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\n\tThe brackets for the NCAA males\u2019s basketball event \u2014 aka \u201cMarch Madness\u201d \u2014 have been revealed at present, bringing pleasure and tears in equal quantities to groups chosen and shunned. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, have been introduced because the No. 1 total seed enjoying out of the East area.<\/p>\n
\n\tHouston is the No. 1 seed within the South area, and Purdue earned the No. 1 seed within the Midwest. North Carolina was named the No. 1 seed within the West, beating out observe projected contenders Iowa State and Arizona.<\/p>\n
\n\tSome 32 groups get computerized berths by advantage of successful their respective convention event. The remaining 36 are hand-selected by the event committee as at-large groups. The committee chooses groups primarily based on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9, after which seeds groups and locations them in one of many 4 areas.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe UConn Huskies defeated Marquette for the Big East event championship on Saturday. That, mixed with Purdue\u2019s loss to Wisconsin within the Big Ten event semifinals, gave the Huskies the No. 1 seed. <\/p>\n
\n\tThis yr\u2019s revamped UConn roster produced a 31-3 file, together with a 13-3 slate in opposition to Quad 1 groups. UConn secured non-conference wins over Gonzaga, Texas and North Carolina, then swept the Big East common season and event championships.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe schedule:<\/p>\n
\n\tNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 Stetson<\/p>\n
\n\tNo. 8\u00a0Florida Atlantic<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 9 Northwestern<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 5\u00a0San Diego State<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 12\u00a0UAB<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 4 Auburn vs. No. 13\u00a0Yale<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Duquesne<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 3\u00a0Illinois<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 14 Morehead State<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 7\u00a0Washington State<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 10\u00a0Drake<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 15 South Dakota State<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Longwood<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 8\u00a0Nebraska<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 9 Texas A&M<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12\u00a0James Madison<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 4 Duke vs. No. 13 Vermont<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 6\u00a0Texas Tech<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 11 NC State<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 3\u00a0Kentucky<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 14\u00a0Oakland<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 7 Florida vs. No. 10\/Boise State\/Colorado winner<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 2 Marquette vs. No. 15 Western Kentucky<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16\u00a0Montana<\/a>\u00a0State\/Grambling State winner<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 8\u00a0Utah State<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 9 TCU<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 12\u00a0McNeese State<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 4\u00a0Kansas<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 13 Samford<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 6\u00a0South Carolina<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 11\u00a0Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 3 Creighton vs. No. 14 Arkon<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Virginia\/Colorado State winner<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 2\u00a0Tennessee<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 15 Saint Peter\u2019s<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Howard\/Wagner winner<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 8\u00a0Mississippi State<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 9 Michigan State<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 5 Saint Mary\u2019s vs. No. 12 Grand Canyon<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 4\u00a0Alabama<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 13 Charleston<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 6 Clemson vs. No. 11\u00a0New Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 Colgate<\/p>\n \n\tNo. 7\u00a0Dayton<\/a>\u00a0vs. No. 10\u00a0Nevada<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNo. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Long Beach State<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] The brackets for the NCAA males\u2019s basketball event \u2014 aka \u201cMarch Madness\u201d \u2014 have been revealed at present, bringing pleasure and tears in equal quantities to groups chosen and shunned. The defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, have been introduced because the No. 1 total seed enjoying out of the East area. Houston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\tSouth Region\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tMidwest Region\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tWest Region\t<\/h2>\n