I picked 65 of 68 teams and matched 43 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
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 North Carolina
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Texas
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Xavier
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Memphis
|
8 | 5 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
 Louisville
|
6 | 8 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
 Arkansas
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Baylor
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Bryant
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Creighton
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Drake
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Gonzaga
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Illinois
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Marquette
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Michigan
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Mississippi State
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Missouri
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Montana
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 New Mexico
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Norfolk State
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Ole Miss
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Purdue
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Robert Morris
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Saint Mary's
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 UCLA
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Vanderbilt
|
11 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Auburn
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Duke
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Florida
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Houston
|
1 | 1 | Exact | 6 |
 Alabama
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Michigan State
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 St. John's
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Tennessee
|
2 | 2 | Exact | 6 |
 Iowa State
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Kentucky
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Texas Tech
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Wisconsin
|
3 | 3 | Exact | 6 |
 Arizona
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
 Maryland
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
|
Purdue
|
5 | 4 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Texas A&M
|
4 | 4 | Exact | 6 |
 Clemson
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
|
Memphis
|
8 | 5 | Three seeds too low | 3 |
|
Michigan
|
4 | 5 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Oregon
|
5 | 5 | Exact | 6 |
 BYU
|
6 | 6 | Exact | 6 |
|
Illinois
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Missouri
|
7 | 6 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Ole Miss
|
5 | 6 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Kansas
|
7 | 7 | Exact | 6 |
|
Marquette
|
8 | 7 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Saint Mary's
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
UCLA
|
6 | 7 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Gonzaga
|
7 | 8 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
Louisville
|
6 | 8 | Two seeds too high | 3 |
|
Mississippi State
|
9 | 8 | One seed too low | 4 |
 UConn
|
8 | 8 | Exact | 6 |
|
Baylor
|
10 | 9 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Creighton
|
8 | 9 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Georgia
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
 Oklahoma
|
9 | 9 | Exact | 6 |
|
Arkansas
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
New Mexico
|
9 | 10 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Utah State
|
10 | 10 | Exact | 6 |
|
Vanderbilt
|
11 | 10 | One seed too low | 4 |
|
Drake
|
10 | 11 | One seed too high | 4 |
|
North Carolina
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 San Diego State
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Texas
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 VCU
|
11 | 11 | Exact | 6 |
|
Xavier
|
Not in my field | 11 | Missed | 0 |
 Colorado State
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Liberty
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 McNeese
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 UC San Diego
|
12 | 12 | Exact | 6 |
 Akron
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Grand Canyon
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 High Point
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Yale
|
13 | 13 | Exact | 6 |
 Lipscomb
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Montana
|
15 | 14 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Troy
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
 UNC Wilmington
|
14 | 14 | Exact | 6 |
|
Bryant
|
16 | 15 | One seed too low | 4 |
 Omaha
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
|
Robert Morris
|
14 | 15 | One seed too high | 4 |
 Wofford
|
15 | 15 | Exact | 6 |
 Alabama State
|
16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
| American | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
|
Norfolk State
|
15 | 16 | One seed too high | 4 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
| Saint Francis (PA) | 16 | 16 | Exact | 6 |
Picked, but not selected
3 of my teams were left out. Names of teams I picked outside the actual field are not available in this source.
Sources
- Final 2025 bracket, archived by Bracket Matrix. Original publication time not recorded.
- I ran as The Round Robin that year, listed on Bracket Matrix as TRR.
- 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_2025.html