March Madness Update (3/5 Edition)

12 Days Until Selection Sunday!

I am going to mix it up a little bit today and attempt to name the 64 teams that will be in the tournament with their projected seeding. Conference Automatic Bids will be determined by  the leader of the conference currently.

Projected Matchups with Seeds

West:

(1) Gonzaga vs (16) Niagra/Charleston Southern
(8) San Diego St. vs (9) Cincinnati

(5) St. Louis vs (12) Villanova vs Kentucky
(4) Marquette vs (13) Louisiana Tech

(6) Colorado St. vs (11) Temple
(3) Kansas St vs (14) Belmont

(7) UCLA vs (10) Butler
(2) Michigan vs (15) Stephen F. Austing


East:

(1) Georgetown vs (16) Texas Southern/ Western Illinois
(8) Missouri vs (9) California

(5) Oregon vs (12) Princeton
(4) Oklahoma St. vs (13) Detroit

(6) Pittsburgh vs (11) Middle Tennessee
(3) Florida vs (14) Robert Morris

(7) Notre Dame vs (10) Wichita St.
(2) Duke vs (15) Long Beach St

Midwest:

(1) Indiana vs (16) Northeastern
(8) UNLV vs (9) La Salle

(5) Syracuse vs (12) Virginia
(4) Arizona vs (13) Alabama/Bucknell

(6) Virginia Commonwealth vs (11) Akron
(3) Michigan St. vs (14) Norfolk St

(7) UNC vs (10) Minnesota
(2) Louisville vs (15) Montana

South:

(1) Kansas vs (16) Mercer
(8) St. Mary's vs (9) Creighton

(5) Wisconsin vs (12) Valpo
(4) Ohio St. vs (13) Davidson

(6) Memphis vs (11) Oklahoma
(3) New Mexico vs (14) Ole Miss

(7) Illinois vs (10) North Carolina St
(2) Miami vs (15) Stony Brook


Teams by Conference:

Big East (8)
Big Ten (7)
A-10 (5)
ACC (5)
SEC (5)
Big 12 (4)
Mountain West (4)
Pac 12 (4)
Horizon (2)
Missouri Valley (2)
West Coast (2)
American (1)
Atlantic Sun (1)
Big Sky (1)
Big South (1)
Big West (1)
Colonial (1)
CUSA (1)
Ivy (1)
MAAC (1)
MAC (1)
MEAC (1)
Northeast (1)
Ohio Valley (1)
Patriot (1)
Southern (1)
Southland (1)
SWAC (1)
Summit (1)
Sun Belt (1)
WAC (1)