Projections as of February 23

Seed	SOUTH- Atlanta	EAST- Boston	MIDWEST-  St. Louis	WEST- Phoenix
1	Kentucky (SEC)	Syracuse (BIG EAST)	Duke	Michigan State (BIG TEN)
2	UNC	Ohio State	Kansas (BIG 12)	Missouri
3	Marquette	Baylor	Michigan	Georgetown
4	Louisville	Florida State (ACC)	Wisconsin	Temple (A-10)
5	UNLV	Indiana	Wichita State (MVC)	Florida
6	New Mexico (MWC)	Vanderbilt	Notre Dame	Creighton
7	Murray State (OVC)	Kansas State	San Diego State	Gonzaga
8	Saint Louis	Purdue	St. Mary's (WCC)	Virginia
9	Seton Hall	Iowa State	Alabama	Cal (PAC 12)
10	Connecticut	Memphis (C-USA)	West Virginia	Southern Miss
11	Mississippi State	Cincinnati	Colorado State	Harvard (IVY)
12	Xavier/ NC State	Washington/ Texas	Arizona	BYU
13	Iona (MAAC)	Middle Tennessee State (SUN BELT)	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)	Valparaiso (HORIZON)	Texas-Arlington (SOUTHLAND)

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

Last 4 In:             Texas vs. Washington                         Xavier vs. NC State

Last Out:  Miami, Northwestern, LSU, Dayton, South Florida, St. Joseph's, Oregon

Bids by Conference:

Big East:   9
Big Ten:    6

Big 12:      6

ACC:         5

SEC:          5
MWC:      4

A-10:        3

WCC:       3

Pac-12:    3

C-USA:     2

MVC:        2