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02/21 12:06 CST Michigan, Duke, Arizona, Iowa State headline preliminary seeds
from NCAA selection committee
Michigan, Duke, Arizona, Iowa State headline preliminary seeds from NCAA
selection committee
By AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writer
Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings by the committee
that will select the 68-team men's field for the NCAA Tournament.
The Wolverines, who top the AP Top 25, were joined by Duke, Arizona and Iowa
State as the 1-seeds in Saturday's reveal show on CBS. Selection committee
chairman Keith Gill, the Sun Belt commissioner, said the Cyclones edged UConn
and Houston for the fourth No. 1 seed.
The Huskies and Cougars were the fifth and sixth seeds to headline the list of
teams that would be No. 2 regional seeds, followed by Illinois and Purdue.
Reigning national champion Florida was the No. 9 seed to lead the regional
3-seeds, followed by Kansas, Nebraska and Gonzaga.
Texas Tech, Michigan State, Vanderbilt and Virginia sat on the 4 line to round
out the top 16 seeds.
Saturday's reveal is a snapshot of where things stand with a month left until
Selection Sunday. Generally the teams listed above the cutline for a top-four
regional seed stay there, with minor fluctuations when it comes to eventual
seeding.
Selection Sunday is March 15, with First Four games beginning two days later
and the first round following March 19. The regionals are set for Washington,
Chicago, Houston and San Jose, California, from March 26-29.
The Final Four will be held in Indianapolis, with the national semifinals set
for April 4 and the championship two days later at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of
the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.
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