NCAA Bracket Prediction - 1 Mar

It is officially March, and just a few days until the first conference tournaments start, so I am starting off the month with another bracket update. Alabama returns to the bracket after their win at South Carolina, while Butler dropped out after losing at home to Providence. 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	Prairie View/Norfolk State		16	St. Francis (PA)/Quinnipiac
8	Florida		8	Iowa
9	Washington		9	Texas
5	Iowa State		5	Mississippi State
12	Saint Mary’s/Alabama		12	New Mexico State
4	Wisconsin		4	Marquette
13	Lipscomb		13	Vermont
6	Villanova		6	Florida State
11	Minnesota		11	Utah State
3	Houston		3	Kansas
14	Texas State		14	Old Dominion
7	Kansas State		7	Louisville
10	Syracuse		10	Ole Miss
2	Tennessee		2	Michigan
15	Montana		15	Radford
	MIDWEST			WEST
1	Michigan State		1	Gonzaga
16	Bucknell		16	Sam Houston State
8	NC State		8	Baylor
9	Oklahoma		9	Ohio State
5	Nevada		5	Auburn
12	Belmont		12	St. John’s/Nebraska
4	LSU		4	Virginia Tech
13	UC Irvine		13	Yale
6	Maryland		6	Buffalo
11	Clemson		11	TCU
3	Texas Tech		3	Purdue
14	South Dakota State		14	Hofstra
7	Cincinnati		7	Wofford
10	VCU		10	UCF
2	North Carolina		2	Kentucky
15	Wright State		15	Loyola-Chicago

Last Four Byes

Clemson
TCU
Minnesota
Utah State

Last Four In

Saint Mary's
St. John's
Alabama
Nebraska

First Four Out

Creighton
Indiana
Penn State
Butler

Next Four Out

Seton Hall
Temple
Arizona State
Toledo

Teams by Conference

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