Division I Men’s Basketball Committee reveals top 16 seeds one month before Selection Sunday

Indianapolis – The Men’s Basketball Committee of Division and introduced its 16 best teams at the Bracket Preview Show, which was broadcast on CBS earlier in the afternoon. Auburn was elected unanimously as the highest total seed of the committee, while Alabama and Duke have strong holding at No. 2 and 3 places on the seed list. Florida ranked Tennessee as the fourth seed No. 1.

The show of the holder’s preview debut in 2017. In 2023, all four seeds no. 1 of the program also 1 seeds on Sunday selection. In the next six years (removal of 2020 to cancel the tournament), three out of four seeds no. 1 remained per line when the actual holder was unveiled.

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The seed quartet No. 2 includes Tennessee, Texas A&M, Purdue and Houston, while the seeds No. 3 are Iowa St., Kentucky, Wisconsin and Arizona and the seeds No. 4 are Texas Tech, Michigan, Kansas and St. John’s.

At the age of seven, all of the shows remained except one of the 28 teams that were on 2 lines in February, among the 16 best teams when a real holder came out in March. Only eight seeds no. 3 and nine seeds no.

“The narration since the beginning of the season was how strong the teams of the Southeast Conference are, and this is reflecting in this Top 16 unveiled,” said Bubba Cunningham, chairwoman of the Male Basketball Committee of NCAA Division and athletics in North Carolina. “While each team is assessed independent of their conference association, there is no leakage that the league is on the historic season in terms of national team, specifically highly sought -after 16 seeds. Having five of the six best teams from one conference is equally impressive because it is unusual. ”

Auburn was Tabked as the highest overall seed based on national 13 victories in 15 quadrant 1 peas. Alabama was voted as the total seed no. Both rivals will play on Saturday at 45.

On the strength of the 20-3 record, including seven wins in eight attempts in road games, Duke ranked third in the total seed list. Florida captured the final seed No. 1 thanks to the record of 21-3 and the five best metrics of results.

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The other two teams of SEC were voted to the top of the second line, while Tennessee was approaching the first line on the strength of eight victories of quadrant 1. With the seven victories of quadrant 1 and 5 best rating WAB was Texas and the first between Trio, which included Purdue and Houston, Houston, which were firmly lowered at 6-8 sites on the total seed list. Purdue has 14 wins in the first two quadrants, while Houston’s CV includes a perfect record in the road and elite predictive metrics.

The state of Iowa leads the team of teams on the third line AK Cyclones will join Kentucky, Wisconsin and Arizona. Iowa State and Kentucky are among the leaders of the Nation in Quadrant One, while Wisconsin has not lost any teams outside the TOP 25 networks while still accumulating quality victory, and Arizona has seven quadrant victories to go with the top 10 predictive metrics.

Texas Tech is his performances on the road, where Red Raiders won five out of six competitions, while Michigan has 11 combined victories in the first two quadrants. Kansas has consistent metrics across the album and 10 victories in quadrants 1 and 2, while St. John’s suffered only four losses in combined seven points throughout the season.

“With five members of the first year committee, it was an important meeting, not only for today’s revelation, but also to their education on how to select, oncut and parentheses. Browsing this process will be valuable experience for them if we do it for the real next month. ”

Using their Holder principles, the Committee placed 16 teams in four regions:

Seedlings

1. Auburn
2. Alabama
3. Duke
4. Florida
5. Tennessee
6. Texas A & M
7. Purdue
8. Houston
9. Iowa State
10. Kentucky
11. Wisconsin
12. Arizona
13. Texas tech
14. Michigan
15. Kansas
St. John’s

South
1. Auburn (1)
2. Texas A & M (6)
3. Wisconsin (11)
4. Texas tech (13)

Midwest
1. Alabama (2)
2. Purdue (7)
3. Iowa St. (9)
4. Kansas (15)

West
1. Florida (4)
2. Houston (8)
3. Kentucky (10)
4th Michigan (14)

East
1. Duke (3)
2. Tennessee (5)
3. Arizona (12)
4th St. John’s (16)

Selection of Sunday is 16 March. Tournament tips with the first four men 18-19. March in Daytona. The first and second rounds will take place on March 20 and 22 in Denver, Lexington, Providence and Wichita and March 21st in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Raleigh and Seattle. Regional events take place in Newark and San Francisco (27 and 29 March) and Atlanta and Indianapolis (28 and 30 March). Final Four of men will be played in San Antonio 5 and 7 April. Visit for the ticket information www.ncaatickets.com.