The final few games for the conference championship have been decided and the bracket is over.
The brackets for the NCAA men's tournament were announced Sunday, with UConn announced as the No. 1 overall seed coming from the East. Houston was the No. 1 seed in the South Region, while Purdue earned the No. 1 seed in the Midwest. North Carolina State defeated next-choice Iowa State and Arizona State to become the No. 1 seed in the West.
On the women's side, South Carolina once again earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. This makes the Gamecocks the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season.
Shamcock was easily chosen as the top seed. They went undefeated in the regular season for the second straight season, then went on to a perfect 32-0 record this season, then defeated LSU in a highly controversial title game to win the SEC Tournament. South Carolina, which won the national championship in 2022, reached the Final Four last season as well, but the Shamcocks lost to Iowa State.
Whether you're a hardcore hoops fan, a casual person, or someone who's never watched a college basketball game, there's a good chance you'll be invited to fill in the brackets. If not, take part in our free public competition and fill out the men's and women's slots now.
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Iowa's draw is really brutal. Hawkeyes in area with UCLA, LSU, Kansas State, and Princeton and Clayton. already.
I'm glad that Colombia won the big bid. You don't often see ivy with binary bidding.
It was a very generous move by the committee to host Gonzaga after a crushing loss to Portland in the WCC finals.
And the entire NCAA women's bracket
Entire Portland 4 Region
Texas becomes the last No. 1 seed in the NCAA women's field.
Positive reaction to first NCAA Tournament appearance:
Entire Portland 3 region
USC is the top seed in the Portland 3 region
It could be an emotional matchup in the second round here as LSU's Haley Van Lith could face her old team.
It's the women's bracket that sets up a matchup between Louisville and Haley Van Lith in the second round in Baton Rouge. That was especially true when Louisville AD Josh Haird was on the selection committee.
South Carolina is the No. 1 seed overall in the women's bracket.
With the women's selection show just minutes away, here's what you need to know.
There are approximately 30 minutes left until the presentation of the women's selection show begins.
Point spreads for first-round games with men's quotas are as follows:
The NCAA Tournament attracts all kinds of sports bettors, from the serious players who watch Big West games on Wednesday nights to those who won't watch their first college basketball game of the season until noon ET on Thursday.
Here are the starting lines for first-round games (four matchups are not set until the first four are completed) using BetMGM's spread:
Frank Schwab's story:
Overall photo of men's bracket
Here are the six major awards from this year's NCAA Men's Tournament
This was a unique year in college basketball where there were more bubble teams worthy of making the NCAA Tournament than there were 68 spots available. Bubble teams across the United States made a last gasp valiant charge as a handful of teams with stolen bids joined in. There will be no place to win the conference tournament, reducing the number of at-large spots available.
In the end, the committee gave bubble teams Virginia and Colorado a lifeline and showed no love to the Big East. Seton Hall, St. John's and Providence were all removed from the roster, leaving the vaunted Big East with just three schools qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
Jeff Eisenberg's story:
NCAA men's tournament brackets revealed
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The last four: Boise State, Colorado, Virginia, Colorado
First 4 out: Seton Hall, Oklahoma; Pittsburgh, Indiana;
Snap decision in the West region
Please, please, please support Caleb Love vs. North Carolina in the Elite Eight. That would be a lot of fun.
Saint Mary's University is generously seeded as a No. 5 seed, as is Gonzaga University.
The most hated bubble teams are Oklahoma, Indiana State, and the Big East trio of St. John's, Seton Hall, and Providence. Does he only have 3 bids to the Big East?Wild.