About five years ago, when my first child was a toddler, I wanted to find a way for him to create a tourney bracket in a way that he could both understand and enjoy. As a result, I created this mascot bracket which I have used with him and my youngest child ever since. Over the past few years, a lot of people have asked that I send them a copy of this mascot bracket for them to use with their own kids, so this year I thought I would just post the bracket on my blog and let people access it from there. Without further ado, here is my 2023 NCAA mascot bracket updated through all of Tuesday night’s games.

South Regional

(1) Alabama

(16)  Texas A & M-Corpus Christi

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(8) Maryland

(9) West Virginia

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(5) San Diego State

(12) College of Charleston

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(4) Virginia

(13) Furman

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(6) Creighton

(11) NC State

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(3) Baylor

(14) UCSB

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(7) Missouri

(10) Utah State

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(2) Arizona

(15) Princeton

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East Regional

(1) Purdue

(16)  Texas Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson

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(8) Memphis

(9) Florida Atlantic

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(5) Duke

(12) Oral Roberts

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(4) Tennessee

(13) Louisiana

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(6) Kentucky

(11) Providence

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(3) Kansas State

(14) Montana State

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(7) Michigan State

(10) Southern Cal

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(2) Marquette

(15) Vermont

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Midwest Regional

(1) Houston

(16) Northern Kentucky

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(8) Iowa

(9) Auburn

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(5) Miami-FL

(12) Drake

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(4) Indiana

(13) Kent State

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(6) Iowa State

(11) Pittsburgh

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(3) Xavier

(14) Kennesaw State

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(7) Texas A & M

(10) Penn State

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(2) Texas

(15) Colgate

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West Regional

(1) Kansas

(16) Howard

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(8) Arkansas

(9) Illinois

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(5) Saint Mary’s

(12) VCU

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(4) UConn

(13) Iona

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(6) TCU

(11) Arizona State

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(3) Gonzaga

(14) Grand Canyon

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(7) Northwestern

(10) Boise State

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(2) UCLA

(15) UNC Asheville