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Friday / December 27.
  • Bracketology: Virginia, Villanova, Xavier, Kansas remain projected No. 1s

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    Virginia, Villanova, Xavier and Kansas remain the projected No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, per ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.

    The current alignment would give the Big East two of the four No. 1 seeds.

    The current 2 seeds are Purdue, Duke, Michigan State and North Carolina.

    The 3s are Auburn, Wichita State, Cincinnati and Tennessee.

    The 4s are West Virginia, Ohio State, Texas Tech and Arizona.

    Among other teams of note, Rhode Island and Kentucky are both 5 seeds, and Seton Hall is an 8.

    The ACC has nine projected teams in the Big Dance, the SEC and Big 12 have eight apiece. The Big East has six,  the Big Ten four and the American and the Pac-12 three apiece.

    The last four in are Louisville, USC, Baylor and Texas. The first four out are Syracuse UCLA, Nebraska and Mississippi State.

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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