Official NCAA 1-68 Seeding

[Max Power]

The NCAA released its official seeding list for the NCAA Tournament:

1 Seeds:

1. Florida
2.Arizona
3.Wichita St.
4.Virginia

2 Seeds:

5.Villanova
6.Michigan
7.Kansas
8.Wisconsin

3 Seeds:

9.Duke
10. Syracuse
11.Creighton
12. Iowa St.

4 Seeds:

13. Louisville
14.Michigan St.
15.UCLA
16. San Diego St.

5 Seeds:

17.Cincinnati
18. Saint Louis
19.VCU
20.Oklahoma

6 Seeds:

21.North Carolina
22.Ohio St.
23.Massachusetts
24.Baylor

7 Seeds:

25. Texas
26.UConn
27.Oregon
28.New Mexico

8 Seeds:

29.Kentucky
30.Gonzaga
31.Memphis
32.Colorado

9 Seeds:

33.Kansas St.
34.George Washington
35.Oklahoma St.
36.Pittsburgh

10 Seeds:

37. Stanford
38. Saint Joseph's
39.BYU
40.Arizona St.

11 Seeds:

41.Dayton
42.Nebraska
43.Providence
44. Tennessee
45. Iowa

12 Seeds:

46.Xavier
47.North Carolina St.
48.North Dakota St.
49.Harvard
50. Stephen F. Austin

13 Seeds:

51.Manhattan
52. Tulsa
53.New Mexico St.
54.Delaware

14 Seeds:

55.Western Mich.
56.Mercer
57. La.-Lafayette
58.N.C. Central

15 Seeds:

59. Eastern Ky.
60.Milwaukee
61.Wofford
62.American

16 Seeds:

63.Coastal Carolina
64.Weber St.
65.Mt. St. Mary's
66.Albany (NY)
67. Texas Southern
68.Cal Poly

 

[MercedeSooner]

lowest 5 vs lowest 4 - I'll take it.

 

[IndySooner]

So....they didn't use the "S-Curve" at all.

There are a TON of puzzling bracketing issues I see this year. Worst job the committee has ever done at putting a bracket together, and that's not complaining at all about selections or seeding.

 

[mict085]

I agree its a puzzling bracket. The excuse that the Midwest is so tough because most of those teams are Midwest teams, is a poor excuse at balancing the regionals. The whole point of pods was to make the regionals as equal as possible while allowing higher seeds, and as many teams as possible, to stay closer to home thus balancing competition and limiting travel costs. Terrible job this year on all fronts.