- The bracket is based on a combination of records, rankings, ESPN's Daily RPI (including record versus RPI Top 100), and record over the last dozen games.
- The regions are seeded to split up teams from the same conferences, and to avoid conference rematches, as much as possible.
- I've tried to factor in sub-regional sites, but mainly in regards to travel for lower seeds.
EAST REGION (Charlotte):
1 UNC
2 Georgetown
3 Stanford
4 Drake
5 Marquette
6 Indiana
7 Arkansas
8 Oklahoma
9 St. Joseph’s
10 St. Mary’s
11 South Alabama
12 Oral Roberts
13 Siena
14 CS Fullerton
15 Belmont
16 Mount St. Mary’s
MIDWEST REGION (Detroit)
1 Kansas
2 Tennessee
3 Xavier
4 Pittsburgh
5 Butler
6 USC
7 Purdue
8 West Virginia
9 Miami (FL)
10 Western Kentucky
11 Mississippi State
12 VCU
13 Cornell
14 Boise State
15 American
16 Mississippi Valley State vs. Coppin State (Play-In Game)
SOUTH REGION (Houston)
1 Memphis
2 Texas
3 Michigan State
4 Vanderbilt
5 UConn
6 Washington State
7 BYU
8 Notre Dame
9 Davidson
10 Illinois State
11 Virginia Tech
12 Kansas State
13 George Mason
14 St. Mary’s
15 Portland State
16 Winthrop
WEST REGION (Phoenix)
1 UCLA
2 Duke
3 Wisconsin
4 Louisville
5 Clemson
6 UNLV
7 Kent State
8 Gonzaga
9 Texas A&M
10 Villanova
11 Arizona
12 Temple
13 Georgia
14 Austin Peay
15 UMBC
16 UT Arlington
The Final Four In:
Kansas State
VCU
Mississippi State
Arizona
The Last Four Out:
Kentucky
Baylor
Creighton
UMass
