The best time of year in all of sports, specifically here in the states.
Kentucky is still unbeaten, but will they go further than Wichita State last year? Remember WSU and UK can meat in the Cleveland semis this year. We'll see.
Some huge surprises and disappointments in the selections, as seen below. Some good teams got snubbed as well.
With that in mind...the first round draw.
CLEVELAND region
(1) Kentucky/(16) Manhattan/Hampton*
(8) Cincinnati Bearcats/(9) Purdue
(5) West Virginia/(12) Buffalo Bulls
(4) Maryland/(13) Valparaiso
(6) Butler/(11) Texas
(3) Notre Dame/(14) Northeastern
(7) Wichita State/(10) Indiana
(2) Kansas/(15) New Mexico State
LOS ANGELES region
(1) Wisconsin/(16) Coastal Carolina
(8) Oregon/(9) Oklahoma State
(5) Arkansas/(12) Wofford
(4) North Carolina/(13) Harvard
(6) Xavier/(11) winner of BYU/Ole Miss*
(3) Baylor/(14) Georgia State
(7) VCU/(10) Ohio State
(2) Arizona/(15) Texas Southern
SYRACUSE region
(1) Villanova/(16) Lafayette Leopards
(8) North Carolina State/(9) LSU
(5) Northern Iowa/(12) Wyoming
(4) Louisville/(13) UC Irvine
(6) Providence College/(11) winner of Dayton/Boise State*
(3) Oklahoma/(14) UAlbany
(7) Michigan State/(10) Georgia
(3) Virginia/(15) Belmont
HOUSTON region
(1) Duke/(16) winner of Robert Morris/North Florida*
(8) San Diego State/(9) St. John's
(5) Utah/(12) SFA
(4) Georgetown/(13) Eastern Washington
(6) SMU/(11) UCLA
(3) Iowa State/(14) UAB
(7) Iowa/(10) Davidson NC
(2) Gonzaga/North Dakota State
*-These are play in games, Tuesday and Wednesday from Dayton, all on truTV. truTV, CBS, and the two other Turner family networks (tbs and TNT) once again for the fourth year in a row brings you the men's D-I basketball tournament all the way to Indianapolis in three weeks.
Not to mention, women's tournament and men's wrestling this weekend as well!
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