NCAA Bracket Prediction - 2 Feb

There are 6 new teams in this week's bracket, but 5 of them are new conference leaders from smaller conference that will each have just one representative. The other is Virginia Tech, which jumped in as a 10-seed, completely jumping past the final 8 teams in, and knocking Providence out in the process. Here is my current bracket, with projected conference champs in bold, teams new to the bracket in italics, teams that rose this week in green, and teams that fell in red:

	EAST			SOUTH
1	Villanova		1	Virginia
16	NC A&T/Ark-Pine Bluff		16	Wagner/UNC Asheville
8	Florida		8	Butler
9	Middle Tennessee		9	Arkansas
5	West Virginia		5	Kentucky
12	Vermont		12	Louisiana
4	Arizona		4	Texas Tech
13	East Tennessee State		13	Loyola-Chicago
6	Nevada		6	TCU
11	USC		11	Boise State
3	Clemson		3	North Carolina
14	Montana		14	UC Santa Barbara
7	Wichita State		7	Miami
10	Kansas State		10	Arizona State
2	Xavier		2	Auburn
15	Northern Kentucky		15	Rider
	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Duke		1	Purdue
16	Penn		16	Florida Gulf Coast
8	Gonzaga		8	Florida State
9	Texas A&M		9	Texas
5	Rhode Island		5	Creighton
12	Missouri/Maryland		12	New Mexico State
4	Oklahoma		4	Ohio State
13	Buffalo		13	Belmont
6	Saint Mary’s		6	Seton Hall
11	Marquette		11	Alabama/Syracuse
3	Tennessee		3	Michigan State
14	Bucknell		14	South Dakota State
7	Michigan		7	Louisville
10	Virginia Tech		10	Houston
2	Cincinnati		2	Kansas
15	Stephen F Austin		15	William & Mary

Last Four Byes

Houston
Kansas State
USC
Marquette

Last Four In

Maryland
Missouri
Syracuse
Alabama

First Four Out

Providence
Western Kentucky
NC State
Nebraska

Next Four Out

St. Bonaventure
UCLA
Notre Dame
Utah