March Madness: Men’s and women’s brackets revealed on Selection Sunday

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• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 6:02 AM GMT+5:30

  A+ reaction to making their first NCAA tourney:

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:58 AM GMT+5:30

  The full Portland 3 region

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:53 AM GMT+5:30

  USC is the top seed in the Portland 3 region

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:48 AM GMT+5:30

  Potentially emotional matchup in the 2nd round here as LSU’s Hailey Van Lith could face her old team

  Setting up a Louisville vs. Hailey Van Lith matchup in Baton Rouge in the second round is something in the women’s bracket. Especially when Louisville AD Josh Heird was on the selection committee.

  — Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) March 18, 2024

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:47 AM GMT+5:30

  And the rest of the Albany 2 region

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:41 AM GMT+5:30

  Iowa snags 1 seed in the Albany 2 region

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:40 AM GMT+5:30
• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:38 AM GMT+5:30

  South Carolina is the overall 1 seed in women’s bracket

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:19 AM GMT+5:30

  With the women’s selection show minutes away, here’s what to know:

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 5:01 AM GMT+5:30

  We’re about a half hour away from the start of the women’s selection show reveal.

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM GMT+5:30

  With the men’s bracket set, here are the point spreads for 1st-round games

  The NCAA tournament attracts all sports bettors, from the serious player who is watching Big West games on a Wednesday night to those who won’t watch their first college basketball game this season until noon Eastern time on Thursday.

  Here are the opening lines for the first-round games (four matchups won’t be set until the First Four is completed), with the spreads from BetMGM.

  Story from Frank Schwab:

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:43 AM GMT+5:30

  Full men’s bracket picture

  

  

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:23 AM GMT+5:30

  Here are this year’s six biggest NCAA men’s tournament snubs

  This was the rare year in college basketball when there were more deserving NCAA tournament bubble teams than spots in the field of 68. Bubble teams from across the country made valiant last-gasp charges at the same time as a handful of bid-stealers came from nowhere to win their conference tournaments and shrink the number of available at-large spots.

  In the end, the committee gave lifelines to bubble teams Virginia and Colorado and showed no love to the Big East. Seton Hall, St. John’s and Providence were each among the teams left out of the field, leaving the vaunted Big East with just three NCAA tournament bids.

  Story from Jeff Eisenberg:

  

• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:21 AM GMT+5:30

  NCAA men’s tournament bracket revealed

  See the full bracket by clicking on the photo below.

  

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• Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:18 AM GMT+5:30

  Last four in: Boise State, Colorado, Virginia, Colorado State

  First four out: Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Indiana State, Pittsburgh

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  Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:08 AM GMT+5:30

  West Region snap judgments

  • Please, please, please give us Caleb Love versus North Carolina in the Elite Eight. That would be all kinds of fun.

  • Saint Mary’s, like Gonzaga, is generously seeded as a No. 5.

  • Biggest snubs among the bubble teams: Oklahoma, Indiana State and the Big East trio of St. John’s, Seton Hall and Providence. Only three bids for the Big East? Wild.

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  Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM GMT+5:30

  West Region

  No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Howard/Wagner

  No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Michigan State

  No. 5 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 12 Grand Canyon

  No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 13 Charleston

  No. 6 Clemson vs. No. 11 New Mexico

  No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 Colgate

  No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Nevada

  No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Long Beach State

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  Mon, March 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM GMT+5:30

  Midwest Region snap judgments

  • Utah State an 8? Colorado State joining Boise State in Dayton? This committee has no respect for the best Mountain West in at least a decade.

  • Gonzaga-McNeese State is a super fun first-round matchup, but the Zags landing a No. 5 seed is very, very generous. They were lucky to avoid the 8-9 game. Bubble teams who should be very worried right now: Michigan State, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Pitt, Oklahoma, Indiana State

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  Mon, March 18, 2024 at 3:58 AM GMT+5:30

  Midwest Region

  No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Montana State/Grambling State

  No. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 TCU

  No. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 12 McNeese

  No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 13 Samford

  No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Oregon

  No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 14 Akron

  No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Virginia/Colorado State

  No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Saint Peter’s

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  Mon, March 18, 2024 at 3:51 AM GMT+5:30

  South Region snap judgments

  • Wisconsin-James Madison is a tasty first-round matchup. That will be a must-see game and a popular opening-round upset.

  • What on earth is Boise State doing in the First Four? There’s a reason the Broncos weren’t mentioned as a bubble team all week. They shouldn’t have been one.

  • Is Marquette star Tyler Kolek healthy? If not, that’s about as friendly a path to the Elite Eight as third-seeded Kentucky could have asked for.