College Basketball Bracket Prediction - 13 Jan

Using all of the same tools that are given to the college basketball selection committee, I have attempted to determine what the tournament bracket would look like if the season ended today. Last season, I was able to correctly pick 67 of the 68 tournament teams correctly, which was the same number picked correctly by ESPN expert Joe Lunardi. Here is my current bracket, with projected conference champs in bold:

	EAST			SOUTH
1	Villanova		1	Virginia
16	Florida Gulf Coast/NC A&T		16	St. Francis (PA)
8	Notre Dame		8	Texas A&M
9	Texas		9	Butler
5	Cincinnati		5	Auburn
12	Louisiana		12	Missouri State
4	Tennessee		4	Seton Hall
13	Vermont		13	South Dakota State
6	Nevada		6	Arizona
11	Middle Tenn/UCLA		11	Syracuse/Georgia
3	Kansas		3	Xavier
14	Northern Kentucky		14	UC Davis
7	Florida		7	Ohio State
10	Saint Mary’s		10	Missouri
2	Michigan State		2	Oklahoma
15	Rider		15	Bucknell
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Duke		1	Purdue
16	Texas Southern/SE Louisiana		16	Montana
8	Michigan		8	Arkansas
9	Marquette		9	Florida State
5	Kentucky		5	Creighton
12	New Mexico State		12	Western Kentucky
4	TCU		4	Wichita State
13	Buffalo		13	East Tennessee State
6	Miami		6	Arizona State
11	Houston		11	Boise State
3	Texas Tech		3	Clemson
14	William & Mary		14	Belmont
7	Gonzaga		7	Rhode Island
10	Maryland		10	Louisville
2	North Carolina		2	West Virginia
15	Radford		15	Penn

Last Four Byes
Missouri
Maryland
Houston
Boise State

Last Four In

Syracuse
Middle Tennessee
UCLA
Georgia

First Four Out

St. Bonaventure
LSU
Virginia Tech
Baylor

Next Four Out

Minnesota
Alabama
Kansas State
San Diego State

Teams by Conference

ACC - 9
SEC - 8
Big East - 6
Big 12 - 6
Big 10 - 5
American - 3
Pac 12 - 3
MWC - 2
WCC - 2
CUSA - 2