NCAA Tournament 2023 bracket picks, upsets, Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times

The 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed and the Alabama Crimson Tide have earned the No. 1 overall seed. As a reward, they’ll play in the South Region of the 2023 March Madness bracket in nearby Birmingham. If the Tide can advance in the 2023 NCAA bracket, the regional finals will take place in Louisville. A No. 1 seed has won the last five NCAA Tournaments, so should you advance Alabama into the Final Four of your 2023 March Madness pool picks?

Meanwhile, a loss in the Pac-12 Tournament final to Arizona dropped UCLA to the No. 2 line in the West Region behind Kansas. Those bluebloods look like serious threats to win it all, but only one can make it to Houston. So who should you back in all four regions and who are this year’s 2023 NCAA Tournament Cinderellas? Before making any 2023 March Madness bracket predictions, be sure to check out the 2023 NCAA Tournament 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 simply no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2023 March Madness pools. Now, with the 2023 NCAA bracket being revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.

2023 March Madness bracket games to watch

One 2023 March Madness matchup to keep an eye on: Iowa vs. Auburn in the Midwest region. This is the fourth season in a row that Fran McCaffery has guided the Hawkeyes into the NCAA Tournament bracket, while Bruce Pearl has gotten the Tigers into March Madness in four of the last five years the tournament has been held. Both teams struggled in Quad 1 games, with Auburn going 3-10 and Iowa going 4-7, but there were critical resume-boosting wins too, as Iowa beat Indiana on the road and Auburn beat Tennessee at home.

Also in the Midwest Region, Miami (FL) vs. Drake figures to be another pivotal 5 vs. 12 matchup. Jim Larranaga’s Hurricanes won a share of the ACC regular-season crown for the first time since 2013 this season and wind up as a No. 5 seed after going 25-7. Meanwhile, Drake overcame the heartbreak of losing the MVC regular-season title on the final day of the season to exact revenge with a 77-51 win over Bradley in the tournament championship.

The third matchup to watch is also in the Midwest Regional, No. 7 seed Texas A&M against No. 10 seed Penn State, the runner-up in the Big Ten Tournament. The Aggies were left out of the NCAA Tournament last season, but get redemption after finishing second in the SEC with Alabama besting them for the regular-season title and the tourney title. Texas A&M went 25-8 and 15-3 in the conference, while Penn State worked its way off the 2023 NCAA Tournament bubble with a brilliant run through the Big Ten Tournament before a 67-65 loss to Purdue in the title game. You can see how far all these teams go over at SportsLine. 

How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictions

How far will those major programs go? And which Cinderella 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 is calling this year before locking in any NCAA bracket picks.

So what’s the optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2023? And which March Madness underdogs will shock college basketball? Visit SportsLine now to see which teams you can back with confidence, all from the model that’s nailed 18 upsets by double-digit seeds since its inception and beat over 92 percent of players two of the last four tournaments.