NCAA Bracket Prediction - 23 Feb

With 4 straight victories, including a huge upset over Virginia, the Duke Blue Devils jumped from off the page to just inside the tournament field as Selection Sunday draws closer. Duke hasn't missed the tournament since 1996, and it looked like this year might end their streak, but they are back in the mix with a strong chance to make it once again. They knocked Stanford out of the field, but the Cardinal are still very close to making the field as well. Here is my full current bracket, with rising teams in green, falling teams in red, projected conference champs in bold, and the new team in italics:

	WEST			SOUTH
1	Gonzaga		1	Baylor
16	Prairie View/Morgan State		16	Bryant/Texas State
8	Rutgers		8	San Diego State
9	North Carolina		9	Maryland
5	Purdue		5	Oklahoma
12	Belmont		12	Colgate
4	Creighton		4	Wisconsin
13	Toledo		13	Winthrop
6	Clemson		6	Missouri
11	VCU		11	Seton Hall
3	Villanova		3	Houston
14	Furman		14	Wright State
7	LSU		7	Virginia Tech
10	Louisville		10	UCLA
2	Illinois		2	Iowa
15	Vermont		15	Weber State
	EAST			MIDWEST
1	Ohio State		1	Michigan
16	Siena		16	James Madison
8	Colorado		8	Loyola Chicago
9	Drake		9	Florida
5	Arkansas		5	Texas
12	Minnesota/Duke		12	Xavier/Colorado State
4	Kansas		4	USC
13	Marshall		13	UC Santa Barbara
6	Texas Tech		6	Tennessee
11	St. Bonaventure		11	Indiana
3	Florida State		3	Virginia
14	Liberty		14	Abilene Christian
7	Oklahoma State		7	BYU
10	Boise State		10	Oregon
2	Alabama		2	West Virginia
15	South Dakota State		15	Grand Canyon

Last Four Byes

Boise State

Seton Hall

Indiana

St. Bonaventure

Last Four In

Minnesota

Duke

Xavier

Colorado State

First Four Out

UConn

Wichita State

Stanford

Syracuse

Next Four Out

Richmond

Georgia Tech

SMU

Saint Louis

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 10

Big 12 - 7

ACC - 7

SEC - 6

Pac 12 - 4

Big East - 4

MWC - 3

Atl 10 - 2

MVC - 2

WCC - 2