NCAA Projections as of March 9

   

Seed	SOUTH	MIDWEST	EAST	WEST
1	Alabama (SEC)	Kansas (BIG 12)	Houston (AAC)	Purdue (BIG TEN)
2	Texas	Arizona	Baylor	UCLA (PAC 12)
3	Marquette (BIG EAST)	Gonzaga (WCC)	Tennessee	Kansas State
4	Miami (ACC)	UConn	Indiana	Xavier
5	Kentucky	Texas A&M	St. Mary's	Virginia
6	San Diego State (MWC)	Iowa State	TCU	Creighton
7	Duke	Florida Atlantic (C-USA)	Michigan State	Northwestern
8	Illinois	Maryland	Iowa	Arkansas
9	West Virginia	Auburn	Missouri	Boise State
10	USC	Memphis	Providence	Utah State
11	Pitt/Arizona State	Rutgers	NC State	Nevada/ Mississippi State
12	VCU (A-10)	Charleston (CAA)	Oral Roberts (SUMMIT)	Drake (MVC)
13	Iona (MAAC)	Yale (IVY)	Utah Valley (WAC)	Toledo (MAC)
14	Furman (SOUTHERN)	UC-Irvine (BIG WEST)	Louisiana (SUN BELT)	Montana State (BIG SKY)
15	Colgate (PATRIOT)	UNC-Asheville (BIG SOUTH)	Vermont (AMERICA EAST)	Kennesaw State (A-SUN)
16	Texas A&M-CC (SOUTHLAND)/ Howard (MEAC)	SE Missouri State (OVC)/ Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC)	Grambling State (SWAC)	Northern Kentucky (HORIZON)

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

Last 4 In:                      Pitt vs. Arizona State                Nevada vs. Mississippi State
First Out: UNC, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Michigan, Clemson, Oregon, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, North Texas

Bids by Conference:

BIG TEN:      8

SEC:             8

BIG 12:         7

ACC:          5

BIG EAST:     5

PAC 12:         4

MWC:            4

WCC:          2

AAC:           2