NCAA Bracket Prediction - 25 Feb

The UCLA Bruins had another solid week, and that was enough to move them up to the final #1 seed in my latest bracket, knocking Houston back down to a #2. Kansas took over as the top overall seed, and North Carolina fell out of the bracket after a couple of losses, allowing Utah State to take their place. Here is my current bracket, with rising teams in green, falling teams in red, new teams in italics, and conference leaders in bold:

	MIDWEST			SOUTH
1	Kansas		1	Alabama
16	Alcorn State/Fairleigh Dickinson		16	Morehead State/Howard
8	Nevada		8	Illinois
9	Providence		9	Duke
5	Xavier		5	Iowa State
12	Bradley		12	VCU
4	Miami		4	San Diego State
13	Utah Valley		13	Southern Miss
6	Arkansas		6	Texas A&M
11	USC		11	Rutgers/Utah State
3	Gonzaga		3	UConn
14	Colgate		14	Eastern Washington
7	Maryland		7	Michigan State
10	Oklahoma State		10	Memphis
2	Arizona		2	Baylor
15	Kennesaw State		15	Vermont
	WEST			EAST
1	UCLA		1	Purdue
16	UNC Asheville		16	Northwestern State
8	Auburn		8	Boise State
9	FAU		9	NC State
5	Indiana		5	Creighton
12	Charleston		12	Oral Roberts
4	Saint Mary’s		4	Kansas State
13	Toledo		13	Yale
6	Virginia		6	TCU
11	Missouri		11	Mississippi State/Pittsburgh
3	Marquette		3	Tennessee
14	Iona		14	UC Irvine
7	Kentucky		7	Northwestern
10	Iowa		10	West Virginia
2	Texas		2	Houston
15	Youngstown State		15	Samford

Last Four Byes

Memphis

Oklahoma State

USC

Missouri

Last Four In

Rutgers

Utah State

Mississippi State

Pittsburgh

First Four Out

Wisconsin

Penn State

Texas Tech

North Carolina

Next Four Out

Michigan

North Texas

Oregon

New Mexico

Teams by Conference

Big 12 - 8

Big 10 - 8

SEC - 8

ACC - 5

Big East - 5

MWC - 4

Pac 12 - 3

AAC - 2

WCC - 2