NCAA tournament top 16 seeds have rough day just hours after reveal
The NCAA Tournament selection committee offered a first glimpse into what this season’s March Madness bracket could look like.
After one day, they’ll need to go back to the drawing board.
The selection committee unveiled the first in-season top 16 seeds on Saturday, Feb. 21, and of those 16, six lost on Saturday.
The official NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday, March 15.
Here’s a look at how the top-16 seeds fared this weekend.
NCAA Tournament selection committee’s top 16 seeds
- Michigan: lost to Duke, 68-63
- Duke: beat Michigan, 68-63
- Arizona: beat Houston, 73-66
- Iowa State: lost to BYU, 79-69
- UConn: beat Villanova, 73-63
- Houston: lost to Arizona, 73-66
- Illinois: lost to UCLA, 95-94
- Purdue
- Florida: beat Ole Miss, 94-75
- Kansas: lost to Cincinnati, 84-68
- Nebraska: beat Penn State, 87-64
- Gonzaga: beat Pacific, 71-62
- Texas Tech: beat Kansas State, 100-72
- Michigan State
- Vanderbilt: lost to Tennessee, 69-65
- Virginia: beat Miami, 86-83
When is Selection Sunday 2026?
The 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unveiled on 6 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 15.
When does March Madness start?
The first men’s game of the 2026 NCAA tournament will be on March 17 with the start of the First Four in Dayton, Ohio.
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