NCAA Projections as of December 26

Projections as of December 26

Seed	EAST- Boston	SOUTH- Atlanta	MIDWEST- Omaha	WEST- Los Angeles
1	Villanova (BIG EAST)	Duke (ACC)	Michigan State (BIG TEN)	Arizona State (PAC 12)
2	Wichita State (AAC)	Oklahoma	Kansas (BIG 12)	Texas A&M (SEC)
3	West Virginia	Purdue	UNC	Xavier
4	Miami	Kentucky	Virginia	Gonzaga (WCC)
5	Cincinnati	Seton Hall	Arizona	Florida State
6	Louisville	Notre Dame	Minnesota	Baylor
7	TCU	Creighton	Florida	Texas Tech
8	Texas	SMU	Clemson	Arkansas
9	Tennessee	Alabama	Rhode Island (A-10)	Michigan
10	UCLA	Missouri	Temple	Nevada (MWC)
11	Maryland	St. Bonaventure	Butler/Oklahoma State	St. John's/Syracuse
12	New Mexico State (WAC)	Western Kentucky (C-USA)	South Dakota State (SUMMIT)	Northern Iowa (MVC)
13	UT-Arlington (SUN BELT)	Towson (CAA)	Ball State (MAC)	Oakland (HORIZON)
14	Bucknell (PATRIOT)	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)	Belmont (PATRIOT)	Portland State (BIG SKY)
15	Wofford (SOUTHERN)	Iona (MAAC)	Penn (IVY)	Lipscomb (ATLANTIC SUN)
16	Texas Southern (SWAC)/ Morgan State (MEAC)	UNC-Asheville (BIG SOUTH)/ St. Francis PA (NEC)	Stephen F Austin (SOUTHLAND)	UC Davis (BIG WEST)

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

Last 4 In:                    St. John's vs. Syracuse                      Butler vs. Oklahoma State
First Out:   USC, MTSU, Virginia Tech, Georgia, St. Mary's, San Diego State, Ohio State, Iowa State, Houston

Bids by Conference:

ACC:              9
BIG 12:         8
SEC:              7
BIG East:      6
BIG TEN:      5
AAC:             4
PAC 12:        3
A-10:            2