Preseason Bracket

1 seeds
UNC (ACC)
Notre Dame (Big East)
Texas (Big 12)
UConn

2 seeds
Louisville
Oklahoma
UCLA (Pac-10)
Memphis (C-USA)

3 seeds
Purdue (Big Ten)
Duke
Georgetown
Baylor

4 seeds
Tennessee (SEC)
Kansas
Pitt
USC

5 seeds
Gonzaga (WCC)
Florida
Michigan St.
UNLV (Mt. West)

6 seeds
St. Mary’s
Wake Forest
Marquette
Creighton (MVC)

7 seeds
Villanova
Xavier (A-10)
Virginia Tech
Arizona St.

8 seeds
Miami
Wisconsin
San Diego St.
Miss St.

9 seeds
Kentucky
Clemson
West Virginia
Texas A&M

10 seeds
Syracuse
BYU
Davidson (Southern)
Ohio St.

11 seeds
Alabama
San Diego
Vandy
UAB

12 seeds
Temple
Utah
Nevada (WAC)
Siena (MAAC)

13 seeds
SFA (Southland)
Cleveland St. (Horizon)
Kent St. (MAC)
VCU (CAA)

14 seed
Pacific (Big West)
Cornell (Ivy)
North Dakota St. (Summit)
Idaho St. (Big Sky)

15 seeds
Belmont (A-Sun)
American (Patriot)
North Texas (Sun Belt)
Boston U (Am East)

16 seeds
UT-Martin (OVC)
Radford (Big South)
Delaware St. (MEAC)
Mount St. Mary’s (NEC)*
Jackson St. (SWAC)*

*- play-in game

Big East- 9
ACC- 6
SEC- 6
Big 12- 5
Big Ten- 4
Mt. West- 4
Pac-10- 3
WCC- 3
A-10- 2
C-USA- 2

Last Four In
Vandy, UAB, Temple, Utah

First Four Out
Washington St., Maryland, Charleston, Washington

Also Considered
Arizona, Nebraska, Charlotte, Cincy, Providence, LSU, South Carolina, NC State, Northeastern, Michigan, BC, Florida St., Georgia, OK St., Minnesota, Southern Illinois, Drake, UMass, Dayton, Rutgers, Ole Miss, Arkansas, St. John’s, Penn St., Illinois, Oregon, Southern Miss, Texas Tech, Northern Iowa, Stanford, Auburn