Projections as of March 8

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	New Mexico	St. Mary's (WCC)
8	Kansas State	Memphis (C-USA)	Gonzaga	Purdue
9	Southern Miss	Alabama	Virginia	Cincinnati
10	Saint Louis	West Virginia	Connecticut	Cal
11	Washington (PAC 12)	Mississippi State	Colorado State	BYU
12	Seton Hall/ Xavier	South Florida/ Miami	Harvard (IVY)	Texas
13	Nevada (WAC)	VCU (CAA)	South Dakota State (SUMMIT)	Long Beach State (BIG WEST)
14	Montana (BIG SKY)	Akron (MAC)	Belmont (ATLANTIC SUN)	Davidson (SOUTHERN)
15	Long Island (NEC)	Lehigh (PATRIOT)	Loyola MD (MAAC)	Texas-Arlington (SOUTHLAND)
16	Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)/ Stony Brook (AMERICA EAST)	UNC-Asheville (BIG SOUTH)	Detroit (HORIZON)	Norfolk State (MEAC)/ Western Kentucky (SUN BELT)

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

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

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

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