2022 NCAA Tournament Bracket Projection- March 5th 2022

 (1)West- San Francisco, California

1 Gonzaga

16 Norfolk State/Nicholls State

8 Iowa State

9 San Diego State

5 Connecticut

12 South Dakota State

4 UCLA

13 New Mexico State

6 LSU

11 North Texas

3 Texas Tech

14 Texas State

7 Iowa

10 Davidson

2 Duke

15 Jacksonville State

 (4) East- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 1 Kansas

16 Cleveland State

8 Michigan State

9 Creighton

5 Houston

12 Oregon/Rutgers

4 Arkansas

13 Towson

6 Ohio State

11 Memphis

3 Tennessee

14 Princeton

7 Marquette

10 Wyoming

2 Purdue

15 Long Beach State

(2)South- San Antonio, Texas

1 Arizona

16 Bryant/Texas Southern

8 Boise State

9 TCU

5 Texas

12 Northern Iowa

4 Illinois

13 Iona

 6 Alabama

11 Notre Dame

3 Villanova

14 Vermont

7 Colorado State

10 Xavier

2 Auburn

15 Colgate

(3)Midwest- Chicago, Illinois

1 Baylor

16 Longwood

8 Murray State

9 San Francisco

5 Saint Mary's

12 Wake Forest/Loyola-Chicago

4 Providence

13 Chattanooga

6 USC

11 BYU

3 Wisconsin

14 Toledo

7 Seton Hall

10 Miami (FL)

2 Kentucky

15 Montana State

Danger Zone

Last 10 in: Wyoming, Xavier, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, BYU, Memphis, Wake Forest, Oregon, Rutgers, Loyola-Chicago

First 12 Out:  Michigan, Indiana, Florida, SMU, North Carolina, VCU, Dayton, Texas A&M, St. Bonaventure, UAB, Colorado, Virginia Tech

Multiple Bid Conferences 

Big Ten-7

Big East- 7

Big 12-6

SEC-6 

WCC-4

ACC-4

MWC-4

Pac-12-4

AAC-2

MVC-2