March Madness 2023 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions from unbiased college basketball model

The 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket is upon us and the 68 teams that make up the 2023 March Madness bracket have grand designs on defying the odds to make a deep run. Saint Peter’s made it all the way to the Elite Eight as a No. 15 seed a season ago and with four double-digit seeds making the Sweet 16 or better in 2022, just about everybody will feel like they have a fighting chance in the NCAA Tournament bracket 2023. If you get a little too carried away making wild 2023 NCAA Tournament predictions, winning your 2023 March Madness pool picks could be a struggle.

There has been at least one No. 1 seed to make the Final Four in the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, but there have only been three or more No. 1 seeds to make the final weekend since the turn of the century. Which No. 1 seeds should you trust among Alabama, Houston, Kansas and Purdue as you make your 2023 March Madness predictions? Before filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket 2023, be sure to see the 2023 March Madness bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire 2023 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks, beating over 92% of all CBS Sports brackets two of the last four tournaments. The model also nailed three teams in the West and South Region Sweet 16 last year, including No. 5 seed Houston.

It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 18 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds. It also nailed some massive upsets two years ago, including predicting the championship game between Gonzaga and Baylor and hitting Houston’s Midwest Region win even though the Cougars weren’t the No. 1 seed.

There’s no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2023 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2023 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.

Three 2023 March Madness bracket games to watch

One of the most intriguing 2023 March Madness results the model is projecting in the East Region: No. 1 seed Purdue wins the East Region, even though they lost three games last month. The Boilermakers spent a total of seven weeks ranked No. 1, but dropped to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 after a stretch in which they lost four times in six games. However, Purdue still won the Big Ten regular-season title and enters the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket on a five-game winning streak after winning the Big Ten Tournament title.

Purdue’s Zach Edey is the leading national player of the year candidate and arguably the tournament’s toughest matchup, with the 7-foot-4 center averaging 22.3 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game.

Another surprise: No. 7 Michigan State falls to No. 10 USC in the first round. Tom Izzo’s squad went 19-12 overall and 11-8 in the Big Ten, but didn’t close as strong as they’d have liked, losing eight of their last 15. USC has an experienced one-two punch that will be difficult to stop in Boogie Ellis and Drew Peterson.

Ellis is a former Memphis transfer now in his second season at USC who is averaging 18.0 points per game, while Peterson is a Rice transfer in his third year on campus averaging 14.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists. You can see the model’s 2023 NCAA bracket picks here.

How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictions

Who wins every tournament-defining matchup? And which teams will make surprising runs through the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket? With the model’s track record of calling bracket-busting upsets, you’ll want to see which stunners it’s calling this year before locking in any 2023 NCAA bracket picks.

So what’s the optimal NCAA Tournament 2023 bracket? And which NCAA Tournament Cinderella teams will shock college basketball? Visit SportsLine now to see which double-digit seeds you can back with confidence, all from the model that’s called 18 upsets by double-digit seeds and beaten over 92% of CBS Sports brackets two of the last four tournaments.