2022-23 Pre-Season CBI/Basketball Classic Bracketology

By: Ethan Hennessy

Hello everybody! College Basketball season is right around the corner. I hope you’re excited because I know I am. I’ll be covering the sport for my seventh season now (sixth here on HappeningHoops.com). As many of you know I’m based in the Baltimore area so I’ll be courtside for games at a number of the local programs as well as starting my second season keeping stats for the Loyola Greyhounds. If you find yourself in the area come over and say hi I love chatting hoops with fellow fans.

Last year was a record year for accuracy and audience reached with the bracketology. My goal this year is to continue to strive to put out the most accurate product I can.

CBI (16 Teams Alphabetical)

• American (Patriot)
• Bowling Green (MAC)
• Eastern Washington (Big Sky)
• George Washington (A10)
• Georgia Tech (ACC)
• Lipscomb (ASUN)
• Merrimack (NEC)
• Missouri (SEC)
• Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
• Oakland (Horizon)
• Portland (WCC)
• Rider (MAAC)
• Stetson (ASUN)
• Stonehill (NEC)
• Tarleton State (WAC)
• UTEP (CUSA)

Basketball Classic (I just Put 32 Teams Also Alphabetical)

• Albany (America East)
• Army (Patriot)
• Ball State (MAC)
• Cal State Bakersfield (Big West)
• Cal State Fullerton (Big West)
• Delaware (CAA)
• Detroit Mercy (Horizon)
• Gardner Webb (Big South)
• Georgia State (Sun Belt)
• Harvard (Ivy)
• Hawaii (Big West)
• High Point (Big South)
• Howard (MEAC)
• Indiana State (MVC)
• James Madison (Sun Belt)
• Kent State (MAC)
• Little Rock (OVC)
• Loyola MD (Patriot)
• Murray State (MVC)
• Niagara (MAAC)
• Oral Roberts (Summit)
• Princeton (Ivy)
• Saint Francis Brooklyn (NEC)
• Sam Houston State (WAC)
• Stony Brook (CAA)
• UC San Diego (Big West)
• UMass Lowell (America East)
• USC Upstate (Big South)
• UT Martin (OVC)
• Utah State (MW)
• Tennessee State (OVC)
• Yale (Ivy)

Yearly breakdown

2022: 97% (36/37) Perfect CBI

2021: 100% (8/8) Perfect CBI

*2020: 88% minimum *It was later determined three days from Selection Sunday (at the time of the cancelations) I had already correctly predicted 37 of the would-be 42 teams confirmed in the fields.

2019: 93% (39/42)

2018: 75% (27/36)