NCAA Bracket Prediction - 1 Feb

After handing Nebraska its first loss, and then beating rival Michigan State by 12 on the road, the Michigan Wolverines moved back into the top overall seed in my latest bracket prediction. The #1 seeds are the same four teams as last week, with Illinois and Houston moving up to take two of the #2 spots. Purdue slipped to a #3 after losing to Indiana, who joined the field after that upset, along with a road win at UCLA, while Virginia Tech dropped to make room for the Hoosiers. Here is my full current bracket:

	MIDWEST			WEST
1	Michigan		1	Arizona
16	Saint Peter’s/Bethune-Cookman		16	UMBC/Maryland-ES
8	Utah State		8	Kentucky
9	SMU		9	Iowa
5	Florida		5	St. John’s
12	Stephen F Austin		12	Yale
4	Kansas		4	Virginia
13	High Point		13	UNC Wilmington
6	Saint Louis		6	Arkansas
11	New Mexico		11	UCLA/Santa Clara
3	Purdue		3	Gonzaga
14	Portland State		14	Wright State
7	North Carolina		7	NC State
10	Indiana		10	Saint Mary’s
2	Houston		2	Illinois
15	Austin Peay		15	Charlotte
	EAST			SOUTH
1	UConn		1	Duke
16	Wofford		16	Long Island
8	UCF		8	Texas A&M
9	Georgia		9	Wisconsin
5	Tennessee		5	Alabama
12	Miami (OH)		12	Liberty
4	Texas Tech		4	BYU
13	Cal Baptist		13	UC Irvine
6	Louisville		6	Clemson
11	Belmont		11	Ohio State/San Diego St
3	Vanderbilt		3	Michigan State
14	North Dakota State		14	Troy
7	Villanova		7	Auburn
10	Miami		10	USC
2	Nebraska		2	Iowa State
15	Navy		15	UT Martin

Last Four Byes

Indiana

Miami

USC

New Mexico

Last Four In

UCLA

Ohio State

Santa Clara

San Diego State

First Four Out

Texas

Virginia Tech

Seton Hall

California

Next Four Out

TCU

George Mason

VCU

Tulsa

Teams by Conference

Big 10 - 11

SEC - 9

ACC - 8

Big 12 - 7

Big East - 3

WCC - 3

MWC - 3