Stan Becton | NCAA.com | March 1, 2022 Bracketology: NCAA tournament projections made the first day of March by Andy Katz 2022 NCAA tournament men's bracket predictions on the first day of March Share March is here and in the world of basketball that means it's March Madness season. To start the month, NCAA.com correspondent Andy Katz has updated his projections for the 2022 men's basketball tournament. Here's how Katz projects the 68-team field to look to start March. First, here's the bracket in table form (scroll to the right to view the full bracket. March Madness bracket predictions Seed WEST EAST MIDWEST SOUTH 1 Gonzaga Baylor Kansas Arizona 16 Texas Southern/New Orleans UNC Wilmington Cleveland State Norfolk State/Bryant 8 Boise State Seton Hall Marquette Iowa State 9 TCU Wake Forest Notre Dame Wyoming 5 UCLA UConn Ohio State Houston 12 Xavier/SMU Indiana/San Diego State Chattanooga South Dakota State 4 Texas Arkansas Providence Illinois 13 Toledo Vermont Iona Northern Iowa 6 Iowa Alabama Saint Mary's Southern California 11 Memphis North Texas Creighton San Francisco 3 Tennessee Villanova Purdue Texas Tech 14 Montana State Princeton Texas State New Mexico State 7 Colorado State LSU Michigan State Murray State 10 North Carolina Michigan Davidson Miami (FL.) 2 Wisconsin Duke Kentucky Auburn 15 Long Beach State Colgate Longwood Jacksonville State RANKINGS: Click here for the latest NET rankings | AP Top 25 Let's take a closer look at Katz's bracket. The Big 12 makes its presence known at the top Gonzaga takes the top overall seed once again, followed by Arizona. The Big 12 rounds out the one seeds, with Kansas and Baylor. Kansas and Baylor on the one line marks the third time since the season started that a conference has had two No. 1 seeds in Katz's projections. The Jayhawks and Bears fill out the top of the bracket after Baylor beat Kansas 80-70 just a few days ago to split the season series. UPSETS: Breaking down a Saturday unlike any other in college basketball history Number of bids by conference Conferences with multiple teams in Katz's preseason bracket Conference Total Teams Teams (Automatic Qualifier in bold) Big Ten 8 Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Michigan, Indiana Big East 7 Villanova, Providence, UConn, Seton Hall, Marquette, Creighton, Xavier Big 12 6 Kansas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas, Iowa State, TCU SEC 6 Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, LSU ACC 5 Duke, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Miami (FL.), North Carolina Mountain West 4 Colorado State, Boise State, Wyoming, San Diego State Pac-12 3 Arizona, UCLA, Southern California AAC 3 Houston, Memphis, SMU WCC 3 Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, San Francisco The depth of the Big Ten reigns supreme in yet another Katz bracket projection as the conference has eight teams. The Big East leapfrogs the Big 12 in total teams, with Big 12 school Oklahoma falling out of the field. Despite the Big 12 dropping to the third-most teams in the latest bracket projections, the conference remains strong at the top, having two No. 1 seeds, three top-10 overall teams and the most teams among the top-16 overall teams. PAST BRACKETS: Post top-16 reveal | One month before selections | 50 days out | New Year's | Opening Night | Preseason Teams on the outside looking in Here are Andy Katz's first four teams out. First four out 1. Oregon 2. Loyola Chicago 3. Rutgers 4. VCU In Katz's latest bracket, Oregon remains the first team left out of this year's tournament. Elsewhere, Loyola-Chicago and Rutgers each fall from the tournament field; both teams earned 10 seeds in the previous bracket projection. Loyola Chicago lost to Northern Iowa on Feb. 26, knocking them out. Rutgers has lost three straight games to Purdue, Michigan and Wisconsin, respectively; all three opponents are projected tournament teams. Here are the next teams to miss the cut. Next four out 