low 3
Arizona State 10 11 One seed too high 4
Auburn 4 5 One seed too high 4
Baylor 8 9 One seed too high 4
Florida State 3 4 One seed too high 4
Kansas State 5 4 One seed too low 4
Minnesota 9 10 One seed too high 4
Mississippi State 6 5 One seed too low 4
Montana 14 15 One seed too high 4
Northern Kentucky 15 14 One seed too low 4
Old Dominion 13 14 One seed too high 4
Purdue 4 3 One seed too low 4
Saint Louis 14 13 One seed too low 4
Syracuse 9 8 One seed too low 4
Villanova 5 6 One seed too high 4
Virginia Tech 5 4 One seed too low 4
Wisconsin 4 5 One seed too high 4

Every team

The committee's 68-team field in seed order, with the seed I gave each team.

Every team in the 2019 committee field, my seed against the committee's
TeamMy seedCommittee seedDifferencePoints
Duke 1 1 Exact 6
Gonzaga 1 1 Exact 6
North Carolina 1 1 Exact 6
Virginia 1 1 Exact 6
Kentucky 2 2 Exact 6
Michigan 2 2 Exact 6
Michigan State 2 2 Exact 6
Tennessee 2 2 Exact 6
Houston 3 3 Exact 6
LSU 3 3 Exact 6
Purdue 4 3 One seed too low 4
Texas Tech 3 3 Exact 6
Florida State 3 4 One seed too high 4
Kansas 4 4 Exact 6
Kansas State 5 4 One seed too low 4
Virginia Tech 5 4 One seed too low 4
Auburn 4 5 One seed too high 4
Marquette 5 5 Exact 6
Mississippi State 6 5 One seed too low 4
Wisconsin 4 5 One seed too high 4
Buffalo 6 6 Exact 6
Iowa State 6 6 Exact 6
Maryland 6 6 Exact 6
Villanova 5 6 One seed too high 4
Cincinnati 7 7 Exact 6
Louisville 7 7 Exact 6
Nevada 7 7 Exact 6
Wofford 7 7 Exact 6
Ole Miss 10 8 Two seeds too low 3
Syracuse 9 8 One seed too low 4
Utah State 8 8 Exact 6
VCU 11 8 Three seeds too low 3
Baylor 8 9 One seed too high 4
Oklahoma 9 9 Exact 6
UCF 9 9 Exact 6
Washington 11 9 Two seeds too low 3
Florida 10 10 Exact 6
Iowa 8 10 Two seeds too high 3
Minnesota 9 10 One seed too high 4
Seton Hall 8 10 Two seeds too high 3
Arizona State 10 11 One seed too high 4
Belmont Not in my field 11 Missed 0
Ohio State 11 11 Exact 6
Saint Mary's 11 11 Exact 6
St. John's 11 11 Exact 6
Temple Not in my field 11 Missed 0
Liberty 12 12 Exact 6
Murray State 12 12 Exact 6
New Mexico State 12 12 Exact 6
Oregon 12 12 Exact 6
Northeastern 13 13 Exact 6
Saint Louis 14 13 One seed too low 4
UC Irvine 13 13 Exact 6
Vermont 13 13 Exact 6
Georgia State 14 14 Exact 6
Northern Kentucky 15 14 One seed too low 4
Old Dominion 13 14 One seed too high 4
Yale 14 14 Exact 6
Abilene Christian 15 15 Exact 6
Bradley 15 15 Exact 6
Colgate 15 15 Exact 6
Montana 14 15 One seed too high 4
Fairleigh Dickinson 16 16 Exact 6
Gardner-Webb 16 16 Exact 6
Iona 16 16 Exact 6
North Carolina Central 16 16 Exact 6
North Dakota State 16 16 Exact 6
Prairie View A&M 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 2019 bracket, archived by Bracket Matrix. Original publication time not recorded.
  • I ran as Primetime Bracketology that year, listed on Bracket Matrix as Grant.
  • 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_2019.html