NCAA Projections as of March 12

Projections as of March 12

Seed	EAST- New York	MIDWEST- Kansas City	SOUTH- Memphis	WEST- San Jose
1	Villanova (BIG EAST)	Kansas	UNC	Gonzaga (WCC)
2	Duke (ACC)	Kentucky (SEC)	Baylor	Arizona (PAC 12)
3	UCLA	Florida State	Oregon	Louisville
4	Virginia	Butler	Florida	West Virginia
5	Iowa State (BIG 12)	Notre Dame	Cincinnati	Purdue
6	SMU (AAC)	Wisconsin (BIG TEN)	Minnesota	Creighton
7	Maryland	Dayton	St. Mary's	Michigan
8	South Carolina	Miami	Arkansas	Oklahoma State
9	Northwestern	VCU	Marquette	Virginia Tech
10	Seton Hall	Michigan State	Xavier	Wichita State (MVC)
11	Rhode Island (A-10)	Providence/Wake Forest	Middle Tennessee (C-USA)	Vanderbilt
12	Nevada (MWC)	Princeton (IVY)	Kansas State/USC	UNC-Wilmington (CAA)
13	Bucknell (PATRIOT)	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)	Winthrop (BIG SOUTH)	East Tennessee State (SOUTHERN)
14	New Mexico State (WAC)	Florida Gulf Coast (ATLANTIC SUN)	Northern Kentucky (OVC)	Iona (MAAC)
15	Troy (SUN BELT)	Kent State (MAC)	Texas Southern (SWAC)	North Dakota (BIG SKY)
16	New Orleans (SOUTHLAND)/ Mount St. Mary's (NEC)	Jacksonville State (OVC)	South Dakota State (SUMMIT)/ NC Central (MEAC)	UC-Davis (BIG WEST)

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

Last 4 In:                    Providence vs. Wake Forest              Kansas State vs. USC
First Out:   Illinois, Syracuse, Cal, Illinois State, Iowa, UT-Arlington, Indiana, Georgia

Bids by Conference:

ACC:              9
BIG TEN:       7
BIG EAST:     7
BIG 12:         6
SEC:              5
PAC 12:        4
A-10:            3
AAC:             2
WCC:            2