Starting this season, the projections will now appear primarily on
Thursdays for a few reasons. 1) So I can sleep in on Mondays(due to a
certain radio show) and 2) To better reflect the landscape by
including important midweek results.

Before moving into the brackets, I want to explain how the conference
leaders are determined in each bracket using the following priorites:
1) Winning percentage in conference games
2) If there is a tie for 1st, head-to-head results will be used,
if tied, record in Division I games will be used, if still tied after
that, latest RPI rank.
3) For conferences with divisions, the result of the game between
division leaders will be used.

Now that has been dispersed with, the brackets:

Final Four Pairings
West vs. Midwest
East vs. South

WEST Region

@Sacramento
1-UCLA(Pac-10) vs. 16-Southern Utah(Mid-Con)
8-Texas Tech vs. 9-Indiana
@Spokane
4-Air Force(Mountain West) vs. 13-Ohio(Mid-American)
5-Tennessee vs. 12-UC Santa Barbara(Big West)
@Winston-Salem
2-Duke vs. 15-Siena(MAAC)
7-Michigan State vs. 10-California
@Chicago
3-Kansas vs. 14-Texas A&M-Corpus Christi(Southland)
6-Southern Illinois vs. 11-Villanova

NORTH Region

@Chicago
1-Wisconsin vs. 16-Opening Round winner
Opening Round: Florida A&M(MEAC) vs. Sacred Heart(Northeast)
8-Northern Iowa(MVC) vs. 9-Texas
@Spokane
4-Nevada(WAC) vs. 13-Santa Clara(WCC)
5-Marquette vs. 12-Arkansas
@Sacramento
2-Arizona vs. 15-Belmont(Atlantic Sun)
7-Notre Dame vs. 10-Missouri State
@Lexington
3-Alabama(SEC) vs. 14-Weber State(Big Sky)
6-Clemson(ACC) vs. 11-Illinois

EAST Region

@Winston-Salem
1-North Carolina vs. 16-Lousiana-Monroe(Sun Belt)
8-West Virginia(Big East) vs. 9-UNLV
@Columbus
4-Texas A&M vs. 13-Princeton(Ivy)
5-Kentucky vs. 12-Washington State
@Lexington
2-Ohio State(Big Ten) vs. 15-Vermont(America East)
7-Drexel(Colonial) vs. 10-Georgetown
@Buffalo
3-Pittsburgh vs. 14-Navy(Patriot)
6-Gonzaga vs. 11-Boston College

SOUTH Region

@New Orleans
1-Florida vs. 16-Jackson State(SWAC)
8-Oregon vs. 9-Wichita State
@Buffalo
4-Maryland vs. 13-Winthrop(Big South)
5-Memphis(CUSA) vs. 12-Missouri
@New Orleans
2-Oklahoma State(Big 12) vs. 15-Furman(Southern)
7-Florida State vs. 10-Washington
@Columbus
3-Butler(Horizon) vs. 14-Samford(Ohio Valley)
6-Connecticut vs. 11-George Washington(A-10)

Last five in: Boston College, Arkansas, Illinois, Washington State,
Missouri
Last five out: Louisiana State, Syracuse, Xavier, Purdue, Southern
California
Next five out: Davidson, Kansas State, Virginia, Creighton,
Appalachian State

Multiple-Bid Conferences: ACC(6), Big East(7), Big Ten(5), Big 12(6),
MVC(4), MWC(2), Pac-10(6), SEC(5), WCC(2)

Next Projection: 1-11