NCAA Bracket Prediction - 18 Feb

Tennessee's loss to Kentucky dropped them from the #1 seeds this week, and while the Wildcats inched closer to taking that spot, it went to Michigan State instead for now. Seton Hall jumped into the bracket with a win at Creighton over the weekend, which knocked Indiana out. Here is this week's full bracket, with projected conference champs in bold, new teams in italics, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

	SOUTH			EAST
1	Duke		1	Virginia
16	Quinnipiac/Norfolk State		16	St. Francis (PA)/Prairie View
8	Wofford		8	Texas
9	TCU		9	Washington
5	Villanova		5	Marquette
12	Belmont		12	Lipscomb
4	Wisconsin		4	LSU
13	New Mexico State		13	Yale
6	Maryland		6	Mississippi State
11	Clemson		11	Nebraska
3	Houston		3	Kansas
14	Texas State		14	Old Dominion
7	Buffalo		7	Cincinnati
10	Baylor		10	Florida
2	Tennessee		2	Michigan
15	Northern Kentucky		15	Montana
	MIDWEST			WEST
1	Michigan State		1	Gonzaga
16	Missouri State		16	Sam Houston State
8	Oklahoma		8	NC State
9	Ole Miss		9	Ohio State
5	Virginia Tech		5	Louisville
12	UCF/Seton Hall		12	Butler/Alabama
4	Nevada		4	Iowa State
13	Vermont		13	Hofstra
6	Florida State		6	Kansas State
11	Minnesota		11	VCU
3	Texas Tech		3	Purdue
14	UC Irvine		14	South Dakota State
7	Iowa		7	Auburn
10	Syracuse		10	St. John’s
2	Kentucky		2	North Carolina
15	Bucknell		15	Radford

Last Four Byes

Clemson
Nebraska
Syracuse
Minnesota

Last Four In

UCF
Seton Hall
Butler
Alabama

First Four Out

Utah State
Indiana
Saint Mary's
Temple

Next Four Out

Arizona State
Creighton
Furman
San Francisco

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 9
ACC - 9
SEC - 8
Big 12 - 8
Big East - 5
American - 3