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WHY SHOULD I Read HEAT CHECK CBB BRACKETOLOGY?

Heat Check CBB’s Lukas Harkins is one of the most accurate bracketologists in all of college basketball media.

Harkins has six total years of experience in March Madness projections, consistently providing updated bracket predictions, team analysis, and “bubble watch” deep dives. He has scored above the Bracket Matrix average in five of six years.

Is there any value to midseason bracketology?

Harkins released his first in-season bracket on Jan. 7th last season. Of the top 48 teams (excluding mid-major auto-bids) in that snapshot, 40 earned NCAA Tournament bids in March — 31 within two seed lines of their finishing point and nine exactly on their eventual seed line.

March Madness Projections — March 12, 2023*

*final bracket submitted to the Bracket Project.


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2023 MARCH MADNESS SCHEDULE, LOCATIONS:

EventDate(s)Location(s)
Selection SundayMarch 12
First FourMarch 14-15Dayton, Ohio
First/Second RoundsMarch 16, 18Birmingham, Ala.; Des Moines, Iowa;
Orlando, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.
First/Second RoundsMarch 17, 19Albany, N.Y.; Columbus, Ohio;
Denver, Colo.; Greensboro, N.C.
West RegionalMarch 23, 25Las Vegas, Nev.
East RegionalMarch 23, 25New York, N.Y.
Midwest RegionalMarch 24, 26Kansas City, Mo.
South RegionalMarch 24, 26Louisville, Ky.
Final FourApril 1, 3Houston, Texas