NCAA Bracket Prediction - 9 Mar

The March Madness bracket will be released in exactly one week, and the teams that are in the field are starting to become pretty clear. Ohio State and Boise State suffered bad losses this week, dropping them from the field, and each would need a miracle to make it back in, especially Ohio State, who has 14 losses, with a 15th most likely coming in the Big 10 Tournament this week, which would essentially eliminate the Buckeyes. Two SEC schools jumped in to replace the two droppers, giving the conference 13 teams in the field, which would break the record of 11 from a single conference. Here is my full current bracket, with rising teams in green, falling teams in red, new teams in italics, and conference leaders in bold:

	SOUTH			WEST
1	Auburn		1	Houston
16	SIU Edwardsville/American		16	Quinnipiac/Southern
8	UConn		8	Mississippi State
9	New Mexico		9	Creighton
5	Louisville		5	Michigan
12	McNeese		12	Liberty
4	Maryland		4	Kentucky
13	High Point		13	Yale
6	UCLA		6	Ole Miss
11	Arkansas		11	San Diego State/North Carolina
3	Texas Tech		3	Wisconsin
14	Utah Valley		14	Northern Colorado
7	Memphis		7	Kansas
10	Vanderbilt		10	VCU
2	St. John’s		2	Tennessee
15	Towson		15	Robert Morris
	MIDWEST			EAST
1	Duke		1	Florida
16	Norfolk State		16	Omaha
8	Missouri		8	Gonzaga
9	Baylor		9	Utah State
5	Arizona		5	Oregon
12	Drake		12	UC San Diego
4	Purdue		4	Clemson
13	Arkansas State		13	Akron
6	Saint Mary’s		6	Illinois
11	Indiana		11	Oklahoma/Xavier
3	Iowa State		3	Texas A&M
14	Chattanooga		14	Lipscomb
7	Marquette		7	BYU
10	West Virginia		10	Georgia
2	Alabama		2	Michigan State
15	Bryant		15	Central Connecticut

Last Four Byes

Vanderbilt

West Virginia

Arkansas

Indiana

Last Four In

Oklahoma

Xavier

San Diego State

North Carolina

First Four Out

Ohio State

SMU

Boise State

Nebraska

Next Four Out

Wake Forest

Colorado State

UC Irvine

Texas

Teams by Conference

SEC - 13

Big 10 - 9

Big 12 - 8

Big East - 5

ACC - 4

MWC - 3

WCC - 2