NCAA Bracket Prediction - 4 Feb

The Purdue Boilermakers, who had been right on the edge of grabbing a #1 seed for a while now, finally did it with a solid road win at Minnesota 2 days ago, which boosted their profile enough to put them ahead of Gonzaga for the time being. Kentucky continued to climb, moving up another notch to a #2 seed, and Creighton rejoined the field after an upset win at UConn. Oregon was able to sneak back in as well, while Miami and Michigan slipped to the First Four Out category. 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:

	WEST			MIDWEST
1	Purdue		1	Kansas
16	South Alabama		16	Longwood
8	TCU		8	Iowa
9	San Francisco		9	BYU
5	Tennessee		5	Alabama
12	Iona		12	UAB
4	Houston		4	Providence
13	Vermont		13	South Dakota State
6	Ohio State		6	Iowa State
11	Oklahoma		11	San Diego State
3	Villanova		3	Duke
14	New Mexico State		14	Wagner
7	USC		7	Indiana
10	Wyoming		10	Seton Hall
2	Gonzaga		2	Arizona
15	Princeton		15	UC Irvine
	EAST			SOUTH
1	Auburn		1	Baylor
16	Texas Southern/Nicholls		16	Navy/Norfolk State
8	Boise State		8	Murray State
9	North Carolina		9	Arkansas
5	Xavier		5	Illinois
12	Oregon/Florida		12	Creighton/West Virginia
4	Michigan State		4	LSU
13	Chattanooga		13	Toledo
6	Marquette		6	Texas
11	Davidson		11	Wake Forest
3	Texas Tech		3	UCLA
14	Towson		14	Oakland
7	Saint Mary’s		7	Connecticut
10	Loyola Chicago		10	Colorado State
2	Kentucky		2	Wisconsin
15	Liberty		15	Weber State

Last Four Byes

Seton Hall

Oklahoma

Wake Forest

San Diego State

Last Four In

Creighton

West Virginia

Oregon

Florida

First Four Out

Mississippi State

Belmont

Miami

Michigan

Next Four Out

Notre Dame

SMU

North Texas

Saint Louis

Teams by Conference

Big 12 - 8

Big 10 - 7

SEC - 7

Big East - 7

WCC - 4

MWC - 4

Pac 12 - 4

ACC - 3