NCAA Tournament Bracket Prediction - 26 Jan

The 4 #1 teams remain the same for the third week in a row, but there was change on every other seed line, including several teams taking the lead in conference races and 3 teams that joined the bracket as at-large teams, knocking out Western Kentucky, St. Bonaventure, and Notre Dame. This is my current bracket, with projected conference champs in bold, new teams in italics, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	EAST			SOUTH
1	Villanova		1	Virginia
16	Bethune-Cook/Ark-Pine Bluff		16	Robert Morris/Penn
8	Florida State		8	Butler
9	Texas		9	Texas A&M
5	Arizona		5	Rhode Island
12	Providence/Missouri		12	East Tennessee State
4	Ohio State		4	Oklahoma
13	Buffalo		13	Vermont
6	Michigan		6	Louisville
11	Boise State		11	Maryland
3	Auburn		3	West Virginia
14	Bucknell		14	Northern Kentucky
7	Kentucky		7	Nevada
10	Marquette		10	Houston
2	Clemson		2	Xavier
15	Montana		15	UC Santa Barbara
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Duke		1	Purdue
16	Florida Gulf Coast		16	Radford
8	Arkansas		8	Florida
9	Gonzaga		9	Arizona State
5	Wichita State		5	TCU
12	New Mexico State		12	Louisiana
4	Texas Tech		4	Tennessee
13	Loyola-Chicago		13	South Dakota State
6	Miami		6	Creighton
11	USC		11	Alabama/Syracuse
3	Cincinnati		3	Michigan State
14	Northeastern		14	Belmont
7	Seton Hall		7	Saint Mary’s
10	Middle Tennessee		10	Kansas State
2	Kansas		2	North Carolina
15	Stephen F Austin		15	Canisius

Last Four Byes

Houston
Boise State
Maryland
USC

Last Four In

Alabama
Syracuse
Providence
Missouri

First Four Out

Western Kentucky
Notre Dame
BYU
St. Bonaventure

Next Four Out

Virginia Tech
SMU
Nebraska
Oklahoma State

Teams by Conference

ACC - 8
SEC - 8
Big 12 - 7
Big East - 7
Big 10 - 5
American - 3
Pac 12 - 3
Mountain West - 2
West Coast - 2