Projections as of February 20

Seed	SOUTH- Atlanta	EAST- Boston	MIDWEST-  St. Louis	WEST- Phoenix
1	Kentucky (SEC)	Syracuse (BIG EAST)	Missouri (BIG 12)	Duke
2	UNC	Michigan State (BIG TEN)	Ohio State	Kansas
3	Marquette	Baylor	Georgetown	Michigan
4	Louisville	Florida State (ACC)	Temple (A-10)	Wisconsin
5	Indiana	UNLV	Florida	Wichita State (MVC)
6	Vanderbilt	Murray State (OVC)	New Mexico (MWC)	Notre Dame
7	Gonzaga	Creighton	Virginia	San Diego State
8	Southern Miss (C-USA)	Kansas State	St. Mary's (WCC)	Purdue
9	Iowa State	Cal (PAC 12)	Alabama	Saint Louis
10	Mississippi State	West Virginia	Memphis	Seton Hall
11	Arizona	Connecticut	Miami/ Washington	Xavier
12	Harvard (IVY)	Northwestern/ Cincinnati	NC State	BYU
13	Middle Tennessee State (SUN BELT)	Iona (MAAC)	Long Beach State (BIG WEST)	Oral Roberts (SUMMIT)
14	Belmont (ATLANTIC SUN)	Nevada (WAC)	Akron (MAC)	Drexel (CAA)
15	Davidson (SOUTHERN)	Bucknell (PATRIOT)	Long Island (NEC)	Weber State (BIG SKY)
16	UNC-Asheville (BIG SOUTH)/ Savannah State (MEAC)	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)/ Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)	Texas-Arlington (SOUTHLAND)	Valparaiso (HORIZON)

NOTE: Teams with their conference in parentheses are the projected conference champions.

Last 4 In:          Miami vs. Washington             Northwestern vs. Cincinnati

Last Out:  Texas, LSU, South Florida, St. Joseph's, UCF, Oregon, Colorado, Dayton

Bids by Conference:

Big East:   9
Big Ten:    6

ACC:          6

Big 12:      6

SEC:          5
MWC:      3

A-10:        3

WCC:       3

Pac-12:    3

C-USA:     2

MVC:        2