NCAA Projections as of February 17

Seed	SOUTH- Houston	MIDWEST- Indianapolis	WEST- Los Angeles	EAST- New York
1	Baylor (BIG 12)	Kansas	Gonzaga (WCC)	San Diego State (MWC)
2	Dayton (A-10)	Louisville	Maryland (BIG TEN)	Duke (ACC)
3	Florida State	Penn State	Kentucky (SEC)	Seton Hall (BIG EAST)
4	Villanova	Auburn	Creighton	Colorado (PAC 12)
5	Arizona	Butler	Oregon	West Virginia
6	Iowa	Marquette	Michigan State	Ohio State
7	LSU	Houston (AAC)	BYU	Wisconsin
8	Rutgers	Michigan	Texas Tech	Illinois
9	Xavier	St. Mary's	Arizona State	Oklahoma
10	USC	Rhode Island	Wichita State	Florida
11	ETSU (SOUTHERN)	Indiana	Northern Iowa (MVC)	Virginia
12	Liberty (ATLANTIC SUN)	Utah State/Richmond	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)	Cincinnati/Georgetown
13	Stephen F Austin (SOUTHLAND)	Yale (IVY)	New Mexico State (WAC)	North Texas (C-USA)
14	Wright State (HORIZON)	Colgate (PATRIOT)	UC-Irvine (BIG WEST)	Hofstra (CAA)
15	Bowling Green (MAC)	Montana (BIG SKY)	North Dakota State (SUMMIT)	Winthrop (BIG SOUTH)
16	Prairie View A&M (SWAC)/ Norfolk State (MEAC)	Robert Morris (NEC)/ St. Peter's (MAAC)	Little Rock (SUN BELT)	Murray State (OVC)

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

Last 4 In:                Cincinnati vs. Georgetown                          Utah State vs. Richmond
First Out:  Purdue, Stanford, Mississippi State, Alabama, NC State, Memphis, Arkansas, South Carolina, SMU

Bids by Conference:

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