With March right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about seeding for this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Heading into a packed Saturday of college basketball action, here are the top-16 overall seeds, per CBS Sports.
- Gonzaga
- Auburn
- Arizona
- Kansas
- Baylor
- Kentucky
- Purdue
- Duke
- Villanova
- Texas Tech
- Tennessee
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- UCLA
- Providence
- Texas
Here’s what the bracket would look like split by region:
WEST
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Illinois
- Texas
MIDWEST
- Auburn
- Purdue
- Texas Tech
- UCLA
EAST
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Villanova
- Wisconsin
SOUTH
- Arizona
- Baylor
- Tennessee
- Providence
As seen on CBS, here are the top 16 overall seeds entering today in men’s college basketball.
1. Gonzaga
2. Auburn
3. Arizona
4. Kansas
5. Baylor
6. Kentucky
7. Purdue
8. Duke
9. Villanova
10. Texas Tech
11. Tennessee
12. Illinois
13. Wisconsin
14. UCLA
15. Providence
16. Texas— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) February 19, 2022
There are some consequential matchups for quite a few of these top-16 seeds today.
Illinois (12) currently leads Michigan State at halftime, Baylor (5) holds a halftime lead over TCU, Texas Tech (10) is locked in a tight one with Texas and Kentucky (6) is trailing Alabama early.
Auburn (2) will face off against Florida, Tennessee (11) against Arkansas, Villanova (9) against Georgetown, Duke (8) against Florida State, Kansas (4) against West Virginia, Gonzaga (1) against Santa Clara, Arizona (3) against Oregon and UCLA (14) against Washington.
Keep an eye on these teams as we approach this year’s NCAA Tournament.
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