NCAA Bracket Prediction - 17 Jan

Home losses by Duke and Texas Tech this week were not enough to drop them down a seed line, but the Blue Devils are no longer the overall #1 seed, ceding that honor to conference foe Virginia, and the Red Raiders are now the final #2 seed. The only change among at-large teams was Clemson replacing Minnesota. There were 4 changes among projected small conference champs, which caused some minor shifts among the lower seeds as well. Here is my full current bracket, with new teams in italics, projected conference champs in bold, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	SOUTH			EAST
1	Virginia		1	Duke
16	Wagner/North Carolina A&T		16	Abilene Christian/Texas Southern
8	Iowa		8	Ole Miss
9	Cincinnati		9	Kansas State
5	Purdue		5	Maryland
12	Lipscomb		12	Syracuse
4	Buffalo		4	Houston
13	Hofstra		13	Vermont
6	Wisconsin		6	Marquette
11	Arizona		11	Washington
3	Kentucky		3	Nebraska
14	Radford		14	Grand Canyon
7	LSU		7	Florida State
10	Butler		10	UCF
2	Texas Tech		2	Kansas
15	Loyola-Chicago		15	South Dakota State
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Michigan		1	Michigan State
16	Lehigh		16	Rider
8	Mississippi State		8	NC State
9	Texas		9	St. John’s
5	Louisville		5	Iowa State
12	Murray State		12	Seton Hall/Clemson
4	Nevada		4	Auburn
13	Yale		13	Georgia State
6	Villanova		6	Oklahoma
11	Florida/Creighton		11	VCU
3	North Carolina		3	Virginia Tech
14	North Texas		14	Northern Kentucky
7	TCU		7	Indiana
10	Ohio State		10	Wofford
2	Tennessee		2	Gonzaga
15	UC Santa Barbara		15	Montana

Last Four Byes

UCF
Butler
Arizona
Syracuse

Last Four In

Seton Hall
Clemson
Creighton
Florida

First Four Out

Temple
San Francisco
Alabama
Utah State

Next Four Out

Minnesota
Arizona State
Baylor
Saint Mary's

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 9
ACC - 9
SEC - 7
Big 12 - 7
Big East - 6
American - 3
Pac 12 - 2