The NCAA Tournament Bracket Is Revealed As Duke Earns The Top Overall Seed

The final automatic bids for the NCAA Tournament were snagged on Sunday, as conference championships wrapped up around the country, culminating with Michigan State taking down Michigan for the Big Ten title in Chicago.

With those out of the way, it was time for the bracket reveal on CBS, to find out the 68 teams that would be participating in March Madness this year. The full printable bracket is available here, so you can get to filling it out ahead of Tuesday’s First Four games in Dayton (or Thursday when it gets underway for real).

After last year’s disaster of revealing teams alphabetically, we were back to getting the bracket by region (as it should be), starting with the East, headlined by top overall seed Duke, who will face the winner of the NC Central-North Dakota State First Four game on Tuesday.

The other top seeds in the East are Michigan State, LSU, and Virginia Tech, as three ACC teams will play in the East region (Louisville being the other). Belmont getting an at-large bid as part of the other First Four game for the 11-seed in the East region was a pleasant surprise, after they lost to Ja Morant and Murray State in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
East Region:

1. Duke
2. Michigan State
3. LSU
4. Virginia Tech
5. Mississippi State
6. Maryland
7. Louisville
8. VCU
9. UCF
10. Minnesota
11. Belmont/Temple
12. Liberty
13. St. Louis
14. Yale
15. Bradley
16. NC Central/N Dakota St

The South Region was next, with Virginia earning the 1-seed once again, and will hope not to suffer the same fate as a year ago when they face Gardner-Webb. The South Region is a Big Ten-heavy region with Purdue, Wisconsin, and Iowa all finding their way in. The top seeds behind Virginia are Tennessee, Purdue, and Kansas State.

South Region:
1. Virginia
2. Tennessee
3. Purdue
4. Kansas State
5. Wisconsin
6. Villanova
7. Cincinnati
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma
10. Iowa
11. St. Mary’s
12. Oregon
13. UC Irvine
14. Old Dominion
15. Colgate
16. Gardner-Webb

Next up was the Midwest, featuring a third ACC team in the No. 1 seed, with North Carolina facing off with Iona out of the MAAC. It’s the first time since 2009 one conference produced a trio of top seeds. The rest of the top seeds in the Midwest are UNC, Kentucky, Houston, and Kansas. Wofford earning a 7-seed was a nice move from the committee, rewarding them for an excellent season in the SoCon.

1. UNC
2. Kentucky
3. Houston
4. Kansas
5. Auburn
6. Iowa State
7. Wofford
8. Utah State
9. Washington
10. Seton Hall
11. Ohio State
12. New Mexico State
13. Northeastern
14. Georgia State
15. Abilene Christian
16. Iona

In the West, it’s Gonzaga as the lone non-ACC No. 1 seed, as they will face the winner of Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View A&M in the first round. Behind the Bulldogs it’s Michigan, Texas Tech, and Florida State to round out the top seeds in the West region.

West Region:

1. Gonzaga
2. Michigan
3. Texas Tech
4. Florida State
5. Marquette
6. Buffalo
7. Nevada
8. Syracuse
9. Baylor
10. Florida
11. Arizona State/St. John’s
12. Murray State
13. Vermont
14. Northern Kentucky
15. Montana
16. Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View A&M