NCAA Bracket Prediction - 4 Mar

Michigan State's loss at Indiana had major implications, dropping the Spartans from the 1-seed and vaulting the Hoosiers into one of the final at-large spots. North Carolina took over the open 1-seed, giving the ACC 3 of the top 4 teams, but all of the 2-seeds have a good shot at moving up within the next couple weeks. St. John's fell out after losing to 2 lower-level teams, and were replaced by conference rival Creighton, who beat Marquette, the former conference leader. 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	Fairleigh Dickinson/Norfolk St		16	Iona/Prairie View A&M
8	UCF		8	Texas
9	Ohio State		9	Washington
5	Iowa State		5	Villanova
12	Indiana/Nebraska		12	New Mexico State
4	Florida State		4	Wisconsin
13	UC Irvine		13	Vermont
6	Kansas State		6	Maryland
11	Ole Miss		11	Creighton
3	Purdue		3	Texas Tech
14	Harvard		14	Georgia Southern
7	Cincinnati		7	Nevada
10	VCU		10	Syracuse
2	Tennessee		2	Kentucky
15	Radford		15	Northern Kentucky
	MIDWEST			WEST
1	North Carolina		1	Gonzaga
16	Colgate		16	Sam Houston State
8	Baylor		8	NC State
9	Iowa		9	Oklahoma
5	Auburn		5	Marquette
12	Minnesota/Saint Mary’s		12	Belmont
4	Houston		4	Virginia Tech
13	Hofstra		13	Liberty
6	Mississippi State		6	Buffalo
11	Utah State		11	TCU
3	Kansas		3	LSU
14	Old Dominion		14	South Dakota State
7	Louisville		7	Wofford
10	Florida		10	Clemson
2	Michigan		2	Michigan State
15	Montana		15	Drake

Last Four Byes

Ole Miss
Utah State
TCU
Creighton

Last Four In

Minnesota
Saint Mary's
Indiana
Nebraska

First Four Out

St. John's
Alabama
Penn State
Seton Hall

Next Four Out

Arizona State
Butler
Temple
Toledo

Teams by Conference

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