Preseason Bracket

1 seeds
Florida (SEC)
Kansas (Big 12)
UNC (ACC)
Wisconsin (Big Ten)

2 seeds
Georgia Tech
Ohio St.
UCLA (Pac-10)
Pitt (Big East)

3 seeds
Georgetown
LSU
Alabama
Texas A&M

4 seeds
Memphis (C-USA)
Creighton (MVC)
Marquette
Arizona

5 seeds
Southern Illinois
Michigan
Oklahoma St.
Nevada (WAC)

6 seeds
Syracuse
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
Georgia

7 seeds
Wichita St.
Virginia
Indiana
Duke

8 seeds
Xavier (A-10)
Villanova
Washington
UConn

9 seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Texas Tech
Houston
Kentucky

10 seeds
Michigan St.
Air Force (Mt. West)
Missouri St.
DePaul

11 seeds
SDSU
Louisville
George Washington
Oregon

12 seeds
Hofstra (CAA)
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
Kansas St.
USC

13 seeds
Akron (MAC)
Charleston (SoCon)
Winthrop (Big South)
American (Patriot)

14 seeds
Marist (MAAC)
Wright St. (Horizon)
Texas A&M-CC (Southland)
Samford (OVC)

15 seeds
Penn (Ivy)
Northern Arizona (Big Sky)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Long Beach St. (Big West)

16 seeds
Albany (Am East)
UMKC (MCC)
Belmont (A-Sun)
Robert Morris* (NEC)
Alcorn St.* (SWAC)

*- play-in game

Multi-Bid Conferences
Big East- 8
SEC- 6
ACC- 5
Big Ten- 5
Big 12- 5
Pac-10- 5
MVC- 4
A-10- 2
C-USA- 2
Mt. West- 2

Also Considered
Arkansas, Purdue, UMass, UNC Wilmington, BYU, Fresno St., Florida St., UAB, Clemson, Vandy, Washington St., George Mason, St. Louis, BC, Charlotte, New Mexico St., Illinois, San Francisco, St. Mary’s, Boise St., Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Boise St., Iowa, Penn St., Hawaii