On the same day it ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the AP and Coaches’ Polls, Villanova also remained a 1 seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest Mock NCAA Tournament Bracket.
On the same day it ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the AP and Coaches’ Polls, Villanova also remained a 1 seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest Mock NCAA Tournament Bracket.
Along with the Wildcats, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Iowa remain the 1 seeds.
Xavier, Maryland, Virginia and Kansas are the 2 seeds.
The 3 seeds feature Michigan State, West Virginia, Texas A&M and Oregon.
The 4s are Kentucky, Miami, Iowa State and Dayton.
Unranked Duke, the defending NCAA champion, is a 6 seed, while Louisville is no longer in the bracket after self-imposing a postseason ban.
As a result, the ACC leads the way with 8 teams in the Big Dance instead of 9 from a week ago. The Pac-12 has 7 teams and the Big 12 and the Big Ten get 6 apiece.
LSU and projected No. 1 pick Ben Simmons remain in the field as a 10 seed.
From the tri-state area, UConn, Seton Hall, Yale, Monmouth, Wagner and Stony Brook are all in the field, with Seton Hall facing a play-in game as a 12 seed against Syracuse and Wagner facing a play-in game as a 16 seed against Texas Southern.
Syracuse would also be in a play-in game as a 12 seed.
