NCAA Projections as of March 12

Projections as of March 12

Seed	EAST- New York	MIDWEST- Kansas City	SOUTH- Memphis	WEST- San Jose
1	Villanova (BIG EAST)	Kansas	UNC	Gonzaga (WCC)
2	Duke (ACC)	Kentucky (SEC)	Baylor	Oregon (PAC 12)
3	Arizona	Florida State	UCLA	Louisville
4	Virginia	Butler	Florida	West Virginia
5	Iowa State (BIG 12)	Notre Dame	Cincinnati	Purdue
6	SMU (AAC)	Wisconsin (BIG TEN)	Minnesota	Creighton
7	Maryland	Dayton	St. Mary's	Michigan
8	South Carolina	Miami	Arkansas	Oklahoma State
9	Northwestern	VCU	Marquette	Virginia Tech
10	Seton Hall	Michigan State	Xavier	Wichita State (MVC)
11	Providence	Rhode Island (A-10)	Middle Tennessee (C-USA)	Vanderbilt/Wake Forest
12	Nevada (MWC)	Princeton (IVY)	Kansas State/USC	UNC-Wilmington (CAA)
13	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)	Cal State Bakersfield (WAC)	East Tennessee St (SOUTHERN)	Bucknell (PATRIOT)
14	Winthrop (BIG SOUTH)	Florida Gulf Coast (ATLANTIC SUN)	UC-Irvine (BIG WEST)	Iona (MAAC)
15	Northern Kentucky (HORIZON)	Kent State (MAC)	Texas Southern (SWAC)	North Dakota (BIG SKY)
16	New Orleans (SOUTHLAND)/ Mount St. Mary's (NEC)	Jacksonville State (OVC)	South Dakota State (SUMMIT)/ NC Central (MEAC)	Troy (SUN BELT)

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

Last 4 In:                    Vanderbilt vs. Wake Forest              Kansas State vs. USC
First Out:   Illinois, Syracuse, Cal, Illinois State, Iowa, UT-Arlington, Indiana, Georgia

Bids by Conference:

ACC:              9
BIG TEN:       7
BIG EAST:     7
BIG 12:         6
SEC:              5
PAC 12:        4
A-10:            3
AAC:             2
WCC:            2