NCAA Bracket Prediction - 12 Mar

Three of the #1 seeds are pretty much locked up at this point, and the fourth one currently belongs to Tennessee, but North Carolina and Arizona could both be in play for it by the weekend. Villanova lost their 14th game of the season, and no team with 14 losses has ever been selected as an at-large, so they exit the bracket today, replaced by Drake, who won the Missouri Valley title and stole a bid away from other at-large teams, since Indiana State remains in the bracket even after losing. Here is my current bracket, with rising teams in green, falling teams in red, conference champs in bold, and new teams in italics:

	MIDWEST			WEST
1	Purdue		1	Houston
16	Norfolk State/Grambling		16	Longwood/Merrimack
8	Washington State		8	FAU
9	Colorado State		9	Boise State
5	BYU		5	Nevada
12	McNeese		12	Richmond
4	Kentucky		4	Auburn
13	South Florida		13	Samford
6	Texas Tech		6	Clemson
11	Mississippi State/St. Johns		11	Michigan State/New Mexico
3	Duke		3	Creighton
14	Toledo		14	Oakland
7	San Diego State		7	Wisconsin
10	Virginia		10	TCU
2	Iowa State		2	North Carolina
15	Colgate		15	Sam Houston State
	SOUTH			EAST
1	Tennessee		1	UConn
16	South Dakota State		16	Stetson
8	Nebraska		8	Florida
9	Oklahoma		9	Northwestern
5	South Carolina		5	Utah State
12	James Madison		12	Grand Canyon
4	Illinois		4	Alabama
13	Vermont		13	UC Irvine
6	Dayton		6	Gonzaga
11	Princeton		11	Drake
3	Baylor		3	Kansas
14	Charleston		14	Morehead State
7	Saint Mary’s		7	Texas
10	Colorado		10	Indiana State
2	Marquette		2	Arizona
15	Quinnipiac		15	Montana

Last Four Byes

Colorado

Indiana State

TCU

Virginia

Last Four In

Michigan State

New Mexico

Mississippi State

St. John's

First Four Out

Pittsburgh

Seton Hall

Texas A&M

Wake Forest

Next Four Out

Providence

Villanova

Ohio State

Iowa

Teams by Conference

Big 12 - 9

SEC - 7

MWC - 6

Big 10 - 6

Big East - 4

ACC - 4

Pac 12 - 3

CUSA - 2

WCC - 2

Atl 10 - 2

MVC - 2

NCAA Bracket Prediction - 20 Feb

Indiana State, the alma mater of Larry Bird, lost twice in the last week, which cost them their conference lead and nearly dropped them out of the tournament field, while allowing Drake to make the field as an automatic qualifier, instead of sitting on the bubble where they had been. Butler and Utah both fell from the field after recent losses, clearing the way for Cincinnati to slip into the final slot. Here is my current bracket, with conference leaders in bold, rising teams in green, falling teams in red, and new teams in italics:

	MIDWEST			EAST
1	Purdue		1	UConn
16	Norfolk St/North Dakota		16	Merrimack/E Kentucky
8	Oklahoma		8	TCU
9	Virginia		9	New Mexico
5	Dayton		5	Wisconsin
12	Appalachian State		12	Samford
4	Creighton		4	Auburn
13	South Florida		13	UC Irvine
6	Texas Tech		6	Florida
11	Boise State/Ole Miss		11	Indiana State
3	Duke		3	Iowa State
14	Charleston		14	High Point
7	Utah State		7	Michigan State
10	Nebraska		10	Gonzaga
2	Kansas		2	North Carolina
15	Morehead State		15	Oakland
	WEST			SOUTH
1	Arizona		1	Houston
16	Quinnipiac		16	Southern
8	South Carolina		8	FAU
9	Texas		9	Northwestern
5	Colorado State		5	Kentucky
12	Drake		12	McNeese
4	Illinois		4	San Diego State
13	Akron		13	Cornell
6	Clemson		6	BYU
11	Texas A&M/Cincinnati		11	Grand Canyon
3	Baylor		3	Alabama
14	Vermont		14	Louisiana Tech
7	Washington State		7	Saint Mary’s
10	Nevada		10	Mississippi State
2	Tennessee		2	Marquette
15	Colgate		15	Eastern Washington

Last Four Byes

Nevada

Gonzaga

Nebraska

Indiana State

Last Four In

Boise State

Ole Miss

Texas A&M

Cincinnati

First Four Out

Wake Forest

Butler

Utah

Providence

Next Four Out

Seton Hall

Colorado

Villanova

James Madison

Teams by Conference

Big 12 - 10

SEC - 9

MWC - 6

Big 10 - 6

ACC - 4

Big East - 3

Pac 12 - 2

CUSA - 2

WCC - 2

MVC - 2