Projections as of February 17

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

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

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

Last Out:  Dayton, Illinois, Northwestern, Minnesota, UCF, Colorado, St. Joe's, Ole Miss

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