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PROJECTED SEEDING

The 1 Seeds

Villanova, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas

The 2 Seeds

Baylor, UCLA, Kentucky, Gonzaga

The 3 Seeds

Virginia, Louisville, Indiana, Creighton

The 4 Seeds

Wisconsin, Xavier, Butler, West Virginia

The 5 Seeds

Arizona, Purdue, Florida, Notre Dame

The 6 Seeds

Oregon, Cincinnati, South Carolina, Florida State

The 7 Seeds

St. Mary’s (CA), Miami (FL), Iowa State, Michigan State

The 8 Seeds

Michigan, Wichita State, Maryland, Virginia Tech

The 9 Seeds

Ohio State, Dayton, USC, Syracuse

The 10 Seeds

Rhode Island, Texas A&M, Northwestern, Oklahoma

The 11 Seeds

Clemson, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State, SMU, Colorado, Seton Hall

The 12 Seeds

Texas-Arlington, NC-Wilmington, Middle Tennessee, Nevada

The 13 Seeds

Valparaiso, Ohio, Chattanooga, Monmouth

The 14 Seeds

Princeton, IPFW, Florida Gulf Coast, Tennessee State

The 15 Seeds

Vermont, Bucknell, Winthrop, New Mexico State

The 16 Seeds

Sam Houston State, North Dakota, UC Irvine, Texas Southern, North Carolina Central, LIU-Brooklyn

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BUBBLE ACTION

Last Four In

Oklahoma State, SMU, Colorado, Seton Hall

First Four Out

VCU, TCU, California, Texas Tech

Next Four Out

Kansas State, Minnesota, Marquette, Providence

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CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

ACC (11), Big Ten (8), Big 12 (6), Pac-12 (5), Big East (5), SEC (4), Atlantic 10 (2), West Coast (2), American (2)

ACC – Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Florida State, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Clemson

America East – Vermont

American – Cincinnati, SMU

Atlantic 10 – Dayton, Rhode Island

Atlantic Sun – Florida Gulf Coast

Big 12 – Kansas, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State

Big East – Villanova, Creighton, Xavier, Butler, Seton Hall

Big Sky – North Dakota

Big South – Winthrop

Big Ten – Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan State, Maryland, Michigan, Northwestern

Big West – UC Irvine

Colonial – NC-Wilmington

Conference USA – Middle Tennessee

Horizon – Valparaiso

Ivy – Princeton

MAAC – Monmouth

MAC – Ohio

MEAC – North Carolina Central

Missouri Valley – Wichita State

Mountain West – Nevada

Northeast – LIU-Brooklyn

Ohio Valley – Tennessee State

Pac-12 – UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, USC, Colorado

Patriot – Bucknell

SEC – Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Texas A&M

Southern – Chattanooga

Southland – Sam Houston State

Summit – IPFW

Sun Belt – Texas-Arlington

SWAC – Texas Southern

WAC – New Mexico State

WCC – Gonzaga, St. Mary’s (CA)