South:

  1. Duke (4-0)
  2. Michigan State (3-1)
  3. Auburn (4-0)
  4. UCLA (4-0)
  5. Maryland (5-0)
  6. Virginia Tech (4-0)
  7. Butler (3-0)
  8. Mississippi State (3-1)
  9. West Virginia (2-2)
  10. Florida (2-1)
  11. Cincinnati (3-1)
  12. Furman (5-0)
  13. Montana (4-1)
  14. Radford (3-1)
  15. Lipscomb (3-1)
  16. Lehigh (3-1) / St. Francis (PA) (1-3)

Midwest:

  1. Kansas (3-0)
  2. North Carolina (5-0)
  3. Nevada (4-0)
  4. Clemson (4-0)
  5. Villanova (2-2)
  6. Buffalo (3-0)
  7. Texas (4-0)
  8. Wisconsin (3-0)
  9. LSU (4-0)
  10. St. Louis (4-0)
  11. Ohio State (4-0)
  12. Texas Tech (4-0 / Minnesota (3-0)
  13. South Dakota State (3-2)
  14. Vermont (2-2)
  15. Stephen F. Austin (2-1)
  16. Howard (4-1)

East:

  1. Tennessee (3-0)
  2. Virginia (3-0)
  3. Kansas State (5-0)
  4. Oregon (3-1)
  5. TCU (3-0)
  6. Nebraska (4-0)
  7. Indiana (3-1)
  8. North Carolina State (4-0)
  9. Loyola (Chicago) (4-1)
  10. Tulsa (4-0)
  11. St. John’s (4-0)
  12. Memphis (2-1) / Arizona State (4-0)
  13. Belmont (3-0)
  14. Yale (1-1)
  15. Louisiana (2-2)
  16. Wright State (3-1)

West:

  1. Gonzaga (4-0)
  2. Michigan (5-0)
  3. Kentucky (3-1)
  4. Florida State (3-0)
  5. Syracuse (2-2)
  6. Purdue (4-1)
  7. Marquette (3-1)
  8. Houston (3-0)
  9. Iowa (4-0)
  10. Miami (3-0)
  11. Washington (3-1)
  12. Marshall (4-0)
  13. New Mexico State (3-1)
  14. UC-Irvine (5-0)
  15. Charleston (3-1)
  16. Niagara (2-1) / Texas Southern (1-4)

 

Dropped from Matty Brackets: NC-Central (16), Hartford (15), Northeastern (15), Harvard (14), Iona (14), UNC-Greensboro (13), Creighton (12), Arkansas (11), Seton Hall (11), St. Mary’s (11), Providence (10), USC (10)

First Four OUT: UCF (4-1), VCU (4-0), Georgetown (4-1), Providence (2-2)

Next Four OUT: Iowa State (3-1), Arizona (4-0), USC (2-2), Louisville (3-0)

Others Considered: Cregithon (3-1), Vanderbilt (4-0), Pittsburgh (5-0), Utah State (5-0), North Texas (6-0), Colorado (2-0), Northwestern (3-0), Alabama (4-1), Loyola-Marymount (5-0), Georgia (3-1)

Conference Breakdown: Big Ten (10), ACC (9), SEC (6), Big 12 (6), AAC (4), Pac 12 (4), Big East (4)