5. Virginia Tech 6. BYU 7. Florida 8. Mississippi State CHECK THIS OUT: A map of every DI men's basketball player's hometowns Andy Katz's automatic qualifiers Here are Katz's 32 automatic qualifier predictions. Conference Automatic qualifier America East Vermont American Houston Atlantic 10 Davidson ACC Duke ASUN Jacksonville State Big 12 Kansas Big East Providence Big Sky Montana State Big South Longwood Big Ten Wisconsin Big West Long Beach State CAA UNC Wilmington Conference USA North Texas Horizon Cleveland State Ivy Princeton MAAC Iona MAC Toledo MEAC Norfolk State Missouri Valley Northern Iowa Mountain West Boise State NEC Bryant OVC Murray State Pac-12 Arizona Patriot Colgate SEC Auburn Southern Chattanooga Southland New Orleans SWAC Texas Southern Summit League South Dakota State Sun Belt Texas State WCC Gonzaga WAC New Mexico State Andy Katz's field of 68 Here is Katz’s full seed list in order, 1-68: RANK | SEED | TEAM | CONFERENCE 1. 1 -- Gonzaga | WCC (AQ) 2. 1 -- Arizona | Pac-12 (AQ) 3. 1 -- Kansas | Big 12 (AQ) 4. 1 -- Baylor | Big 12 5. 2 -- Auburn | SEC (AQ) 6. 2 -- Duke | ACC (AQ) 7. 2 -- Kentucky | SEC 8. 2 -- Wisconsin | Big Ten (AQ) 9. 3 -- Purdue | Big Ten 10. 3 -- Texas Tech | Big 12 11. 3 -- Villanova | Big East 12. 3 -- Tennessee | SEC 13. 4 -- Providence | Big East (AQ) 14. 4 -- Illinois | Big Ten 15. 4 -- Arkansas | SEC 16. 4 -- Texas | Big 12 17. 5 -- UCLA | Pac-12 18. 5 -- UConn | Big East 19. 5 -- Houston | AAC (AQ) 20. 5 -- Ohio State | Big Ten 21. 6 -- Alabama | SEC 22. 6 -- Southern California | Pac-12 23. 6 -- Iowa | Big Ten 24. 6 -- Saint Mary's | WCC 25. 7 -- LSU | SEC 26. 7 -- Michigan State | Big Ten 27. 7 -- Colorado State | MWC 28. 7 -- Murray State | OVC (AQ) 29. 8 -- Boise State | MWC (AQ) 30. 8 -- Seton Hall | Big East 31. 8 -- Marquette | Big East 32. 8 -- Iowa State | Big 12 33. 9 -- Wyoming | MWC 34. 9 -- Notre Dame | ACC 35. 9 -- TCU | Big 12 36. 9 -- Wake Forest | ACC 37. 10 -- Miami (FL.) | ACC 38. 10 -- Davidson | A10 (AQ) 39. 10 -- North Carolina | ACC 40. 10 -- Michigan | Big Ten 41. 11 -- San Francisco | WCC 42. 11 -- Memphis | AAC 43. 11 -- Creighton | Big East 44. 11 -- North Texas | CUSA (AQ) 45. 12 -- Xavier | Big East 46. 12 -- SMU | AAC 47. 12 -- Indiana | Big Ten 48. 12 -- San Diego State | MWC 49. 12 -- Chattanooga | Southern (AQ) 50. 12 -- South Dakota State | Summit (AQ) 51. 13 -- Iona | MAAC (AQ) 52. 13 -- Northern Iowa | MVC (AQ) 53. 13 -- Vermont | America East (AQ) 54. 13 -- Toledo | MAC (AQ) 55. 14 -- New Mexico State | WAC (AQ) 56. 14 -- Princeton | Ivy (AQ) 57. 14 -- Texas State | Sun Belt (AQ) 58. 14 -- Montana State | Big Sky (AQ) 59. 15 -- Jacksonville State | ASUN (AQ) 60. 15 -- Colgate | Patriot (AQ) 61. 15 -- Longwood | Big South (AQ) 62. 15 -- Long Beach State | Big West (AQ) 63. 16 -- UNC Wilmington | CAA (AQ) 64. 16 -- Cleveland State | Horizon (AQ) 65. 16 -- Norfolk State | MEAC (AQ) 66. 16 -- Bryant | NEC (AQ) 67. 16 -- Texas Southern | SWAC (AQ) 68. 16 -- New Orleans | Southland (AQ) 2022 March Madness 🏆 CHAMPIONS: Kansas wins the 2022 the national championship BRACKET TRACKER: How every bracket busted TOURNAMENT REWIND: See the final bracket STORE: Shop Kansas championship gear | More official NCAA tournament fits LISTEN: March Madness 365 podcast | Exclusive interviews & latest analysis Jaden Ivey: College basketball stats, highlights, best moments at Purdue Essential stats and highlights from Jaden Ivey's college basketball career at Purdue, where he averaged 17.3 points his sophomore season and led the Boilermakers to the Sweet 16. READ MORE NCAA Officiating Coordinator J.D. Collins announces retirement NCAA national coordinator of men's basketball officiating, J.D. Collins announced that he will be stepping down this fall. READ MORE Paolo Banchero: College basketball stats, best moments, quotes at Duke These are the essential stats, facts, highlights and quotes from Paolo Banchero's college basketball career at Duke. READ MORE