February 26th Bracketology

Next update: March 5.

Through games of February 25, all predictions are based on the season ending today.

Marquette's "true" seed is a 6, Oregon's is a 7, Stanford's is a 9, and Villanova's is a 10. These teams had to be moved up or down one seed level because of bracketing conflicts.

Last four in: Purdue, Drexel, Creighton, West Virginia.
Last four out: Texas Tech, San Diego State, Georgia Tech, Alabama.
Next four out: Georgia, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Michigan.

Conference breakdown: Big East (8), ACC (6), Pac 10 (6), Big Ten (6), SEC (4), Big 12 (4), Missouri Valley (3), Mountain West (3), Colonial Athletic (3).

All other leagues (22): 1 bid.

* indicates automatic bid.

East Rutherford, New Jersey Regional: (Host: Rutgers University)

(1) Wisconsin vs. (16) Delaware State*
(8) Tennessee vs. (9) Villanova
(5) Maryland vs. (12) Drexel
(4) Butler* vs. (13) Holy Cross*
(6) Duke vs. (11) Winthrop*
(3) Southern Illinois* vs. (14) Marist*
(7) Kentucky vs. (10) Stanford
(2) Georgetown* vs. (15) East Tennessee State*

St. Louis, Missouri Regional: (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

(1) Ohio State* vs. (16) Central Connecticut State*/Jackson State* (play-in game)
(8) Notre Dame vs. (9) Kansas State
(5) Brigham Young* vs. (12) Xavier*
(4) Washington State vs. (13) Akron*
(6) Air Force vs. (11) West Virginia
(3) Nevada* vs. (14) Vermont*
(7) Virginia Tech vs. (10) Old Dominion
(2) Kansas* vs. (15) South Alabama*

San Antonio, Texas Regional: (Host: University of Texas-San Antonio)

(1) Florida* vs. (16) Austin Peay*
(8) USC vs. (9) Missouri State
(5) Louisville vs. (12) Purdue
(4) Texas vs. (13) Davidson*
(6) Vanderbilt vs. (11) Illinois
(3) Memphis* vs. (14) Pennsylvania*
(7) Marquette vs. (10) Arizona
(2) North Carolina* vs. (15) Sam Houston State*

San Jose, California Regional: (Host: San Jose State University)

(1) UCLA* vs. (16) Weber State*
(8) Indiana vs. (9) Syracuse
(5) Virginia vs. (12) Gonzaga*
(4) UNLV vs. (13) Virginia Commonwealth*
(6) Oregon vs. (11) Creighton
(3) Pittsburgh vs. (14) Oral Roberts*
(7) Boston College vs. (10) Michigan State
(2) Texas A&M vs. (15) Long Beach State*