Projections are no longer necessary. My final bracket and vital stats are posted after the jump.
Last 4 BYES:
Michigan St
Marquette
Colorado
Michigan
Last 4 IN (First Four):
Alabama
Penn St
Virginia Tech
Clemson
First 4 OUT:
Georgia
USC
Boston College
Harvard
Bids by Conference:
Big East: 11
Big 10: 7
Big 12: 6
ACC: 5
SEC: 5
Pac 10: 3
MWC: 3
A14: 3
CAA: 2
WCC: 2
Here's the bracket, broken down by seed, in S-Curve order. Auto Bids in CAPS
1 Seeds:
OHIO ST
KANSAS
DUKE
Pittsburgh
2 Seeds:
SAN DIEGO ST
Notre Dame
North Carolina
Texas
3 Seeds:
KENTUCKY
CONNECTICUT
Florida
Purdue
4 Seeds:
Brigham Young
Louisville
Syracuse
Wisconsin
5 Seeds:
Arizona
St. John's
Vanderbilt
West Virginia
6 Seeds:
Xavier
Kansas St
Cincinnati
Texas A&M
7 Seeds:
UTAH ST
Temple
OLD DOMINION
Missouri
8 Seeds:
WASHINGTON
UNLV
George Mason
Gonzaga
9 Seeds:
UCLA
Florida St
Georgetown
Villanova
10 Seeds:
Tennessee
St. Mary's
Illinois
RICHMOND
11 Seeds:
BUTLER
MEMPHIS
Michigan St
Marquette
12 Seeds:
Colorado
Michigan
Alabama
Clemson
Penn St
Virginia Tech
13 Seeds:
BELMONT
PRINCETON
OAKLAND
WOFFORD
14 Seeds:
INDIANA ST
BUCKNELL
SANTA BARBARA
AKRON
15 Seeds:
ST. PETER'S
NORTHERN COLORADO
LONG ISLAND
MOREHEAD ST
16 Seeds:
UNC-ASHEVILLE
BOSTON U
MCNEESE ST
ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK
HAMPTON
ALABAMA ST