Projections as of March 5

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

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

Last 4 In:            South Florida vs. Xavier                        Miami vs. Seton Hall

Last Out:  Northwestern, Tennessee, NC State, St. Joseph's, Dayton, Oregon, Iona, VCU

Bids by Conference:

Big East:   10
Big Ten:    6

Big 12:      6

ACC:         5

SEC:          5
MWC:      4

A-10:        3

WCC:       3

Pac-12:    2

C-USA:     2

MVC:        2