NCAA Bracket Prediction - 17 Feb

A loss by the Richmond Spiders took them out of first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference, which cost them their spot in the bracket, and opened up another at-large berth, which allowed Nebraska to rejoin the field. Iowa State moved up to become a #2 seed, pushing conference foe Kansas down a line, and South Carolina dropped after losing the SEC lead this week. Here is my full current bracket, with conference leaders in bold, rising teams in green, falling teams in red, and new teams in italics:

	MIDWEST			EAST
1	Purdue		1	UConn
16	Norfolk St/North Dakota		16	Merrimack/E Kentucky
8	TCU		8	Virginia
9	Washington State		9	New Mexico
5	Dayton		5	Clemson
12	Appalachian State		12	Butler/Utah
4	Duke		4	Illinois
13	Yale		13	South Florida
6	Michigan State		6	Utah State
11	Texas A&M		11	Grand Canyon
3	Kansas		3	Alabama
14	Morehead State		14	Vermont
7	Florida		7	Colorado State
10	Northwestern		10	Ole Miss
2	North Carolina		2	Iowa State
15	High Point		15	Eastern Washington
	WEST			SOUTH
1	Arizona		1	Houston
16	Quinnipiac		16	Southern
8	Saint Mary’s		8	Kentucky
9	Texas		9	Indiana State
5	BYU		5	Creighton
12	Samford		12	McNeese
4	Auburn		4	Wisconsin
13	Akron		13	UC Irvine
6	South Carolina		6	FAU
11	Boise State/Nebraska		11	Nevada
3	Baylor		3	San Diego State
14	UNC Wilmington		14	Louisiana Tech
7	Oklahoma		7	Texas Tech
10	Mississippi State		10	Gonzaga
2	Marquette		2	Tennessee
15	Colgate		15	Oakland

Last Four Byes

Northwestern

Ole Miss

Nevada

Texas A&M

Last Four In

Boise State

Nebraska

Butler

Utah

First Four Out

Cincinnati

Wake Forest

Providence

St. John's

Next Four Out

Villanova

Drake

James Madison

Colorado

Teams by Conference

Big 12 - 9

SEC - 9

MWC - 6

Big 10 - 6

ACC - 4

Big East - 4

Pac 12 - 3

CUSA - 2

WCC - 2