ESPN’s Joe Lunardi includes 7 B1G teams in way-too-early Bracketology for 2023

It’s never too early to put together some Bracketology predictions. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi was one of the first to release his for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Lunardi believes 7 teams from the B1G will reach the March Madness field next season. That would be a two-team decrease from the past two seasons. The conference landed 9 teams in each of the past two tournaments.

First, Lunardi has Wisconsin as a bubble team on the outside looking in. He believes the Badgers will be one of the First Four Out next season. This prediction comes after Wisconsin earned a share of the B1G regular season title.

Wisconsin was the only bubble team.

Here’s a look at the 7 B1G teams Lunardi believes will be in the 2023 March Madness field, as well as their seeds:

• No. 3 seed: Michigan Wolverines
• No. 4 seed: Purdue Boilermakers
• No. 4 seed: Illinois Fighting Illini
• No. 5 seed: Michigan State Spartans
• No. 6 seed: Indiana Hoosiers
• No. 7 seed: Ohio State Buckeyes
• No. 8 seed: Iowa Hawkeyes

You can see Joe Lunardi’s complete Bracketology here.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB