Projections as of February 12

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

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

Last 4 In:           Texas vs. Northwestern              Connecticut vs. Xavier

Last Out:  Minnesota, Cincinnati, Dayton, Ole Miss, Wyoming, Washington, UCF

Bids by Conference:

Big East:   8
Big Ten:    8

ACC:          6

Big 12:      6

SEC:          5
MWC:      3

A-10:        3

WCC:       3

Pac-12:    2

C-USA:     2

MVC:        2