Purdue, Reigning NCAA Champion UConn Headline The Early List Of Top Seeds For March Madness

Purdue claimed the highest total seed over reigning nationwide champion Connecticut within the first have a look at the potential prime 16 seeds for the NCAA Tournament.

The committee that may choose the sphere of 68 revealed its preliminary checklist of prime groups Saturday, with the Boilermakers headlining a listing that had little drama with the highest two groups however some uncertainty after that. Those two groups have topped The Associated Press males’s faculty basketball ballot for 5 straight weeks, although with the Huskies at No. 1 within the Top 25.

Houston and Arizona claimed the remaining No. 1 regional seeds, with North Carolina sitting at fifth total as the highest No. 2 seed.

The nationally televised reveal on CBS grouped the seeds in four-team pods for every area, providing a snapshot of the place issues stand with precisely one month earlier than the total subject is ready.

Tennessee, Marquette and Kansas joined UNC on the 2-line, whereas Alabama, Baylor, Iowa State and Duke have been No. 3 area seeds. Auburn, San Diego State, Illinois and Wisconsin have been the No. 4 seeds to spherical out the checklist.

Selection committee chairman Charles McClelland talked about Dayton, Creighton and Clemson as the highest groups to overlook the top-16 minimize.

Selection Sunday is March 17, with First Four video games starting two days later. The Final Four shall be held in Glendale, Arizona, with the semifinals set for April 6 and the championship recreation two days later.

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