Auburn was the No. 1 total seed whereas the SEC tallied 5 of the highest six seeds within the preliminary rankings unveiled Saturday by the committee that may choose the 68-team subject for the NCAA Event.
The Tigers, ranked No. 1 in The Related Press males’s faculty basketball ballot for 5 consecutive weeks, held the highest line within the unveiling of the highest 16 seeds. That might earmark Auburn for a close-to-home regional in Atlanta as the highest seed within the projected South Area bracket.
Alabama, Duke and Florida held the opposite prime seeds, giving the SEC three No. 1 seeds, whereas league members Tennessee and Texas A&M have been the highest 2-seeds.
General, the SEC had six groups among the many prime 16, with Kentucky checking in at No. 10 total and as a regional 3-seed to proceed what has been an enormous 12 months on the hardwood for the league greatest recognized for its soccer prowess.
Purdue and Houston have been the following 2-seeds, whereas Iowa State, Wisconsin and Arizona joined Kentucky as 3-seeds. Texas Tech, Michigan, preseason AP No. 1 Kansas and St. John’s have been 4-seeds to spherical out the highest 16.
Saturday’s reveal is a snapshot of the place issues stand with a month left till Choice Sunday. Usually, the groups listed above the cutline for a top-four regional seed keep there, albeit with minor fluctuations with regards to eventual seeding.
For the reason that first seed-reveal present in 2017, 94 of 112 groups (83.9%) have remained as top-16 seeds; that information from the NCAA excludes 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancelation of that 12 months’s match.
In the meantime, not less than 11 groups that appeared within the preliminary reveal have ended up as top-16 seeds yearly, together with 14 of 16 final 12 months and 15 of 16 in 2017, 2022 and 2023.
As for the headliners, 22 of 28 groups that had a 1-seed within the preliminary rankings in the end remained on the highest line by Choice Sunday, together with not less than three of 4 yearly and all 4 in 2023. And just one staff listed as excessive as a 2-seed failed to stay inside the highest 16 (Villanova in 2021).
Choice Sunday is March 16, with First 4 video games starting two days later and the primary spherical following on March 20. The regionals are set for Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Francisco and Newark, New Jersey, from March 27-30.
The Remaining 4 shall be held in San Antonio, with the semifinals set for April 5 and the championship two days later on the Alamodome.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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