NCAA Bracket Prediction - 6 Jan

There were a lot of changes in this week's bracket, especially among the projected conference champs from the smaller leagues, so there are 12 new teams this week. Kansas' loss to Iowa State dropped it from the #1 seed line, and put Michigan State in their place. Here is my current bracket projection, with new teams in italics, projected conference champs in bold, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	SOUTH			EAST
1	Duke		1	Virginia
16	NC Central/Sacred Heart		16	Texas Southern/N Colorado
8	Villanova		8	TCU
9	UCF		9	Minnesota
5	Nebraska		5	Ohio State
12	Murray State		12	Lipscomb
4	Oklahoma		4	Kentucky
13	Hofstra		13	North Texas
6	Purdue		6	Iowa State
11	Clemson		11	VCU
3	Texas Tech		3	Nevada
14	Grand Canyon		14	Northern Kentucky
7	Buffalo		7	Marquette
10	Seton Hall		10	Syracuse
2	Houston		2	Tennessee
15	UC Santa Barbara		15	South Dakota State
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Michigan State		1	Michigan
16	Gardner-Webb		16	Rider
8	Cincinnati		8	Florida
9	Creighton		9	Louisville
5	Florida State		5	Mississippi State
12	Wofford		12	Iowa/Butler
4	Auburn		4	NC State
13	Vermont		13	Yale
6	Indiana		6	Wisconsin
11	Arizona		11	Ole Miss/Saint Mary’s
3	Virginia Tech		3	North Carolina
14	Georgia State		14	Loyola-Chicago
7	Maryland		7	St. John’s
10	Texas		10	LSU
2	Gonzaga		2	Kansas
15	Holy Cross		15	Abilene Christian

Last Four Byes

Creighton
LSU
Syracuse
Clemson

Last Four In

Ole Miss
Butler
Iowa
Saint Mary's

First Four Out

San Francisco
Kansas State
Alabama
Oregon

Next Four Out

Utah State
Washington
Northwestern
Arizona State

Teams by Conference

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