2-13 bracket:

Right now, the Missouri Valley has 5 teams in my bracket. Now, Missouri State, after a win at Northern Iowa, is among the last five in, so their spot is still tenuous, but if they finish out with three wins in Valley, and a strong showing against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Bracket Buster Saturday, they will have a good chance at earning an at large.

Houston, with strong wins out of conference against LSU and Arizona, enters my bracket, as they have gotten to 6-3 in Conference USA, and frankly, are a better option than many of the other teams at the bottom of the bracket.

Maryland, with an awful record versus the top 50 and on road and neutral sites, is currently outside my bracket, and without leading scorer Chris McCray, academically ineligible for the remainder of the season, they are in bigtime trouble.

Also, I'm throwing conference record basically out the window with Iowa State and Vanderbilt. Even though they sit at 4-6 in their respective conferences, they have still done more than a team like UAB, who does not possess a single top 50 win.

Teams in bold are the current conference leaders.

1 seeds: UConn, Duke, Memphis, Texas
2 seeds: Villanova, Ohio State, Tennessee, Gonzaga
3 seeds: Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Iowa, UCLA
4 seeds: Florida, Michigan State, Illinois, George Washington
5 seeds: North Carolina, Georgetown, LSU, Kansas
6 seeds: North Carolina State, Northern Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma
7 seeds: Boston College, Southern Illinois, Washington, Michigan
8 seeds: Creighton, Alabama, Wichita State, Bucknell
9 seeds: Syracuse, Marquette, Indiana, Nevada
10 seeds: Arizona, California, George Mason, Seton Hall
11 seeds: Kentucky, Houston, Arkansas, Missouri State
12 seeds: Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Colorado, Western Kentucky
13 seeds: San Diego State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Akron, Northwestern State
14 seeds: Iona, Murray State, Winthrop, Penn
15 seeds: Pacific, IUPUI, Albany, Delaware State
16 seeds: Farleigh Dickinson, Northern Arizona, Belmont

Play-In Game:
Southern vs. Georgia Southern

Last five teams in: Missouri State, Arkansas, Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Colorado
Last five teams out: UAB, Temple, Maryland, Cincinnati, Florida State

Bid breakdown:
8-Big East
7-Big Ten, SEC
5-Big 12, MVC
4-ACC, Pac 10
2-Conference USA