NCAA Bracket Prediction - 16 Feb

There are 6 teams new to the bracket this week, 4 of them new conference leaders jumping in as #16 seeds, with two others, Baylor and St. Bonaventure, joining as at-large teams. USC and Boise State dropped out of this week's bracket, but they are the first two teams on the outside looking in, so it's not catastrophic for either one. Here is this week's full bracket prediction, with projected conference champs in bold, teams new to the bracket in italics, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	EAST			SOUTH
1	Villanova		1	Virginia
16	Savannah State/Grambling		16	Harvard/Nicholls
8	Miami		8	Butler
9	Missouri		9	Arkansas
5	Arizona		5	West Virginia
12	Providence/St. Bonaventure		12	Syracuse/Maryland
4	Gonzaga		4	Rhode Island
13	East Tennessee State		13	Loyola-Chicago
6	Houston		6	TCU
11	Baylor		11	New Mexico State
3	North Carolina		3	Auburn
14	UC Santa Barbara		14	Bucknell
7	Saint Mary’s		7	Michigan
10	Florida		10	Middle Tennessee
2	Texas Tech		2	Duke
15	Rider		15	Montana
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Purdue		1	Xavier
16	Winthrop		16	Wagner
8	Seton Hall		8	Florida State
9	Virginia Tech		9	Alabama
5	Wichita State		5	Texas A&M
12	Kansas State		12	Vermont
4	Tennessee		4	Ohio State
13	South Dakota State		13	Buffalo
6	Creighton		6	Nevada
11	Texas		11	Louisiana
3	Clemson		3	Kansas
14	Belmont		14	Charleston
7	Oklahoma		7	Kentucky
10	Louisville		10	Arizona State
2	Michigan State		2	Cincinnati
15	Florida Gulf Coast		15	Northern Kentucky

Last Four Byes

Alabama
Baylor
Kansas State
Texas

Last Four In

Maryland
Syracuse
Providence
St. Bonaventure

First Four Out

Boise State
USC
Penn State
UCLA

Next Four Out

Nebraska
NC State
Marquette
Notre Dame

Teams by Conference

ACC - 9
Big 12 - 8
SEC - 8
Big East - 6
Big 10 - 5
American - 3
Atlantic 10 - 2
Pac 12 - 2
West Coast - 2