Projections as of March 1

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

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

Last 4 In:            Texas vs. St. Joseph's                        Xavier vs. Miami

Last Out:  Connecticut, Northwestern, NC State,  Arizona, Oregon, Dayton, Colorado, VCU

Bids by Conference:

Big East:   9
Big Ten:    6

Big 12:      6

ACC:         5

SEC:          5
MWC:      4

A-10:        4

WCC:       3

Pac-12:    2

C-USA:     2

MVC:        2