NCAA Bracket Prediction - 8 Mar

After losing to both Creighton and Villanova in the last week, Seton Hall took a tumble from a 2-seed down to a 4, while Creighton took the vacant spot from the Pirates, and Kentucky moved up to fill the Bluejays' spot. Utah State won the MWC tournament, which earned them an automatic spot, and since they were outside the bracket before the win, someone had to fall out, which was Indiana, who has lost 3 of their last 4, but still has a solid chance to get in with a good win or two in the conference tournament or a loss by Tulsa, whose only hope is winning their conference. Here is my current bracket, with conference champs in bold, new teams in italics, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	EAST			WEST
1	Dayton		1	Gonzaga
16	Winthrop		16	Little Rock
8	Florida		8	LSU
9	Illinois		9	Richmond
5	BYU		5	West Virginia
12	Tulsa		12	Yale
4	Seton Hall		4	Maryland
13	New Mexico State		13	Belmont
6	Michigan		6	Wisconsin
11	Cincinnati/Arizona State		11	East Tennessee State
3	Duke		3	Oregon
14	Bradley		14	North Texas
7	Iowa		7	Virginia
10	Oklahoma		10	Providence
2	Villanova		2	San Diego State
15	UC Irvine		15	North Dakota State
	SOUTH			MIDWEST
1	Baylor		1	Kansas
16	Siena/Prairie View		16	Robert Morris/NC Central
8	Marquette		8	Saint Mary’s
9	Rutgers		9	USC
5	Auburn		5	Butler
12	Liberty		12	Vermont
4	Louisville		4	Ohio State
13	Stephen F Austin		13	Akron
6	Penn State		6	Houston
11	Xavier/Stanford		11	Texas Tech
3	Kentucky		3	Michigan State
14	Colgate		14	Hofstra
7	Arizona		7	Colorado
10	Utah State		10	Wichita State
2	Florida State		2	Creighton
15	Eastern Washington		15	Wright State

Last Four Byes

Providence
Oklahoma
Wichita State
Texas Tech

Last Four In

Xavier
Stanford
Cincinnati
Arizona State

First Four Out

Indiana
Northern Iowa
Mississippi State
Arkansas

Next Four Out

Purdue
Memphis
Saint Louis
Rhode Island

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 9
Big East - 7
Pac 12 - 6
Big 12 - 5
SEC - 4
ACC - 4
AAC - 4
WCC - 3
Atl 10 - 2
MWC - 2