March Madness Projections: Feb. 15

We're four weeks from Selection Sunday, so here's my first attempt at March Madness Projections. Conference winners are in CAPS and have conference name next to them.

Midwest (1) vs West (4)
South (2) vs East (3)

Midwest (St. Louis)
Oklahoma City
1 KANSAS (Big 12) vs 16 STONY BROOK (America East)
8 Rhode Island vs 9 Clemson

Spokane
5 Wake Forest vs 12 CORNELL (Ivy)
4 Vanderbilt vs 13 UTEP (C-USA)

New Orleans
6 Texas A&M vs 11 Marquette
3 Wisconsin vs 14 OAKLAND (Summit)

Buffalo
7 NORTHERN IOWA (Missouri Valley) vs 10 Virginia Tech
2 West Virginia vs 15 CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA (Big West)

West (Salt Lake City)
Buffalo
1 Syracuse vs 16 BELMONT (Atlantic Sun)
8 Missouri vs 9 Illinois

San Jose
5 BYU vs 12 Cincinnati
4 NEW MEXICO (Mountain West) vs 13 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (Southern)

New Orleans
6 Baylor vs 11 Dayton
3 Ohio State vs 14 WEBER STATE (Big Sky)

Milwaukee
7 Georgia Tech vs 10 Charlotte
2 PURDUE (Big Ten) vs 15 ARKANSAS STATE (Sun Belt)

South (Houston)
Milwaukee
1 KENTUCKY (SEC) vs 16 LEHIGH (Patriot)/JACKSON STATE (SWAC)
8 Maryland vs 9 Oklahoma State

San Jose
5 TEMPLE (Atlantic-10) vs 12 Florida
4 Texas vs 13 UTAH STATE (WAC)

Providence
6 Pittsburgh vs 11 OLD DOMINION (Colonial)
3 Georgetown vs 14 MORGAN STATE (MEAC)

Oklahoma City
7 Xavier vs 10 Mississippi
2 Kansas State vs 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE (Southland)

East (Syracuse)
Providence
1 VILLANOVA (Big East) vs 16 ROBERT MORRIS (Northeast)
8 Richmond vs 9 Florida State

Spokane
5 Tennessee vs 12 SIENA (Metro Atlantic)
4 GONZAGA (West Coast) vs 13 KENT STATE (MAC)

Jacksonville
6 BUTLER (Horizon) vs 11 Louisville
3 Michigan State vs 14 MURRAY STATE (Ohio Valley)

Jacksonville
7 UNLV vs 10 CALIFORNIA (Pac-10)
2 DUKE (ACC) vs 15 COASTAL CAROLINA (Big South)

Last Four In: Florida, Cincinnati, Dayton, Louisville
First Four Out: UAB, Mississippi State, Washington, St. Mary's