Pre-season Projections as of November 8

Seed	MIDWEST- Indianapolis	EAST-  Washington, D.C.	SOUTH- Arlington	WEST- Los Angeles
1	Indiana (BIG TEN)	Louisville (BIG EAST)	Kansas (BIG 12)	Kentucky (SEC)
2	Syracuse	Florida	Duke (ACC)	Michigan
3	UNC	Ohio State	Michigan State	San Diego State (MWC)
4	Texas	NC State	Memphis (C-USA)	Baylor
5	UNLV	Wisconsin	Arizona (PAC 12)	Gonzaga (WCC)
6	Tennessee	Cincinnati	Creighton (MVC)	Florida State
7	Saint Louis (A-10)	Kansas State	Temple	Notre Dame
8	Alabama	Missouri	UCLA	Pitt
9	Georgetown	VCU	South Florida	New Mexico
10	Maryland	Murray State (OVC)	Iowa State	Miami
11	Ohio (MAC)	Butler	Marquette	BYU
12	Purdue	UMass/Marshall	Nevada/Iowa	Stanford
13	Drexel (CAA)	Davidson (SOUTHERN)	Harvard (IVY)	Long Beach State (BIG WEST)
14	Lehigh (PATRIOT)	South Dakota State (SUMMIT)	Denver (WAC)	Montana (BIG SKY)
15	Iona (MAAC)	Middle Tenn State (SUN BELT)	Norfolk State (MEAC)	Cleveland State (HORIZON)
16	East Tenn St (ATLANTIC SUN)/ Coastal Carolina (BIG SOUTH)	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)/ Alabama State (SWAC)	Oral Roberts (SOUTHLAND)	Robert Morris (NEC)

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

Last 4 In:            Marshall vs. UMass              Iowa vs. Nevada

Last Out:  Washington, St. Mary's, Colorado, West Virginia, Arkansas

Bids by Conference:

Big East:    8
Big Ten:     7

ACC:          6

A-10:         6

SEC:           5
BIG 12:      5

MWC:        4
PAC 12:      3

C-USA:       2
WCC:         2