Autobids indicated by Bold text. First four teams are in italics, first four matchups in (parenthesis) if possible. This was made after the A-10 championship.
1 seeds: Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, Illinois
2 seeds: Ohio State, Alabama, Iowa, Texas
3 seeds: Oklahoma State, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas
4 seeds: Purdue, Florida State, Virginia, Houston
5 seeds: USC, Villanova, Tennessee, Missouri
6 seeds: Clemson, Wisconsin, BYU, Texas Tech
7 seeds: Creighton, LSU, Oklahoma, Colorado
8 seeds: Florida, Oregon, Rutgers, Georgia Tech
9 seeds: North Carolina, San Diego State, Virginia Tech, Michigan State
10 seeds: Maryland, St. Bonaventure, Loyola-Chicago, VCU
11 seeds: UConn, Louisville, (Syracuse, UCLA), (Drake, Colorado State)
12 seeds: Georgetown, Oregon State, Winthrop, UC Santa Barbara
13 seeds: North Texas, Ohio, Colgate, Morehead State
14 seeds: UNC-Greensboro, Liberty, Abilene Christian, Eastern Washington
15 seeds: Grand Canyon, Cleveland State, Drexel, Oral Roberts
16 seeds: Hartford Appalachian State, (Iona, Texas Southern), (Norfolk State, Mount St. Mary's)
Last four byes: Maryland, VCU, UConn, Louisville
Last four in: (Syracuse, UCLA), (Drake, Colorado State)
First four out: Wichita State, Utah State, Ole Miss, Saint Louis
Next four out: Boise State, Seton Hall, Xavier, Duke
I'm literally 50/50 between whether the last team in should be Colorado State or Wichita State. I kept it as CSU, but it could easily be WSU.
Credit to bracketmatrix.com for compiling all the brackets in the bracket project, including my own! It's an honor to be on the big stage with names like ESPN and FOX...lol. Anyway, you can also see my actual bracket here, if it's updated. The date at the top of the bracket and below the seed list will be accurate.
Bids by conference:
Big Ten: 9
ACC: 8
Big 12: 7
SEC: 6
Pac-12: 5
Big East: 4
A10: 2
MWC: 2
MVC: 2
WCC: 2