The Bracket Won't Look Like This: Early-Season Projection

SOUTH

(1) Kentucky
(16) Stony Brook/Alabama State

(8) Georgetown
(9) San Diego State

(5) Florida State
(12) Stanford

(4) Memphis
(13) Long Beach State

(6) Michigan State
(11) Cincinnati

(3) Baylor
(14) Utah State

(7) Gonzaga
(10) Tennessee

(2) Louisville
(15) Davidson

WEST


(1) Syracuse
(16) Long Island

(8) Harvard
(9) Temple

(5) Michigan
(12) Marshall

(4) Missouri
(13) Detroit

(6) UNLV
(11) Minnesota/Wichita State

(3) Wisconsin
(14) Oral Roberts

(7) Mississippi State
(10) Saint Louis

(2) North Carolina
(15) Weber State

East


(1) Duke
(16) UNC Asheville/McNeese State

(8) Indiana
(9) Belmont

(5) Vanderbilt
(12) UCF

(4) Marquette
(13) VCU

(6) Purdue
(11) Washington

(3) Florida
(14) Bucknell

(7) Creighton
(10) West Virginia

(2) Kansas
(15) Tennessee Tech

Midwest


(1) Ohio State
(16) Morgan State

(8) California
(9) New Mexico

(5) Pittsburgh
(12) Virginia Tech/Dayton

(4) Alabama
(13) Akron

(6) Arizona
(11) St. Mary's

(3) Xavier
(14) Iona

(7) Texas A&M
(10) Miami (FL)

(2) UConn
(15) Middle Tennessee