College Basketball Bracket Prediction - 18 Jan

The four #1 seeds from last week's bracket remain in their spots, but there were plenty of other changes, most notably UCLA and Georgia dropping from the bracket, allowing Alabama and St. Bonaventure to take their places among the projected field of 68. Here is my current projected bracket, with projected conference champs in bold, teams new to the bracket in italics, teams rising in green, and teams falling in red:

	EAST			SOUTH
1	Villanova		1	Duke
16	Texas Southern/NC Central		16	Florida Gulf Coast/Robert Morris
8	Arkansas		8	Gonzaga
9	Florida State		9	Texas A&M
5	Wichita State		5	Seton Hall
12	Louisiana		12	East Tennessee State
4	Michigan State		4	Tennessee
13	Buffalo		13	South Dakota State
6	Kentucky		6	Nevada
11	Maryland		11	Syracuse/Mid Tennessee
3	Clemson		3	West Virginia
14	William & Mary		14	Montana
7	Rhode Island		7	Louisville
10	Marquette		10	Alabama
2	Texas Tech		2	Xavier
15	Stephen F Austin		15	Iona
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Virginia		1	Purdue
16	Radford		16	Penn
8	Butler		8	Florida
9	Missouri		9	Texas
5	TCU		5	Creighton
12	New Mexico State		12	St. Bonaventure/Notre Dame
4	Cincinnati		4	Ohio State
13	Vermont		13	Missouri State
6	Arizona		6	Michigan
11	Houston		11	Western Kentucky
3	Auburn		3	Oklahoma
14	Northern Kentucky		14	Murray State
7	Miami		7	Arizona State
10	Boise State		10	Saint Mary’s
2	Kansas		2	North Carolina
15	Bucknell		15	UC Davis

Last Four Byes

Boise State
Alabama
Maryland
Houston

Last Four In

Syracuse
Middle Tennessee
Notre Dame
St. Bonaventure

First Four Out

UCLA
SMU
Kansas State
Baylor

Next Four Out

Providence
Georgia
USC
Minnesota

Teams by Conference

ACC - 9
SEC - 8
Big 12 - 6
Big East - 6
Big 10 - 5
American - 3
Atlantic 10 - 2
Conference USA - 2
Mountain West - 2
Pac 12 - 2
West Coast - 2