NCAA Bracket Prediction - 22 Feb

Since it is now less than a month until the tournament begins, I'm doing a bonus bracket prediction this week. The top 3 seed lines all remained the same since Monday, but the top overall seed shifted from Duke to Virginia after the Blue Devils' loss to North Carolina. Utah State and Saint Mary's, both from mid-major conferences, joined the bracket today, knocking out Seton Hall and Alabama from power conferences. Here is my full current bracket, with projected conference champs in bold, new teams in italics, rising teams in green, and falling teams in red:

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

Last Four Byes

St. John's
Clemson
Minnesota
UCF

Last Four In

Nebraska
Butler
Utah State
Saint Mary's

First Four Out

San Francisco
Seton Hall
Creighton
Arizona State

Next Four Out

Alabama
Indiana
Temple
Lipscomb

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 9
ACC - 9
Big 12 - 8
SEC - 7
Big East - 4
American - 3
Mountain West - 2
West Coast - 2