Bracket Breakdown

AS OF MARCH 5, 2012

No. 1: Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas, North Carolina

No. 2: Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State, Missouri

No. 3: Marquette, Michigan, Baylor, Indiana

No. 4: Georgetown, Wisconsin, Temple, Wichita State

No. 5: UNLV, Murray State, Florida State, Creighton

No. 6: Vanderbilt, Louisville, Florida, Gonzaga

No. 7: San Diego State, Memphis, Notre Dame, New Mexico

No. 8: Saint Mary’s, Iowa State, Kansas State, Purdue

No. 9: Southern Miss, Saint Louis, Cincinnati, Alabama

No. 10: Virginia, Connecticut, West Virginia, California

No. 11: Mississippi State, Colorado State, Harvard, Seton Hall

No. 12: Xavier, Washington, Long Beach State, Northwestern, South Florida

No. 13: Miami (Fl.), VCU, Drexel, Oral Roberts, Nevada

No. 14: Belmont, Akron, Akron, Davidson, Denver

No. 15: Loyola (Maryland), Valparaiso, Bucknell, Montana

No. 16: LIU-Brooklyn, UT-Arlington, UNC-Asheville, Stony Brook, Mississippi Valley State, Savannah State

Breakdown by Conference

• ACC (5): North Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Virginia, Miami (Fl.)
• Big East (10): Syracuse, Marquette, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Connecticut, West Virginia, Seton Hall, South Florida
• Big Ten (7): Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue, Northwestern
• Big 12 (5): Kansas, Missouri, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State
• Pac-12 (2): California, Washington
• SEC (5): Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi State
• Atlantic-10 (3): Temple, Saint Louis, Xavier
• Colonial (2): VCU, Drexel
• Conference USA (2): Memphis, Southern Miss
• Missouri Valley (2): Wichita State, Creighton
• Mountain West (4): UNLV, San Diego State, New Mexico, Colorado State
• West Coast (2): Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s

One-Bid Conferences (19): America East (Stony Brook), Atlantic Sun (Belmont), Big Sky (Montana), Big South (UNC-Asheville), Big West (Long Beach State), Horizon (Valparaiso), Ivy (Harvard), MAC (Akron), MAAC (Loyola MD), MEAC (Savannah State), Northeast (Long Island), Ohio Valley (Murray State), Patriot (Bucknell), Southern (Davidson), Southland (Texas Arlington), Summit (Oral Roberts), Sun Belt (Denver), SWAC (Mississippi Valley State), WAC (Nevada)

• Last Four In: Northwestern, South Florida, Miami (Fl.), VCU
• Last Four Out: Dayton, BYU, Texas, Oregon
• Next Four Out: Tennessee, NC State, Iona, Saint Joseph’s